of holding safety by posting notice on the bulletin board here at Burough Hall and by emailing the scene to the Herald of Kate County and the press in Atlantic City on October 15th, 2024. In the event of an emergency, emergency exit is our front left, your back uh right or the
door just by the American flag. Uh a couple quick announcements. Just want to do a quick sound check. Vicki, how are we sounding back there? >> Sounds good. >> Sounds good. Okay, so this meeting is being shown live here today on the Burough's Facebook and the YouTube channel. Um, in the event you're watching this meeting, you would like to make a public comment, you can use the
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question or make a statement, you're more than welcome to uh email our clerk at clerk wildcrest.org or you may phone her at 6097298040. Speaking of our clerk, do we have our ordinances, please? >> Yes, sir. The first is ordinance 1464
regarding brush maintenance. >> Motion that ordinance number 1464 be placed on second reading and final passage by title only. >> Second. >> Has been moved in second that ordinance number 1464 be placed on second and final reading by title only.
>> Roll call. Mr. Schiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Franco, >> yes. >> Mr. Cabera, >> yes. >> Ordinance 1464 reads as follows. An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 11 brush maintenance regulating brush weeds and debris on all lands
within the burrow of Wildwood Crest. >> Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1464. >> Second. >> It been moved and second that public hearing of ordinance number 1464 now be held. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera.
>> Yes. Floor is open for public comments on ordinance number 1464 aka the brush maintenance ordinance. >> Hi, I'm Jennifer 104 East Monteray. Where do I get a copy of this ordinance so I can see what's in it?
>> Uh, so it'll be available after this meeting. >> It was in the paper last when we introduced it. I live in Pennsylvania. I don't get the local paper. >> No problem. I'll have a copy for you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Anybody else?
>> Going to the conference line. Any public comments on ordinance number 1464 and 1464 only. >> Hearing no further public comment. >> Motion to have public hearing on ordinance number 1464 now be closed. >> Second. It has been moved and seconded
that the public hearing on orders number 1464 now be closed. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Motion that ordinance number 1464 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that
ordinance number 1464 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Next we have ordinance 1465 regarding artificial grass. Motion that ordinance number 1465 be placed on second reading
and final passage by title owner. Second move and second that ordinance number 1465 be placed on second and final reading by title owner. >> Roll call. Mr. Shef. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 1465 reads as follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood
Crest amending and supplementing chapter 85 section 85-69 landscaping in all zones of the land development ordinance of the Burrow of Wild Crest to further clarify that use of artificial grass or turf has been and
continues to be prohibited. >> Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1465. >> Second. It's been moved and second that a public hearing of ordinance number 1465 now be held. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera.
>> Yes. Doors open. Public comment. Ordinance number 1465. >> Please come up. Just need your name. No address. Please. >> Yes. Lisa Ripo 9000 New Jersey Avenue.
If you already have turf, not a problem. >> You're not going to like make me rip it up or anything. >> Uh it has been uh illegal. Uh we're just this ordinance just this revision to the ordinance just further clarifies that and specifies that artificial uh turf,
grass, astro turf, whatever you want to call it, uh is prohibited. >> Since what time? Since when? >> It's been that way for quite some time. >> And where would I find that? There's people all over the island. >> This is amending the same ordinance. So the existing I would say it's still it's
on the code uh chapter 85 section 85 to 69. >> Um can you give me that again please? >> Sure. It's uh chapter 85 section 85-69. >> And the reason initially for the uh not having turf on uh on your own personal
property was for what reason? Do you remember? Do you remember when it was passed? What that reason was for? >> It was It's been >> Was it to keep the landscapers in business? >> I'm sorry. >> Was it for the to keep the landscapers in business? >> I don't recall that being the issue. I believe it was a recommendation from the
planning board and then the burough uh commissioner adopted the recommendation from planning. >> Seems like a lot of people didn't know about it. I would have never put it in if I had known or I mean I'm seeing it throughout the island. So interesting. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Anybody else?
Okay. Uh, anybody on the conference line? Public comment. Ordinance number 1465. >> Okay. Hearing no more further comment. >> Motion at a public hearing on ordinance number 1465 now. >> No. Second. >> It has been moved in second at the public hearing on ordinance number 1465 now be closed.
>> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabar. >> Yes. Motion that uh orders number 1465 be passed on second and final reading advertised according to law. >> Second. >> It has been moved and second that orders number 1465 be passed on second and
final reading and advertised according to law. >> Roll call. Mr. Shef. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. Yes. >> Mr. Cabar. >> Yes. >> Next we have ordinance 1466 regarding accessory uses. >> Motion that ordinance number 1466 be placed on second reading and final
passage by title only. Second. >> It has been moved and second that ordinance number 1466 be placed on second and final reading by title only. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 1466 reads as follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood
Crest amending and supplementing the land development ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest. Chapter 85 section 85-26D. Accessory uses in the R1 lowdensity residential zone. Section 85-30D
in the R1A semi- low density residential zone. Section 85-32 area and bulk regulations in the R1A semi- low density residential zone. Section 85-38D
accessory uses in the R2 two family residential zone. Section 85-55 area and bulk regulations in the MC Marine commercial zone. Section 85-58 accessory uses in the hotel, motel, and
multifamily zone. >> Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1466. >> Second. >> It has been moved and seconded at ordinance number I'm sorry second that a public hearing be held on ordinance number 1466 now be held. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. Yes.
>> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. Public hearing winners number 1466. Any comments? >> What are accessory uses? >> I'm sorry. >> Jennifer Lattis 104. It's very vague what accessory uses is.
What is that? >> Um sheds. Sheds and things that uh that you can put around on on your property. Thank you. >> Anybody else? >> Any chance we'll get a dog park there? We've been talking about dog parks for
like a long time in Wildwood Crest. There's a lot of um crap laying around at the public school here. So just talk the accessories for the extra ground we might pick up somewhere in um Wel Crest.
>> There's a gentleman here that's been talking about >> Yeah. I'm sorry. This this is with respect to this ordinance that that what your comment is not related to this ordinance. >> The accessory use >> accessory use of sheds on your private personal >> Oh, I'm sorry. I thought she asked what
accessory Okay, my bad. I thought she asked what accessories for us accessories in their sheds and >> Okay. I thought they were talking about the uh previous purchase of the Pittsburgh Avenue for >> Not yet. >> Okay. My bad.
>> Anybody else? >> Okay. Uh conference line. Any public comment on ordinance number 1466? Hearing none. >> Motion to a public hearing on ordinance number 1466 now be the closed. >> Second.
>> It has been moved and second that ordinance number 1466 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> It should be now be closed. Sir you pass. >> It's been moved and seconded that the public hearing
Second firing app. I have it. >> Wait. Now be closed. >> Yes. Okay. Roll call. Mr. Chef. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabra. >> Yes. >> Motion that ordinance number 1466 be passed in second final reading and advertised according to law. Second.
>> Now it's the last. >> It's been moved to second that ordinance number 1466 be passed on second final reading and advertised in 1412. >> Roll call. Mr. Sheff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabra. >> Yes. >> All right. Next we have ordinance 1467 and it reads as follows. An ordinance of
the burrow of Wildwood Crest authorizing the acquisition of real property by the burrow of Wildwood Crest known as 2011 West Pittsburgh Avenue and designated as lot one in block 158 on the municipal tax map.
Motion that ordinance number 1467 be passed on first reading advertised according to law brought up for second final reading public hearing on August 26, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. So has been moved and second that ordinance number 1467 be passed on first reading advertised
according to law be brought up for second and final reading of public hearing on August 26th, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Mr. Franco, Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. Next we have ordinance 1468 and it reads as follows. An ordinance providing
for the improvement of various road in and by the burrow of Wildwood Crest in the county of Kate May, New Jersey and appropriating 650,000 therefore from funds available under an ordinance of the burrow hereto for adopted. Motion that ordinance number
1468 be passed on first reading advertised according to law be brought up for second final reading public hearing of September 10th 2025 at 9:30 a.m. second moved and seconded that order 1468
passed on first reading advertising according to law be brought up for second and final reading and public hearing on September 10th 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Next, we have the resolutions. The first
is accepting the drive sober or get pulled over grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety from August 15, 2025 to September 1st, 2025 in the amount of $2,800 and authorizing the chief financial officer to pay the
flat rate per hour to law enforcement. A >> motion. I will 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 amendment to the 2025 municipal budget to account for
additional funding from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety Mobilization for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Statewide Labor Day Crackdown Grant. >> 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 New Jersey Avenue streetscape Heather Road to Coline Road at the not to exceed sum of 55,000. >> 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 a licensing agreement between the Burrow of Wildwood Crest and Southern Cape Stingrays for use of Higs Field and Morris fields for the youth baseball games and tournament.
