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LBT Invites Oceanfront Owners To Meeting On Sept.10

Long Beach Township invites homeowners who refuse to sign easements to Sept. 10 committee meeting
THE PRESS of ATLANTIC CITY ~ Donna Weaver ~ August 29, 2010
From:LBT10
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP — The Board of Commissioners is calling on oceanfront homeowners who refuse to sign their easements for a beachfill project and their attorney to come to the next public meeting Sept. 10 to discuss their positions and concerns.

The township sent a letter Friday to attorney Ken Porro, stating he has said he has tried to negotiate with the township to no avail. The township provided a copy of the letter to The Press of Atlantic City. Mayor Joseph Mancini said Friday that’s just not true.

“He’s been to one meeting. We’re inviting them to the next meeting because we want to find out what it is they want,” Mancini said.

Over the past several years, Porro has been at the forefront, fighting a battle for oceanfront homeowners who have refused to sign their easements across the island in five separate municipalities where similar projects have been proposed.

Porro has argued that the homeowner’s land cannot be taken without just compensation. He also has argued that the reason homeowners won’t sign is because they will lose their beach access, view and breeze.

Beaches across the township suffered severe erosion during a storm last week and conditions along the township’s 12 miles of beachfront continues to worsen as the township waits on just seven easements to complete a portion of the project in the vulnerable Brant Beach section. A similar project was completed this past spring on Harvey Cedars’ beaches and cost about $26 million. In 2006, Surf City received its leg of the project with a $6 million price tag. Both Harvey Cedars and Surf City continue to suffer erosion on their beaches despite the tons of sand that were pumped ashore during their respective projects.

Surf City Suggests Closing 1 of LBI District's 2 Schools

Surf City suggests closing 1 of LBI district's 2 schools
By NICHOLAS HUBA • Staff Writer • August 11, 2010,Beach Haven Times

SURF CITY — The mayor and Borough Council are starting to put pressure on the local elementary school district to close one of its two schools in an effort to help reduce per student cost.

The council approved a resolution asking for the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District to close either the Ethel A. Jacobsen School or the Long Beach Island Grade School.

"The Mayor and Council of Surf City hereby find that one of the two schools should be closed and put in "mothballs' for a period of three years in an attempt to further cut the per-pupil cost to the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District," states resolution, which was approved during the July 21 meeting.

Mayor Leonard T. Connors said decreasing enrollment over the years has made keeping both schools open unnecessary.

"The district used to have around 800 kids, now its down to about 230," Connors said. "Enough is enough, when are we going to do something; when there are 20 kids left in the district?"

Interim Superintendent Roger Caruba said he did not have a comment on the resolution, adding that he is scheduled to meet with members of the Board of Education to discuss the issues and develop a statement.

According to state records, the district spends $21,866 per student and is ranked four in the district factor group. The spending is approximately $8,000 more than other districts in their factor group.

The council is not looking to have any layoffs, the resolution states.

"The Mayor and Borough Council of Surf City, having no desire to see any member currently employed by the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District riffed because of this retrenchment, no personnel should be terminated and downsizing would occur through attrition," the resolution states.

The resolution also states that the closed school could be reopened after three years if enrollment warrants it.

Connors said that he would be in favor in closing one of the schools and making improvements to the other in order to make the plan work.

"I would be in favor in making expansions to the Ship Bottom school (Long Beach Island Grade School) and closing the other," Connors said. "It would be far better than keeping two schools open."

Taxpayers Groups To Invite Easement Holdouts To Meeting

Taxpayers groups to invite easement holdouts to meeting
ASBURY PARK PRESS ~ Nicholas Huba ~ August 18, 2010
Article from LBT10 Taxpayer Group

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP — Island taxpayers groups are looking at holding a meeting to raise awareness of the six oceanfront property owners who have not signed their easements for the federally funded beach replenishment project.

LBT10 Taxpayers Association Bob Irvine suggested the groups hold a meeting on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend and invite the people who have not signed their easements in order to talk to them about the issue.

"Invite their attorney and the homeowners. We promise to be respectful," Irvine said during the Board of Commissioner's Caucus meeting Tuesday morning. "This will hopefully bring more attention to the situation."

Bill Kunz, president of the Brant Beach Homeowners Association, said this group would be willing to get involved in the proposed meeting.

"I've talked to people about it," Kunz said. "A meeting like that, in an open forum, as president of the group, we would support it."

During the course of the last month or so, the township has made a list of beachfront homeowners who have not signed their easements.

Late last month, the township started posting on its official Web site, longbeachtownship.com, the names and addresses of several property owners who had not signed access easements for the federally funded beachfill project. Forty-four other beachfront property owners already have signed.
The website states that the township is missing only seven easements in order to have a complete two-mile stretch of beach ready for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start the next phase of the project, when funding becomes available.

