A cleanup of our lovely Pleasure House Point Natural Area this coming Saturday from 9 til noon!!
Everyone is invited to attend!
As always, it is weather permitting and accordingly, please dress appropriately. If you have your own work or garden gloves, please bring them….it can be messy out there! Children are welcome and encouraged to help us clean our beautiful gem! We will provide grabbers and pokers, orange bags and water! Warm and tasty baked goods and appreciation gifts for the kids, too! There will be a hidden piece of Treasure Trash again!! Must be signed in to collect! This one is courtesy of Brenda Tusing and ROYAL CHOCOLATE!!! Yum!!
It was a few feet underground where the holes were dug at Lesner sign.
Lesner Bridge construction has also turned up a number of oyster shells and whole oysters during their work.
MINUTES
I. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. and opened by President Broyles leading the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance.
II. President Broyles recognized the Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Volunteers. Although the squad was out on a call, the OPCL wanted to recognize them publicly for their service to our community.
David Rose-Carmack was introduced who is running for the Third District House of Delegates.
III. Officer Wroblewski distributed the crime report….
These Minutes will be corrected if necessary and voted on to adopt at the November 7th meeting. See you November 9th at 7pm at Brock Environmental Center!
Although no meetings are scheduled this summer, the OPCL is still actively working to better the community. The Bayfront Advisory Commission’s Outreach meeting created another opportunity to list Ocean Parks’s vital needs and changes needed from City services and City budgets.
Every one of these issues is a compilation of resident input as well as challenging the ever changing budget programs that leave Ocean Park with substandard infrastructure. See the current list we presented here.
Shore Drive Phase IV will fix this old, unsafe infrastructure.
In the meantime the Ocean Park median signs are under construction and will be completed before July. These signs are a coastal-classic inspiration and were in the city approval process since last December and required a City Council decision. They will be installed on Shore Drive, one will be placed at Marlin Bay and one near Lesner Bridge.
Ocean Park is getting signs on Shore Drive !
A special committee named the North Pleasure House Creek Committee is active and has been funded to assist the residents in the Pelican Dunes area who could be adversely affected by development and filling of wetlands west of the 7/11. All property owners in this corridor are urged to donate matching funds and deal with this issue as a group ASAP.
Wouldn’t it make sense COVB purchase this for open space & storm water facility?
Remember, starting tomorrow Monday June 19th, including Tuesday & Wednesday, the Lesner Bridge will be closed from midnight until 4am. You’ll have to go around if you get caught on “the other side”.
If you’re on the other side, you’ll have to go around.
We have reached that point in the construction schedule where we need the gantry crane that is currently stored on the north side of Shore Drive to be put in place so that the superstructure of the new eastbound Lesner Bridge can be assembled.
To do this, we need to temporarily close Shore Drive to slide the gantry over the roadway and into position on the south side of Shore Drive.
This move will be conducted over three nights: June 19th, 20th, and 21st.
We will need short-term closures of Shore Drive between the hours of 12 midnight and 4 am, so as to disrupt as little traffic as possible. Note: One lane of the bridge will be kept open for use by emergency vehicles. In the event that emergency vehicles need to cross the bridge during this time, work will be temporarily halted to let the emergency vehicles cross the bridge. The detour route for all other vehicles during these dates and times is provided below.
Ocean Park Civic League 