Motion second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabara. >> Yes. >> Lastly is authorizing fireworks display at Seafare's celebration on Saturday, September 20th, 2025.
>> 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. >> Motion that bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that all
bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Thanks, church. >> Sure. >> Okay. And correspondence. Uh, under discussion items, there's nothing listed under new business. Uh, just go over the old business items real quick. Uh, box
truck ordinance. Any movement on that? All right. Uh, 250th birthday committee. If you're interested in serving on the burough's uh 250th birthday committee, please send an email to our clerk. So uh there's a meeting scheduled for after uh
September. Uh grass municipal app is on hold. Historical museum uh recreation and myself met with an individual that uh is interested in starting the inventory and going through the items. Uh as soon as we hear back on those details, I'll be happy to report back.
uh traffic calming and on that we're still waiting on the grant I guess for that cyers has applied for uh back beach excavation uh is on hold uh till a fall review for uh spring of 2026
judging >> nothing sir >> nothing okay avenue infrastructure for the county uh that that work uh will actually is uh underway and and planning to be started after the Washington CU Avenue's beachfall
outfalls and capacity. We're still waiting to hear back from our uh grant uh writers on those uh with respect to those two projects. Uh the Army Corps Dune uh we will be heading into close session to talk uh with our uh special counsel
after that. So there's nothing new to report. Nothing has uh changed as a as a result of that and as a result of last uh Wednesday. uh bur hall renovations. We're just waiting for the conceptual ideas and drawings from from our architect after
his first initial walkthrough and review. >> Mayor, I want to add to that last one. I received a few numbers regarding the renovations for that and I'm hoping that they're not correct because they're extremely high. So, I don't know how
early we are with that as of right now. I know both sides, police and this side, need a lot of uh I guess we're going to say love to fix it up, but to what extent? Cuz the numbers I'm hearing are
extremely high. Say um sorry, whoever's on the conference line, can you mute your phone, please? >> Joe, I haven't seen any numbers at all. Have you Where did you get them from? >> I got it from CF CFO. >> Just verbally. >> Okay. I didn't see anything in writing.
>> There's nothing in writing. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> I just want to keep an eye on that because I I the numbers I saw were >> mind-blowing from in my opinion. So, >> yeah. Well, they'll have them go through it and then we have to start redlining things and going through it. That's what
we'll have to do or phase it. You know, it'll be the next couple years. >> Obviously, I'm on board that something has to be done, but >> at what cost? Okay, that wraps up old business. Commissioner, do you have anything else for old business?
>> Good. >> No, I'm fine. Okay. Public comment. This is the first round. Come on up. >> Okay. So, Claire Pollikin, 106 West Rosemary Road. I'm here about the frat house. So, I have some questions and I
want to first say that as a result of the new ordinances that got enacted at the end of May, things have been much better at the frat house. However, they have been over occupancy. There just not 20 kids outside the house at the same
time. However, the month of August has not been so. So my first question is after I make a complaint about an occupancy overage, what happens next? I've contacted you once, I contacted the police once.
>> Uh so once you make the formal complaint, then it gets investigated. My understanding is your most recent one was uh there was a violation notice sent out >> to the owner of the house, >> correct? Yes. >> Oh, great. Okay, great. Okay, so he's notified then, >> correct?
