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Showing posts with label DEP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DEP. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Residents Reject Building on Oceanfront
On May 28th, hundreds of area residents turned out to protest plans for Bradley Cove, a 15 beach house community approved by the council for the Ocean Avenue roadbed east of Asbury Tower and an 8 - 10 story condo tower for the triangle adjacent to the Tower, at the ocean end of Deal Lake Drive. After many years of fighting development on this end of the boardwalk, Asbury Radio was very pleased to see Tri-City's publisher/editor Dan Jacobson pick up the cause. Yeah, Dan!!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Trivia Note - Law Firms
Just an a bit of Trivia --
The lawfirm representing iStar Financial/owners of Asbury Partners' shares is Wolff & Samson. When former Dept. of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell left that post in 2006, he joined Wolff & Samson.
The lawfirm representing iStar Financial/owners of Asbury Partners' shares is Wolff & Samson. When former Dept. of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell left that post in 2006, he joined Wolff & Samson.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Have You Seen that Boat Off Deal Lake Jetty?
Hey, What’s That Boat Doing in My Fishing Hole?
Fishermen casting off the jetty by Deal Lake, erroneously known as the 8th Avenue Fishing Pier or Beach, say the presence of a fishing trawler with the sign “107” on its cabin is scaring away their catch.
Around dawn you may have heard or felt the rhythmic compression of the little boat’s hefty motor, which powers a giant claw that roils up the sea bed, sending schools fleeing. Hence, the fishermen’s gripe.
They speculated on Tuesday about the closeness of the boat to the beach, what some thought might be a violation of the two-mile limit. We got curious and checked with the DEP.
The boat, called The Skimmer, is licensed by the NJ Division of Fish and Wild Life, under the authority of the Department of Environment Protection, to dredge up bait clams in condemned waters, according to Conservation Officer III Clint Dravis. Bait clams are the big-shelled monsters that sometimes end up in chowder – usually tough as shoes. The skipper of The Skimmer can legally do this from Sandy Hook to Cape May, year round.
What about the two-mile limit? Along the coastline the borders that define condemned waters vary, with the limit for Asbury Park and Deal extending only a half-mile into the ocean, which keeps him close to our shoreline here - Sorry, guys! By comparison The Skimmer can go out a full mile from Sandy Hook's shore. After that point, boats licensed to harvest edible clams take over the territory.
As for the fishermen’s complaints, Dravis says bad fishing doesn’t usually follow The Skimmer. In fact where the condemned and open water lines gets close, those edible clam hunters may actually follow boats like The Skimmer to pick off the large fish often drawn by the stray bait clams that can get away. Maybe it was this wild weather approaching that drove the fish away, fellas.
Fishermen casting off the jetty by Deal Lake, erroneously known as the 8th Avenue Fishing Pier or Beach, say the presence of a fishing trawler with the sign “107” on its cabin is scaring away their catch.
Around dawn you may have heard or felt the rhythmic compression of the little boat’s hefty motor, which powers a giant claw that roils up the sea bed, sending schools fleeing. Hence, the fishermen’s gripe.
They speculated on Tuesday about the closeness of the boat to the beach, what some thought might be a violation of the two-mile limit. We got curious and checked with the DEP.
The boat, called The Skimmer, is licensed by the NJ Division of Fish and Wild Life, under the authority of the Department of Environment Protection, to dredge up bait clams in condemned waters, according to Conservation Officer III Clint Dravis. Bait clams are the big-shelled monsters that sometimes end up in chowder – usually tough as shoes. The skipper of The Skimmer can legally do this from Sandy Hook to Cape May, year round.
What about the two-mile limit? Along the coastline the borders that define condemned waters vary, with the limit for Asbury Park and Deal extending only a half-mile into the ocean, which keeps him close to our shoreline here - Sorry, guys! By comparison The Skimmer can go out a full mile from Sandy Hook's shore. After that point, boats licensed to harvest edible clams take over the territory.
As for the fishermen’s complaints, Dravis says bad fishing doesn’t usually follow The Skimmer. In fact where the condemned and open water lines gets close, those edible clam hunters may actually follow boats like The Skimmer to pick off the large fish often drawn by the stray bait clams that can get away. Maybe it was this wild weather approaching that drove the fish away, fellas.
Maureen Nevin - Asbury Radio
Sunday, January 25, 2009
NJ Considers DEP 's CAFRA Expert Mark Mauriello for Top Job
Mark Mauriello, who was in charge of the DEP's Division of Land Use when Asbury Radio interviewed him on September 11, 2003, is under consideration to replace State Environmental Commissioner, Lisa Jackson, who was recently selected to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC, according to the Sunday (1/25/09) NYTimes.
In this excerpt from that radio interview, you can hear Mauriello insisting it is irrelevant to the DEP's review of the City's and Asbury Partners' Waterfront Development application that the man the city credited with the plan had pled guilty to extorting developers in Ocean Twp., where he was mayor. The developers in turn were to get greater density for their projects.
