Long Beach Township Holdouts Identified Online [AUDIO]
Signed easements for a massive federal beach replenishment project are starting to trickle in once again after Long Beach Township posted the names of 63 holdout oceanfront property owners on its municipal website.
Mayor Joe Mancini says they received three signed easements Monday morning and are expecting a few more to come in.
Mancini says by placing the names online for all to see, he's hoping the overwhelming majority of residents who have signed easements, puts pressure on those who haven't.
He says it worked in one community where all the holdouts signed easements.
"In Holgate we had 28 holdouts. The taxpayers in Holgate got together and they were going to start a lawsuit against those holdouts when their sand ended up in their living rooms."
Mancini says he believes most of these residents haven't signed because they're hoping for some type of compensation from eminent domain proceedings based on a court settlement some years ago, but he says he refuses.
"I will not do that. I mean, how do we reward less than 20 percent of the people who are holding out and jeopardizing the project when 80 percent have signed?"
When it comes to the summer tourism season, Mancini says by the Memorial Day weekend, LBI will be 95 percent open as far as businesses, as well as all 54 of Long Beach Township's guarded beaches.
He says they were not hit as hard by Superstorm Sandy like the Northern Barrier Island and they have no boardwalks. However, he says they're suffering from the impact of perception.
The easements are needed to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers access for a massive beach replenishment project. Work is expected to begin soon in Harvey Cedars, Surf City and Brant Beach to repair beach replenishment work that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Toms River Township Officials recently announced that they have the signed easements needed to put a storm protection system in place that devastated Ortley Beach. Mantoloking officials recently announced that they've begun the eminent domain process against its holdouts.
Outstanding Easements
source: LongBeachTownship.com
North Beach Haven To Brant Beach
NAME | ADDRESS | TWP. SECTION |
Kenneth Bergstoll | 214 E 14th Street | No. Beach Haven |
Michael D. Chillemi, Jr. Etal | 218 E 17th Street | No. Beach Haven |
Bacon Family Partners | 216 E 18th Street | No. Beach Haven |
Edith Cole | E 20th Street | No. Beach Haven |
Joan Moonan | 12401 Ocean Avenue | The Dunes |
Lauren Mercandante | 125 E. Nebraska Avenue | Beach Haven Park |
Aralene & Frederick Callahan | 125 E. Louisiana Avenue | Beach Haven Park |
Virginia Tennis | 122 E Alabama Avenue | Beach Haven Park |
John Chigounis | 123 E. Muriel Avenue | Beach Haven Park |
Elizabeth Wichelhaus | 115 E, Jerome Avenue | Beach Haven Park |
Robert & Robin Bianchini | 124 E Ocean View Drive | Peahala Park |
Kevin and Elizabeth Koons | 128 E Sand Dune Lane | Peahala Park |
Michael & June Logan | 6607 Ocean Blvd. | Brant Beach |
Patrick & Nussara Decker | 6605 Ocean Blvd. | Brant Beach |
Armando & Angela Rienzi | 6507 Ocean Blvd. | Brant Beach |
Michael & June Logan | 5713 Ocean Blvd. | Brant Beach |
NAME | ADDRESS | TWP. SECTION |
Kennedy, Lisa & Leahey, Karen | 17C Long Beach Bld | Loveladies |
Kaplan, Leslie & Barbara | 19 B Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Brooks, Eric & Donna | 21 Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Burkhardt, Kenneth & Joanne | 25 B Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Keeler Family Living Trust | 27 B Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
High Dune Partners LP | 29 Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
High Dune Partners LP | 133 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Kowalski, Richard & Elizabeth | 35 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Frankenburg, J Campisano | 45 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Jebara, Ghada | 47 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Roncati, Nancy | 61 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Carolan, Richard & Tina | 63 Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Stevens, Albert | 67 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Stonis Family LLC | 73 A Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Goldberg | 77 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Spector, Shanin & Tracy | 79 E Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Jacobs, Brian & Karyn | 81 E Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Princeton Econ. Inst c/o OMM | 91 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Eileen Minke | 95 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Hekemian, Robert | 97 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Stratton, Loretta & Richard | 99 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Schenk, Thomas & Christopher | 101 E Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Nzapt, Skye Trust | 103 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Marjorie Bershad | 107 F Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Golden Joel & Judith | 7 Coast Ave | Loveladies |
Haas, Steven & Brown, Dorian | 6 Arts Lane | Loveladies |
Galiardo, JW & JD Trust | 123 Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Galiardo, Richard & Christine | 125 F Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
McCormick, K c/o Protocoll | 129 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Macharka, William & Carolyn | 131 D Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
LNM Group | 133 F Long Beach Blvd. | Loveladies |
Cuti, Eileen | 12 Sea View Drive South | Loveladies |
Araxy Tatarian | 1003D Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Alaimo, Richard | 1005 Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Mainardi, Joanne J Trust | 1007C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Christman, Paul & Donna | 1009D Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Roda, Joseph & Nast, Dianne | 1017C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Widen, William | 1019C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Jebara, Nahla | 1027C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Raab, Mary L trust | 1033B Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Schoch, Charles & Cheryl | 1047C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Sivalingam, Varunan & Kim | 1061C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Kaplan, Barbara | 1067C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Walker, Michael & Lindsay | 1105C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |
Miller, Peter & Lois | 1129C Long Beach Blvd. | North Beach |