>> Okay. Um, so my next question is about the certificates. So I understand what the problems were with those occupancy certifi the license this year. Is there going to be any attempt to make that a readable certificate from the street with the occupancy number pretty
prominent on that piece of paper? >> Yeah, safe to say we're uh probably going to regroup after that after the summer uh in preparation for next year. I know that that is software driven uh in terms of what is able to be printed out. So, there's might be some with our vendor that we may have to work with and
so forth, but give our our clerk's office. >> That little 12 in the little corner of his certificate didn't do it for me. >> Got you. Understood. >> Okay, next question. Um, I notified Brian about garbage again at that house. Garbage cans are in the front of the
house. He said that's not a violation. I understand it's not a violation. My thoughts always go to, so if every property owner in Wildwood Crest put their garbage cans in the front yard, what would it look like? So, it's not a violation, but it probably should be. As
I've said, that house doesn't have enough outdoor space for even the 12 people in that house, >> right? I think that's that's probably something we'll have to take up maybe with uh potentially with our lanyard board. reason for that particular property if I my memory well
>> the front the front you have to decide which is the front is it the is is New Jersey Avenue the front because that becomes the front of the house and then the rosemary side becomes the side house side the side >> the front door is on rosemary and I don't know why it's 6500 New Jersey I don't >> yeah so it might be as a result of the
way the address sits so it determines the front part of the house versus what's the side of the house >> okay I understand okay and my last issue is parking So, every time I come here and I ask why cars that are illegally parked aren't
ticketed, whoever is answering me says, "We do ticket cars." So, here's my latest statistic. So, I can walk my dog a Coline and I can have to walk in the street because cars are parked along the
sidewalk. There could be eight cars parked along the sidewalk. None of those cars are ever ticketed. In my season here, I witnessed at least a hundred infractions of illegal parking. I saw
one ticket on one car which was parked on the very corner of Rosemary Road and it was left there for three days and it was actually dangerous and it should have been towed. And so my question again is just a simple answer. Why isn't it why isn't it
enforced? Like you have people parking on front lawns. You have cars parked on front lawns outside of their driveway space. There's another party house on our street now. There's seven cars parked on the front
yard. People listen people get to know what's enforced and what's not. And if you see your neighbor getting away with something, you do the same thing. Why aren't you ticketing the cars? Sure. >> To my knowledge, we uh over the Fourth
of July weekend, there were 350ome tickets for parking violations only, and they were not meters. They were >> Well, I'm telling you, >> Chief, do you uh do you have a comment on this one? >> We issue several hundred parking tickets a month. And
>> I'm telling you about more problems. I'm telling you the cars that aren't >> ma'am. If if you see something, you can certainly call us. >> I don't want to be the policeman. The car the police are are are up and down these streets all the time and they pass these illegally marked car parked cars and they don't do anything. It's not up
to me. >> That's not true. >> That's not true. Officers see violations. They issue someone or they try to contact the vehicle. >> No, not true. >> Ma'am, I was parked to leave. I got a ticket.
>> Well, listen. My first my first season here. I got a ticket >> in North Wildwood. I got a ticket in North Wildwood. In my first season here, the little guy on the bicycle riding around issuing tickets. Got a ticket. I
never illegally parked again. When people find out things aren't in force, like parking on the sidewalks, they keep doing it. That's all I'm going to say because I'm going to keep having that problem. We have too much overbuilding in this town. Actually,
each property now has two attached houses and 10 bedrooms and 10 cars. >> Thank you. Okay, here we go. Can you hear me? >> Lisa Rippo.
>> Yeah. Is that working? Just just to for clarity that that microphone is not um to amplify in the room. That microphone is so that uh our recording devices can capture the audio correctly and the people listening from remotely. >> Um I would like to know how many years
we're going to let Mr. Ma's property sit out there looking like it's been bombed out. I would like to know the status of Mr. Ma's lawsuit. And I'm gonna ask a lot of questions so I don't waste my five minutes in case I get cut off. This way you can respond at
the end. I find out that when people are only allowed to talk for five minutes at least out at the county and they want to cut you off. So I found that it's better to ask questions directly and then you can go over time on the extra five minutes. Not that you have not done been
good here because you have you do not cut people off here. So, um, that's one lawsuit. That's two lawsuits as far as I know. And then there's another lawsuit here,
Bosterard versus Wildwood Crest, that's been making the newspapers. And then there's another lawsuit that just got um either paid out by because of an Oprah violation because apparently we're not doing Oprah vi opra requests here. And for anybody that wants to know
about OPER requests, if they are not filled, if they are late, if you do not get the response or correct response, you have 45 days to file a grievance. Had I known that, I would have been rich today.
I've not been getting some some good responses from Oprah people here. And I understand there's another law. There was a lawsuit. That's three lawsuits. And then there was also a gentleman I met out at
the county. He said his paperwork was in complete order. That's his story. I gave him my name and my address. I met him out at the county. He was out there to file another lawsuit. I said, "Who are you filing against?" He said, "Wood Crest."
