Portrait of Max, OG dog. Max has his shots already. Photo by Moe Demby,Blogfinger staff. ©
“Ms. Rizzo stated the parking professional from the Parking Task Force indicated that the shuttle was not a good idea. The Mayor stated that this shuttle proposal is just an idea. It would use the Senior Center bus to shuttle visitors to the midtown school parking lot. Mr. Gadaleta stated there is nothing in the budget specifically dedicated to the shuttle program.
He added that he discussed the idea of valet parking with the Chamber of Commerce as a project they could look into. The Inskip Avenue lot would be used for parking. Ms. Rizzo replied that the Camp Meeting Association is against the use of the Inskip Avenue lot for parking.”
Two Grovers said that the Parking Task Force should work with a parking consultant on a shuttle plan.
No one from the Home Groaners brought up the parking permit idea which is the only one, so far, that would help the residents of OG. It was recently buried by the Township. So it seems that Groaners have thrown in the towel on this issue without a fight or a current expert opinion to offer the citizens.
In January the HOA said, “This issue is not dead,”** but it sure looks that way unless someone can resuscitate the moribund permit parking idea. This quote is from the HOA minutes of January, 2018—-below:
Regarding the North End Redevelopment Plan, Jack Bredin spoke to suggest that the Redevelopment Attorney should be at Committee meetings. At a February Committee meeting, the Township Attorney said that the Redevelopment Attorney would be at subsequent meetings or meeting.
Another Grover spoke up about Re-development plans, but the only such plan in Ocean Grove is at the North End. This quote is from the Committee minutes:
“Richard Williams, 1 Abbott Avenue, asked if the Township has a vision for the redevelopment areas or are developers saying what should be done. The Mayor responded that the Redevelopment Plan dictates what can be done. Redevelopment is based on what the Township wants, not what the Redeveloper wants. Mr. Gadaleta stated that all of the redevelopment plans are on the Township web site. Mr. Anthony stated that the Redevelopment Attorney negotiates the Redevelopment Agreement which includes safeguards to protect the Township.”
Mr. Williams and Joyce Klein, , who spoke at the meeting, are from the HOA, although they apparently didn’t identify themselves as such when they went to the microphone. Why is that? Do they not represent the OGHOA, or is this some sort of game-playing. Anyhow, they have been trying to push the Committee to action on parking, historic preservation, and the North End Redevelopment plans, but they typically get nowhere.
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There are people on the task force, like Joyce Klein, who have worked very hard on the residential permit parking proposal….doing research….talking to residents…handing out flyers….going to TC meetings regularly. But, even after the big meeting at the high school, there is a lot of misinformation out there. And people think we are giving away parking, when all we want to do is isolate a small section to 1) discourage people from parking here and walking to AP, and 2) give a resident a fighting chance to get a parking spot if they have to move their car.
The TC said “we need an expert,” and nothing has happened. There just is so much fight that we can do. It’s very obvious that the TC doesn’t want this.
One stumbling block was that people in Neptune Township wanted to be able to buy a permit. My opinion: Let them buy a permit if they want one! I don’t care ! Buy your permit for parking in OG. Just let us try a small pilot program for residential permit parking !