Mantoloking
April 20, 1998
No. 285
| A question about barking dogs was raised. Ordinance #188 of the Borough of Mantoloking
states under Article XIII of said ordinance . . . ."No person who owns, keeps
or harbors any dog shall suffer or permit such dog to bark, howl or cry habitually
in such manner as to constitute a nuisance. . . . ." Call the police if you deem noisy dogs a nuisance. Mayor Roman called this meeting to order promptly at 8:00 pm. All Council members except Mr. Husted were in attendance. The minutes of the February 18th, March 16th and March 23rd were distributed and approved as written. March was a quiet month for the Police Department. Along with their regular duties, all officers completed their CPR recertification. The Fire Company responded to seven fire calls in March: four in Mantoloking and three in Bay Head. Three calls were for alarms sounding, one each for a smell of gas, a "wires down", a heater malfunction and an oven smoking. The Company had three drills and one regularly scheduled business meeting. Superintendent Heckman continues to clean, repair, update and prepare the Borough for the coming season. He built 180 feet and 185 feet of duck walk for the 1043 Ocean Avenue and the 1071 Ocean Avenue beach accesses respectively. He has been supervising the dune bulldozing, cleaning out storm sewers and painting hallways in the Borough Hall. The Construction Officials March activity report stated that three alteration permits were issued, one for a residential property and two for non-residential properties. Emergency Management Official Dave Loughran was waiting for a mock Category 3 hurricane to hit the barrier island. The two-day drill for EM officials is designed to plan evacuation and communication details for major storms. He'll report on this next month. |
CFO Crelin reports the Borough is proceeding with the necessary repairs to the beach,
but is quickly running out of funds, and anticipates an emergency appropriation will
have to be passed by Council next month. Some accounts have been hit hard this year,
but we are still within limits. Check this: http://www.mantoloking.org. It's still under construction but will grow. We are open to suggestions via e-mail. Routine bills of $120,297 were paid in March and passed by Council. Public hearings for Ordinances numbered 389 to 392, passed by-title-only last month, were held. There being no public discussion pro or con, the ordinances were approved and passed. Mayor Roman proclaimed April 19-25, 1998 National Library Week in the Borough and "urges all children and adults to visit their library and connect to a world without borders." Six resolutions were approved and passed by Council: a. Authorize health benefit waivers for full time Borough employees. b. Approve the contract for a sewer lateral installation at Block 14, Lot 10. c. Authorize the employment of a Public Works laborer, Alfred Hopkins, for the summer. d. Award the contract for Handicap Curb (ramps) Block Grant. e. Cancel a sewer bill for Block 22, Lot 12 (the house was torn down). f. Approve the execution by Mayor Roman of an agreement with the Surfriders Association. This is in conjunction with Ordinance #391 and the modification of regulations concerning surfing. Ordinance #393, providing for the purchase of fire fighting equipment (ladder truck) at a cost of $440,000, authorizing the issuance of bonds and notes in the sum of $418,000 and appropriating the sum of $22,000 for the Capital Improvement Fund in the Borough of Mantoloking, was approved by title only. |
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| The Sand Bag Revetment installation at the Princeton Avenue street end adjacent to
the OCUA's outfall manhole was understood to be paid for half by the authority and
half by the Borough. It seems the authority will pay an amount not-to-exceed $3000; so this is now under discussion because the cost will most likely be much more than $6000. Sixty to seventy bags will be filled with sand, then moved to the area and installed. This should be completed in mid-May. The Borough, at this time, has not come up with a procedure to zero in on non-point source bay pollution from lawn and garden chemicals. But it is checking other communities' solutions and will act accordingly in the near future. It is a problem that must be addressed. Not only does Barnegat Bay suffer from chemical leeching, our beloved pets are adversely affected, to say nothing about the children! Mayor Roman, Councilman Dunbar and Borough Engineer Guldin attended an official briefing by the New Jersey Department of Transportation regarding improvements to Route 35 from Curtis Point Drive north to Delaware Avenue in Pt. Pleasant Beach. This section was constructed in the 1920s by Ocean County and is one of the oldest sections of reinforced Portland Cement Concrete pavement in New Jersey. The existing roadway sections are two ten-foot lanes and two ten-foot shoulders. Analysis revealed problems in the roadway. NJDOT noted many areas of flooding as a result of poor shoulder conditions, lack of inlets and a flat profile, along with safety, operational and capacity problems at Rte 35 and Herbert Street. |
So, the proposed project will be rehabilitation of the pavement then overlay with
asphalt, drainage with the addition of inlets and new piping, one new outfall, reconstruction
of six outfalls, resetting of existing inlets and fixing the shoulders. The Herbert
St and Rte 35 intersection will include lengthening the left and right turn lanes, widening the north bound left turn and through lanes, widening the south bound right turn lane, lengthening approach tapers to standard, and install a new traffic signal. The existing ten-foot lanes do not meet NJDOT standards, but to insure pedestrian safety, no widening is proposed except at the intersection at Herbert St. Minimal Right of Way acquisition will be necessary. All this is scheduled to start after Labor Day, but Mr. Dunbar questioned why it can't be coordinated with the bridge reconstruction, if in fact there's going to be a bridge project. Anyway this Rte 35 thing has yet to be funded. Crossing guards will be in place at Lyman, Herbert and Albertson Streets for the summer. . .Private beach storm damage is not eligible for federal funding, but private property owners may be. Council will look into this. The beach decks, walks and ladders are being replaced. . .The police boat has been repowered and will be operational in early June. . .The speed limit on all of Mantoloking Road has been reduced to 40 mph. . . The next regularly scheduled Council Meeting will be May 18th at 8:00pm. Council went into closed session to discuss matters of litigation and contract negotiation. |
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