That's up to like six or seven. So you got two meter lawsuits. You've got like you've got Dune lawsuits for not wanting to I don't know whatever with the Dunes. You've got my lawsuits coming
if I can never pin Mr. Gzunas down to answer me. So where does MEA's um issues I'll say there's some lake safety issues at the end of I believe where Thompson Mr. Thompson
who thinks it's okay to call me out of the blue who doesn't even know me. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. That was a little bit of a harassment that we don't want to acknowledge here or take notice of. But out at the end of his street, there's a yellow blinking light that used to be a working traffic light. I believe
is that county or municipality. There at the end street that ends right back on Park Boulevard. That yellow light is flashing there for some reason. Can someone explain that? It's no longer a working light. Do you realize that? >> I'm at which street is that? I'm sorry.
>> Where hardware >> where Thompson's hardware store used to be? If you take that down to the bay, there's a blinking light there. >> There's a blinking light there. Is that municipality or is that county? >> Is that a county light? Like who takes care of that light?
>> It's a wild crest. It's wild crest. >> Okay. Can you tell me why that a light is still there and why B it's not at the lake at at the lake? Cuz you have a major safety issue down there. When you pull out of where again I know people so Kea so of Kea's house if you
go straight down to the lake there you cannot see to make a left or a right turn out of that oneway street right at the lake you have a multitude of people crossing there and even though the speed limit has been dropped down to 20 when the
engineers redid that whole lake area they totally screwed up the parking and the visibility for our for the people that are crossing there. That is a huge problem. There's also now a problem because the lake is so popular, which is a wonderful thing with
people using the platform to for the boats and they're using it to dive off of. That is a safety issue and that needs to be addressed before someone gets killed there. I see it every time I go there. Now, there are people out on motorized boats and there are children
with parents allowing their kids to jump off and swim that area. Is that if that's okay, that's okay, but like it just seems pretty dangerous. Not to mention the the the parking like the drive by. Then you got the signs up there that say watch pedestrians. Like
we need another diversion from watching where the people are crossing. Enough of these signs. Who who's responsible to put these pedestrian crossing signs? What happened to the stand and wait or why why not put a flashing light there?
Make no crossing zones maybe at a blind corner and push them to an area where it's more visibility before someone gets killed. Someone's going to get killed at that lake. Not to mention the dog poop, which we have talked about. It's not safe to have or it's not it's
not good to have dogs down at the lake at the at the at the school. >> Leap leap leap. >> No, I'm just kidding. >> I know. You know what? I just found out you can say >> There's a kid here. >> I apologize. I didn't know it was a child, but I just found that out because
Mr. Galsus tried to shut me down the very first time verbatim. And I was telling a story and I just looked that up and I was told you can say that as long as I'm not disrupting your public meeting. >> There's a child here at >> I don't I apologize. I apologize here too. >> Well, so let me
>> if I talk about verbatim and what I said, which is what I did that day. >> All right, let me let me do this >> respectfully. The five minutes is up. Okay, >> let me try to do my best to answer. I was trying to take notes on your question so I can respond back to you.
Okay. So, with respect to the MAS lawsuit, um so that is I'm assuming that's the uh the ocean holiday property that's not along the bike path. Uh that matter was approved by the planning board. Um there was some um um individuals, a group that was not satisfied with the planning board's
decision. They appealed uh to the judge. I wouldn't necessarily call it a lawsuit. I call it more of an appeal. The appeal was supported, then they reappealed it, if I'm not mistaken, and that's where it's at right now. So unfortunately that is okay. So so it's sitting in the hands of the judge. We're
just waiting for the decision as to whether or not he's going to continue to support or he's changing or whatever is is >> so we're going to allow it to sit there for six more years in limbo without issuing. >> This was I think wild crest position is pretty clear because he they received the planning board approval to allow the
project to get started. So it's not it's not wild crest. Uh >> well technically it started with wild crest but we won't go there. >> Okay. So, uh, the other one with respect to the other, uh, lawsuits, some of them are confidential. They're still being worked out. I don't have all the information on all that. Um, but I'm
sure that when the time comes, um, we will be, you know, that will be made public. Um, the Oprah one was approved at the last one that was $2,000. >> It was a GRC complaint. It wasn't >> uh, the Dune uh, lawsuit that is a a a
lawsuit uh, from North Wildwood against Wild Crest. Um, we're working through all those details. As I mentioned, we have a conference call uh with our attorney after all this. So hopefully it's not not something that I'm sure North Wild would want to do. I'm not sure it's something Wild Wrest wants to defend, but it is what it is. Everyone
has to protect um protect their their interest for their community. I understand. >> And and their homes, too, in case a major storm blows in. So >> if we get a storm that they're saying that they're going to come here, it's not just going to be the ocean we're worried about, we got to be worried about the bay, too. This whole island will be evacuated. >> Well, I understand that. uh drawing short.