In order to get the project, a municipality must have the easements, which allow workers access to small portions of the property in order to do work.

Mayor Joseph Mancini said the township must move quickly in order to get the easements done because summer residents will soon be leaving the area for the season.

"We only have two to three weeks to get this done," Mancini said. "It's imperative that we get this done or they are going to wait for another 10 months."

Harvey Cedars Beach Replishment Project Completed

Asbury Park Press, August 3,2010, Written by: Nicholas Huba
HARVEY CEDARS — The borough officially has the beach it's been waiting years for.

The Army Corps of Engineers has turned over the beach to the borough after completing a nine-month beach-replenishment project.

"We conducted a final walk-through and turned the project over to the borough on July 21," said Stephen Rochette, spokesman for the Corps. "The contractor will be returning in the fall to complete dune grass plantings."

Mayor Jonathan Oldham said the project gives the borough the protection it needs.

"It's a federal project, so the beaches are going to look different," Oldham said. "There are some people who like them and others that don't, but the main issue is making sure that we have the protection that we need."

When dredging began in November, the long-awaited project was expected to be completed by March, but delays because of several powerful winter storms pushed back the completion date.

"There were well over 50 days the contractor was unable to work because of the weather conditions," Rochette said. "We were expecting to complete work in the April-May time frame."

The project included beaches being widened to 250 to 400 feet wide with enhanced dunes. The project, which already has been implemented in Surf City, was designed to pump more sand than necessary from the ocean floor to the beach. Excess sand will wash back out to sea, leaving the beach about 125 feet wide.

Keith Watson, project manager for the corps, said that it took eight to 10 months for the excess sand to erode in Surf City.

Rocco DeRubeis, 50, of West Chester County, N.Y., has been coming to the borough in recent years with his family and noticed a huge difference in the beaches.

"My wife came down first and told me about the beaches," DeRubeis said Monday as he was enjoying the beach off of East Cumberland Avenue. "It was strange seeing it for the first time, but it's going to take some time getting used to."

Reminder of Water Restrictions & Usuage Restrictions for LBTownship Residents

WATER CONSERVATION & USAGE RESTRICTIONS


The following restrictions and regulations are hereby imposed upon all persons utilizing water provided by the Township of Long Beach Water Dept. during the period June 1st through September 30th each year.

Residential households are permitted to utilize water from the Long Beach Township Water System for external purposes such as, inter alia and without limitation (i) water vegetation (ii) washing cars (iii) washing homes or the exterior portion of houses only pursuant to an odd/even system. The odd/even system shall apply so that a house ending in an odd number will be permitted to utilize such water uses only on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays and households whose street address ends in an even number shall be permitted to utilize such watering only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No external use shall be permitted on Mondays.

Watering for outside uses shall not be permitted between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Automatic sprinkling systems shall be permitted to operate only between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.

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Long Beach Township Beach Badge Information

Seasonal Beach Badges may only be purchased at the Long Beach Township beach badge sales location. Daily & Weekly Beach Badges may only be purchased on the beach from a beach badge sales person. Senior Citizen Beach Badges can be obtained for $5.00 with proof of age at the beach badge office.

2010 Beach Badge Prices

Pre-Season Beach Badge
(purchased before June 15)
$25.00
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Seasonal Beach Badge
(purchased after June 15)
$35.00
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Senior Citizen Beach Badge
$5.00
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Weekly Beach Badge
(Saturday – Friday)
$20.00
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Daily Beach Badge
$5.00

Beach Badges may be purchased or picked up beginning April 2, 2010— Friday through Monday from 9am to 3pm or beginning May 17 Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays 9am to 3pm.

Please make check or money order payable to: "Township of Long Beach". Send payment, SASE, and pre-season order form to:

Long Beach Township
Beach Badge Dept.
6805 Long Beach Blvd.
Brant Beach, NJ 08008

Register For Reverse 911

Register for Reverse 911
You will need to register if:

You do not have a land line phone in your Long Beach Twp. home, or
Your phone provider is Comcast or Vontage, etc. or,
You did not receive the emergency notification on Sept. 5, 2008 for tropical storm Hanna and you reside in Long Beach Twp.

Long Beach Township Public Works Appliance Pickups

The town ship public works department will pick up appliances by:
APPOINTMENT ONLY.
To make an appointment, call the Public Works Department's hotline at:
(609) 361-6676 from 9 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday.

Mathews Point

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The property managers have been hard at work adding trees, shrubs and flowers to Mathews Point. Stop by and check out the scenery.