Ocean City Council to Give Final Consideration to Easements for Beach Replenishment Project

Ocean City Council will have a light agenda to consider when it convenes at 5 p.m. Thursday night at City Hall.

There will be a public hearing and final vote on an ordinance that would provide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with an easement over 14 streets and 16 alleys between 34th Street and Corson’s Inlet State Park as part of the Beach Replenishment Project.

The Army Corps of Engineers would also be given governance over over a vacated portion of Wesley Avenue that recently became the City’s possession.

The project covers multiple towns and will help replenish beaches on the south end of the City that eroded during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Council will consider on first reading a resolution appropriating $1,435,000 and borrowing $1,363,250 for various improvements and the acquisition of a fire truck.

The City would appropriate $150,000 for the fire truck and borrow up to $142,500, according to the agenda packet posted on the City’s website.

The City would appropriate $35,000 and borrow up to $33,250 for construction, rehabilitation and repair of multiple buildings, including the installation of a generator at the 46th Street firehouse.

The most expensive of the three items under consideration in this section is for the construction, rehabilitation and repair of public facilities, including artificial turf and track at Carey Field. The City would appropriate $1,250,000 and borrow up to $1,187,500.

City Council will also consider on first reading an ordinance that would create a requirement for properties in residential areas to provide a grass/sod curbstrip with irrigation between the curb and the sidewalk, except in situations in which the City Engineer feels concrete is the better option.

There are three items on the consent agenda, including one concerning renovations to Carey Field and one allowing Mayor Jay Gillian to appoint Kristen Gallagher as the Director of Community Services.

To view the full agenda, click here.