>> So in the meantime, I think if you drive up and down the coast and if you look at all the different >> I love our dunes short if you look at our short community, we are one of the only that has a huge dune system and a wide beach >> and why if we love our beaches the way they are, just leave them the way that they are. >> Well, I agree with that until it becomes
a liability. If you have a major swarm in and you've made the decision and people don't understand what >> it's it's referred to as a beach replenishment project. When you take beach away from wildcraft, we're not getting replenished. There's a big difference. So, all right. U, so that's
a doom lawsuit with respect to the uh um lake safety. Uh so the boats that continue to pull up there that you know it doesn't happen often. I actually frequent that area myself personally a lot. I do see some boats that do that. That's why the the police department was um helpful in working with the state
police and getting the two buoys there to help keep them um are dy noted to say, "Hey, you know, don't no boots past this point." um outside of uh you know >> people have to swim off that platform. Is that that's my question. Is it safe for the people? Are you allowed to use that as a spinning platform?
>> Yes. Okay. Yes. >> Um um >> cuz it's right next to where the boats pull in. >> I think I answered all. Did I miss one? I'm not sure if I missed one or not, but I did. I do. I did my level. I was trying I can't Sometimes I can't even read my own hand right now. I'm not
sure. >> That's all right. I'm I'm more concerned about the fact that I can't believe that they're swimming there. where there's a goat launcher a separate area where there's only specifically swimming to keep people safe. >> Yeah. Well, it's it's a busy lakefront. Um >> now it is. Yes. >> With with lake docks. You have that you
you have people, you know, bringing their own kayaks and and personal water >> problems with traffic. >> Yeah. The swimmers I know uh generally go either early in the morning or late in the later in the evening. There's some there during the day. I'm not I'm not stay long.
>> Okay. Okay. Good. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Public comment. >> Hi. Hi. I'm Mike Marino. >> Hey, Mike. Hi. >> Hello. At a recent event, uh, a resident told me that a candidate running for
commissioner accused me of hating the police and planning to defund and outsource our police department. Let me be clear, that accusation is false. and deeply misle misleading. Do not hate the police. That's far from it. I'm a 20-year military veteran. I've made I
have immense respect for law enforcement, officers, firefighters, EMT, and all responders. I know the sacrifices they make and the vital role they play in keeping our community safe. What I stand for is smart, effective public safety, ensuring our police have
the resources, training, and support they need to serve with professionalism and integrity. I also believe being fiscally responsible for taxpayer dollars and making decisions transparent. If elected, I will lead with inter integrity and make thoughtful
and informative choices that keep our neighborhoods safe and our community strong. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Hi. Do I need to reintroduce myself? >> No. Go ahead. Um, I just would like an
update on on um the cooling property because I was told the last time I was here that any day now we're just waiting for the judge to sign the paperwork. Well, does it take a month to sign a piece of paper? What's going on? the pro process.
>> We're in the process of um I think getting some quotes to have the property clean. >> I heard they had a contract ready to roll as soon as the paperwork was signed. That was what I was told by code enforcement. >> Um I spoke to chief on Monday and he was back here. I was hoping that he would be
able to like um tell you what the process was. He basically it is in the works. um they were reaching out to um the contractor and getting it um scheduled either the end of this week or beginning of next week hopefully. That was what I was told on Monday. So I
believe that's where we are. >> I was told that a month ago. So you know is it going to be another month? Are you just waiting for the season to end? Cuz this is our sixth season of not being able to use our backyard because of that property. Ma'am, I I know the chief's not here,
but I do know that he did meet with code enforcement. It is still a topic that they're working through and trying to get through all of those different things to get that addressed for you. I I know it's I know it's taking a little bit longer than you'd like, but it it is it's not lost or on the back burner. It's something that's actively being discussed in works.
