Minutes
Below are the minutes for the meeting on Jan. 19, 2008

January 2008
To: Residents of Cedar Bonnet Island, Bonnet Island, Mallard Island, and Bayside

From:  Christine Michaud
 
Minutes from meeting held on January 19th at 9:00am in the Council Meeting Room of the Stafford Township Municipal Building

It is important for everyone to attend the monthly meetings in order to obtain all information.

Attendance this month: 12 people + 2 officers

The following officers were present:
President:           MaryAnn O'Neill
Vice President:     
Treasurer:           Marlene Longmore
Secretary:          

Treasurer Reports a December balance of $5373.74
A yearly fee of  $20.00 per residence (June 1st to May 31st)

To handle questions or complaints for:
Cedar Bonnet Island:      Jim Snyder  609-494-5986
Mallard Island:          Jean Ackerman  609-978-1614
Mud City:           Rosilyn Martin - 609-597-5168

No guest speaker for month of January.

At this January meeting MaryAnn has announced her resignation as President of the BBCA.
As of June 2008 the position of President will be open.  MaryAnn will no longer be BBCA President.
During the July meeting we will need to swear in a new President. 
Marlene Longmore has agreed to come back as treasurer.
Christine Michaud has agreed to come back as secretary.
MaryAnn will be available for assistance for anyone that may take over the new position.
She will also continue to be a member of the Senior Services Committee. ( unless the new President would like to take that over also)

There is a possibility that the association will no longer exist.
Please remember that with the development of the new causeway bridge our area will be in need of an organization.  The new bridge project will begin by the end of 2009. 
Roadway improvement will be added to the West side of Marsha Drive.

For anyone willing or interested in becoming the new BBCA President  please contact MaryAnn.

· Topics of interest:

BBCA Supports - Stafford Township Arbor Day on April 19th and again will make a donation.
The association received a thank you letter from Stafford Township for the money we had given them and they apparently they have put it towards the Toy Drive.
 
  Ocean County is starting a new recycling program.  They want everything to be put into ONE container  newspaper, junk mail, cans, bottles, plastics, etc.  But Stafford Township has decided that they want you to continue to put the recyclables out the same way that you have been doing.  They will take care of the papers as they do the pick up.
 
  An ordinance was just passed about dumpsters and construction material in public right a ways.  Meaning the ordinance is if a house is under construction and the dumpster is in the roadway.
 
  The new stores where Carroll's used to be are now opened.
 
  Opening by July 2008  - Target, Best Buy, Cosco's, BJ's, Sporting Goods.
 
  No opening date yet for the Outback Steak House.
 
WaWa's is going up on Rt 72 and is expected to be open in the summer of 2008.
There may also be one at McKinley and Rt. 9 and is waiting on approval.
 
         The Bay Ave. Flea Market will be rebuilt.

The Motor Vehicle Inspection Station will remain in it's existing place until the new station is ready - which will be located a couple blocks away.

The 3rd Tuesday of the month  the Township has televised meetings.

People are continuing to drop off their Adopt-A-Drain forms.

AS A REMINDER:
Due to the fact that the attendance at our monthly meetings are getting fewer and fewer, there was a vote taken and passed unanimously that the monthly association meetings will be reduced to 3 meetings per year with 2 clean up months.

New monthly meetings beginning January 2008 will be as follows:
April         19, 2008
May         17, 2008          Clean up
July         19, 2008
October,  18, 2008       Clean up

The monthly minutes get mailed to the township.

Mailing address for dues & purposes:
Barnegat Bay Civic Association                
    P.O. Box 1111                               
Manahawkin, N.J. 08050