Listen for yourself, but I stick to my original judgment that Mauriello's intentions to handle the application with routine processes was not adequate. What still disturbs me is the way Mauriello characterizes former city manager Terry Weldon's Federal crimes as "local feelings" about officials or former officials, reducing this critical point to some kind of Mayberry RFD politics.
The "Governor" referred to is James McGreevey.
Also, throughout the interview Mauriello admits he's not yet familiar with some aspects of the plan on a detailed level -- including the plans to build in front of Asbury Tower and North of the Tower on the triangle by Deal Lake -- yet he seems well versed on the points the redevelopment rights holders (Asbury Partners) had spun in the press about the benefits to the community - the infrastructure Asbury Partners was to replace, and the renovation of blighted areas and "crummy" parking lots.
Note also that he says his department is responsible for areas "seaward of the boardwalk". Wonder if this is another reason why the plan is to remove the existing boardwalk, which runs west of the proposed townhouses, and build a meandering boardwalk east of the townhouses.
I've divided the interview into 10 files, in which Mauriello answers questions about parking spaces, permiable surface coverage, etc. If you want to hear more, please let me know and I'll post it. Click here for this excerpt. Note: Mauriello isn't intentionally talking over us. We were working then with very primative studio equipment.
In this excerpt from that radio interview, you can hear Mauriello insisting it is irrelevant to the DEP's review of the City's and Asbury Partners' Waterfront Development application that the man the city credited with the plan had pled guilty to extorting developers in Ocean Twp., where he was mayor. The developers in turn were to get greater density for their projects.
Listen for yourself, but I stick to my original judgment that Mauriello's intentions to handle the application with routine processes was not adequate. What still disturbs me is the way Mauriello characterizes former city manager Terry Weldon's Federal crimes as "local feelings" about officials or former officials, reducing this critical point to some kind of Mayberry RFD politics.
The "Governor" referred to is James McGreevey.
Also, throughout the interview Mauriello admits he's not yet familiar with some aspects of the plan on a detailed level -- including the plans to build in front of Asbury Tower and North of the Tower on the triangle by Deal Lake -- yet he seems well versed on the points the redevelopment rights holders (Asbury Partners) had spun in the press about the benefits to the community - the infrastructure Asbury Partners was to replace, and the renovation of blighted areas and "crummy" parking lots.
Note also that he says his department is responsible for areas "seaward of the boardwalk". Wonder if this is another reason why the plan is to remove the existing boardwalk, which runs west of the proposed townhouses, and build a meandering boardwalk east of the townhouses.
I've divided the interview into 10 files, in which Mauriello answers questions about parking spaces, permiable surface coverage, etc. If you want to hear more, please let me know and I'll post it. Click here for this excerpt. Note: Mauriello isn't intentionally talking over us. We were working then with very primative studio equipment.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Planning Board Hears Developers and Public on Homes for Beach East of Asbury Tower
The Planning Board meeting has been postponed until January, due to the death of Councilmember John Loffredo's sister. We wish John and his family our sympathy.
From Joyce Grant - Citizens for Oceanfront Preservation
TONIGHT -
Friends:
The continuance of the Public Hearing on the Bradley Cove Development before the Asbury Park Planning board is tonight - Monday, Dec, 8, 2008, 7 pm, City Hall in Asbury Park.
The plan is to build 15 Bradley Cove Townhouses on Ocean Avenue and a public beach area in front of Asbury Tower, a 26-story, 300 to 400 Senior affordable housing complex limiting public and handicapped access for Seniors and public alike, blocking scenic vistas, and in violation of many CAFRA land use regulations. Hope to see you at the planning board meeting.
Please bring other friends and supporters. There is a lot of community support, not only from Asbury Park but also Neptune, Loch Arbor and Interlaken to preserve this last remaining natural resource area and vista on the oceanfront.
City Hall, Bangs and Main St. Entrance door is opposite post office. 7 pm
Dept of Environmental Protection - 609-292-0060 - Please site CAFRA plan Permit# 1303-03-0001.2
Issuance date March 26, 2004 effective date; expiration date March 26, 2009
From Joyce Grant - Citizens for Oceanfront Preservation
TONIGHT -
Friends:
The continuance of the Public Hearing on the Bradley Cove Development before the Asbury Park Planning board is tonight - Monday, Dec, 8, 2008, 7 pm, City Hall in Asbury Park.
The plan is to build 15 Bradley Cove Townhouses on Ocean Avenue and a public beach area in front of Asbury Tower, a 26-story, 300 to 400 Senior affordable housing complex limiting public and handicapped access for Seniors and public alike, blocking scenic vistas, and in violation of many CAFRA land use regulations. Hope to see you at the planning board meeting.
Please bring other friends and supporters. There is a lot of community support, not only from Asbury Park but also Neptune, Loch Arbor and Interlaken to preserve this last remaining natural resource area and vista on the oceanfront.
City Hall, Bangs and Main St. Entrance door is opposite post office. 7 pm
Dept of Environmental Protection - 609-292-0060 - Please site CAFRA plan Permit# 1303-03-0001.2
Issuance date March 26, 2004 effective date; expiration date March 26, 2009
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