>> I mean, would it be helpful? I mean, if it's a matter of the judge signing a paper, would it be helpful if I call the judge? I'm, you know, really tired of waiting. No answer. You deal with the judge on a daily, right? Don't you do you know the judge?
>> There's no judge involved. I don't >> So the paper's been signed. Is it a matter of >> I don't know what you're talking about. I just don't understand what you're talking about. Paper sign. >> I was told by code. >> I don't know what you were told. And >> I Okay, I'll tell. I was told by code enforcement that they were waiting for
the judge to sign the go-ahead order to enter the property. give them permission to enter the property to clean it up and all they needed was the judge to sign the paper to give you I'll follow with you personally >> to make a lean I'll follow
>> against the property >> to see exactly where we're at with that and if you leave your >> and and who's um who's who interacts with mosquito control and the department of health because my understanding is the mosquitoes on her property are
carrying Zika and malaria and some other thing. I can't remember the name of it. And they're coming over every day and biting me and my husband and my dog. And I want to know who I get to sue when I have to go to the emergency room
because I'm having fevers and etc., etc. >> Oop, sorry. Your question was who interact? >> The question is where's the Department of Health and mosquito control and all this? Do I have to call them every single time I enter my property to come mitigate these
mosquitoes that could kill me or make me very sick or make everybody else very sick as they walk by? >> I I believe CO is also working with them or following up with them, but I'll I'll defer to Mr. Franco and he said he'll get the facts and call you back. >> Well, somebody's not doing their job
because as I say, every time I come down here, we are swarmed and I'm tired of being swarmed. I'm tired of being bitten. I don't understand why Dave and Deb aren't here because their grandchildren got bit the crud out of
when they were here. It's just it's you know if this was happening next to your yard, I'll bet this would have been taken care of already. >> Lee. >> Yes, you. Mayor >> Herrera,
>> can I say something? >> Okay. So, I've called mosquito control a number of times on our streets. Mosquito control comes right away. They spray locally and they spray the street and they go on to properties where they suspect standing water is. And I've
called them and they've done that, but then nothing happens. I'm still getting swarmed every time I show up. >> Okay. So, to wrap this up, I think Mr. Franco said he'll get the details. You're going to leave your number with uh with our clerk and Mr. Frank will
follow you up, I guess. >> Okay. Anybody else? Anybody on the conference line have any public comments before we uh entertain a resolution to go into close session? >> Yes. Yes. Dave Williams 8107.
I apologize for not being here this morning, but I am immediately next door to the property that's being discussed. contractor was in my yard at least a month ago um looking over the fence so we could see what was going on. I spoke to code enforcement this morning uh
actually just before this meeting started and according to them they're just waiting for the word to go. They suggested I call Commissioner Franco. So 7742750369 Commissioner I appreciate a call as well. Yes, grandkids would fit to help
the week they were here week before last. You got it. >> Okay. Another couple items. Um Pittsburgh purchase Pittsburgh. Uh what's the we're selling the property over in New Jersey and I know we bought that with the intention of it being a
parking lot when we eliminated the parking spots in front of Barry Buns and alone there and now we're selling that. So I can only assume that that means the parking spots on the jury is not going away. Can you help me understand why we're buying a piece of property on Pittsburgh?
So the new So so New Jersey Avenue uh needed the the the property that's for sale needed the the property that's right next door to that to make it a parking lot. Uh Taylor Design Group, our our planner has said that the lots that we currently own as well as the spaces
that will be created when the county and the bureau does its project um will actually gain uh we'll have a net gain of parking spaces on the street. Um, so instead of buying the lot next to that, uh, we decided to sell it to acquire the lot that's on Pittsburgh Avenue. If you
look at the area view on Pittsburgh Avenue, that is an oddshaped lot. to that house that sits there. Um the burrow is going to sell the one house buy this house. It squares off that lot and then it creates uh buildable lots uh directly behind the pool so that if if
in fact the burrow whoever uh down the road needs to sell it for whatever the reason uh the burrow is in a good position to have those lots similar to the lots that are available down by the public parks garage. >> Fair enough. Um excuse me. the New
Jersey Avenue streetscape. We appropriate some money for the burrow engineer. What's the scope of that and how does it compare with the line item down at the bottom which was uh forgive me
um the um infrastructure pre-count New Jersey infrastructure pre-count. >> So the New Jersey a Go ahead. So the the the the infrastructure project is the project that I referenced that's going to start after the summer that has to do with the
sanitary sewer systems uh being replaced and the city of Wildwood to also replace their water uh mains uh as well. Um so that is the infrastructure part. The part that we approved uh via resolution is the additional work that was needed.
