Life Saving Station:

1. Bids were received on the interior restoration of the Life Saving Station. The bids came in higher then expected and in excess of available funds. It is anticipated that a meeting will be held with representatives of the architectural group to review changes to the bid specs to bring the scope of work in line with available funding. The Borough has received grants that total close to $600K with the lowest construction bid being $1,150,000.00 for the total project and $979,638.00 when alternate items were removed. The balance in the current bond is $885,221.00 (grants and tax dollars).
   
   
2. The Public Property and Grounds Committee have met with the Borough’s Architects (HJGA) to discuss the climate control systems (heat & air) in the building. We were advised, that insulation should not be installed at this point and that electric heat is being proposed. The utility cost is estimated at $3,000.00 per month, or $36,000.00 a year. It is felt that this is too high of a cost for the tax payers to cover. HJGA is looking into methods of insulating this building and the possibility of gas heat.
   
   
3. The Committee also met with a representative of a solar energy company to explore the possibility of putting solar panels on the metal garage, which would be used to offset the utility costs. We were advised that due to shade issues from the tower, solar panels can not be used at that location.
   
   
4. At this time in order to proceed with the project and stay with in the funding available, we will need to concentrate our work on the first floor of the building. The second floor and exterior will be a future phases.

Ocean Ave, Brielle Road, and Inlet Comfort Stations:

This project is moving ahead and will be completed by May 1, 2008. The interior of the Ocean Ave comfort station (male and female) will be redone. A new floor and automatic flushers will be installed. The Brielle Road comfort station will also have automatic flushers installed. At the inlet comfort station, an epoxy finish will be applied to the concrete floor and improvements to the privacy partition will be done.(February – no change)

Virginia Ave Phase II

1. A meeting with the residents will be held in the very near future to discuss the scope of work for this phase. Letters will be mailed to the homeowners alerting them to the date, time and location of this meeting.
2. The Committee has been following up on a recommendation from one of the homeowners to move the utilities underground. We have met with a representative of JCP&L. He advised us of the following (This is JCP&L only, and does not include telephone and cablevision cost / issues.)
   1. The estimated cost is approximately $500,000.00, and it is felt this estimate is very close to the actual cost. This estimated cost can be refined by having JCP&L engineering department do a layout, which requires a deposit of $5,000.00. The cost per house would be approximately $18,500.00 to install the electric lines underground.
   2. Homeowners would have an additional cost to run their service from the junction box to their homes. Those homes on the north side would have a higher cost as they would have a longer run.
   3. The underground wire would run on the south side of the street, at the house side edge of the sidewalk. It is unknown if the line would be trenched or moled.
   4. The junctions boxes would be installed 10 feet in from the face of curb and in all likelihood would require an easement from each property owner. An example of the junction box can be seen at the new construction at the east end of the block at the new construction. It is estimated that one box would be installed for every three to six houses (depends on length of runs). A junction box for each utility will be needed.
   5. Two “PMA” boxes will need to be installed at each end of the block. These boxes allow JCP&L to route circuits in cases of a power outage. The boxes are large and we were advised that the boxes are about 7 feet long by 7 feet wide and 5 feet high.
   6. This application will be discussed at our meeting with the residents before any action is taken along these lines. If an interest still exists in doing this, we will need to obtain cost estimates from Verizon and Cablevision.

Riddleway & Fourth Ave Bulkhead: The contractor will begin this work shortly. It will be completed by late spring or early summer. The contractor was asked to start on Fourth Ave and then move to Riddleway. The Fourth Ave project involves approximately the first 100 feet of bulkhead (from bridge) to the south. This area needs to be completed in time for the spring boating season.(Febraury no change)