So, the burrow owns uh the two blocks um that are directly in front of the uh of the I'll call Primos Shore Shore Fitness uh the Remax. There's those parking lots. There is grading and design and electrical
work and mechanical work that had to be done that does not fall under the county's uh purview. So the burrow uh had to because the burrow as part of the burough owned property, we needed to hire our engineer to do the necessary engineering work to to move forward with
the project. >> Okay. Do we have a feeling for when we're going to talk about the whole business district project again? >> Yes. >> We're doing pieces. We're doing pieces without a clear understand of what the endgame looks like.
>> So So the piece So the pieces are uh moving moving forward. The endgame is going to be a uh meeting uh by at a planning board meeting where the planners will be doing a public presentation on the on the project. So
on those six blocks >> is that scheduled? >> Uh not yet. No, we're wait we're waiting for we're just waiting to lock up everybody's schedule to see what's the best available date, >> but it'll be in the fall. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome.
>> Anybody else? public comment. >> I'm sorry, you did not um respond to the dog issue. The um the dog going to the dogs all on the south end take their dogs down and let them go to the bathroom
on that small area where the school is and there's clearly noted there that there should be no dogs down on the school's property. So, when I talk about that empty lot that I believe Mr. Williams had spoke about if he stole on the phone, he had bought that up before
and I remember you saying that, "Oh, well, the neighbors didn't want that." But when you look at the what's going on down there, what's going on up at the lake, which has got a lot of dogs up there, too. People want a place to take their dogs and it shouldn't be to go to
the bathroom on a on a school property that says no dogs allowed and then you put bags there. So, it's like this mixed signal that's going on, but there's that huge empty lot back there behind the where the trash gets picked up that we had discussed before. Well, and it's
like an underused field and we talked about it being like this well, it's determined that it's an emergency situation thing. Well, what emergency situation thing would that be? And why not multi-use that? The only guy I ever see back there is a guy like like hitting a golf ball. We have we have
places all over for people. We don't have places for our dogs. And we have a lot of dogs down here. It's his dog haven. And it's not okay cuz I see people letting them like they and they don't pick up after I pick up I go down there with my own dog. I pick up after my dog, but I pick up
other people's crap down there. Yeah. >> And that's not okay. So why aren't we using that field or talking about using that field anyway? And the other thing was I forgot to mention and the most important one of the most important thing is is that on um a couple Friday
nights ago at the end of July there was a three-part collision on Charleston and New Jersey Avenue and it was like it was really quite shocking the screech of the wheels and then the collision and I ran to the and
it seemed like it took police an awful long time to get there and in the process of talking to one of the very nice police officers that spent some time with me as well as one of the victims that got hit. The there was no previous previously
earlier in the night, according to this police officer, not according to me, there was a fire on Cressy Avenue. You know where I'm going with this. 911 County apparently was called. This is not my story. It was told to me by an officer who got very frustrated about
the whole situation with 911 County not going to the right place. I bought this stuff at the county. I bought it up here numerous times because crusty is Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. And if the dispatchers out there at the county do not know where to send an emergency
vehicle, someone is going to die. And I've made that comment over and over. North Wildwood, West Wildwood, and here in the county, if you don't know your island and you're sending your emergency vehicles to a
hotel that isn't the right hotel, you have a problem and it's a liability and it's on the record over and over. Some kid on that lake that's going to get hit by a boat or something, a golf cart. But why did the wrong 911? It got
all mixed up. And I'm asking for the records for that because that's the proof. Thank you. >> Okay. Okay. Anybody else? Conference line. We're done. All right. We're going to entertain a motion to go into close session.
>> Okay. So, we have authorizing executive closed in accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, specifically NJSA 104-12B with regard to two items. Potential litigation for NJ, US Army Corps of Engineers Student Project and
negotiations of terms with health insurance. >> Motion second. >> It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Very good. I want to hand the leg