Beach Safety Advisory Committee

Name: Beach Safety Advisory Committee — Cape May, NJ
Start: 2022-01-10T16:30:00
End: 2022-01-10T18:30:00
Location: Cape May, NJ

Regular Meeting

Cape May, NJ · January 10, 2022

Agenda Minutes

Minutes

CITY OF CAPE MAY CAPE MAY BEACH SAFETY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes COMMITTEE MEETING: January 10th @ 4:00pm(December meeting Postponed) LOCATION: Auditorium Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Roll Call In attendance: 1. Steven J. Steger, Jr-Citizen, Chairman 2. Christine N. DiDonato-Citizen/Secretary 3. Lorraine Baldwin, Council Liaison 4. Harry Back-Citizen, Supervisor of Beaches 5. Tom Medvechy In abstention: • Dr. McCoy • Sara Werner-CMBP Beach Patrol, Lieutenant • Alex Coulter-Fire Chief Minutes for November meeting entered into record for approval: • Motion to approve: Steven Steger • 2nd: Harry Back • November minutes approved and will be submitted for posting 2 CMBSC Positions open to the public and posted: • All are welcome to apply • Eric Prusinski will be DPW Representative replacing Joe Picard • Mark DeBlosio suggested • Roy Sundtrom suggested Sub-Committees Proposal: to be revisited at next meeting: Harry to approach city leaders, retired guards and educators to be on sub-committees ie) see below Beach Replenishment: Harry Back, Marc, DeBlasio, Lorrain Baldwin potential citizen participation: TBD Beach Safety/Education: Tom Medvecky, Christine DiDonato potential citizen participation: Rich Demhurse, Ralph Atwell, Gladys Mendo PA System: Alex Coulter, Eric Prusinski, Harry Back, Lorraine Baldwin potential citizen/leadership participation: TBD Marketing: Sara Werner, Steve Steger, Tom Medvecky Potential citizen/leadership participation: TBD Beach and Surf Safety: Educating the Public re: Beach Safety ▪ Timeframe: Educational Tools Plan should be in place by March meeting ▪ The message re: surf safety and awareness need to be duplicated and re-iterated on various platforms: videos, brochures, email blast ▪ Create talking points/commercial that cohesively supports our message ie: Each announcement starts with: “A message from the Cape May Beach Patrol…” ▪ All educational material should be available on CMBP website ▪ Create a system so we can ascertain “measurable effect”. ▪ Send out a weekly message blasts starting in May re: “Beach Safety” through South End Surf Shop, Stegers, Relators, Hotels, Beach taggers, etc. ▪ $5k requested from city budget for support advertising with a potential additional $5,000 in grants ▪ Approach various media outlets to request they run adds: Herald, radio stations, TV stations Resolution of Ordinance for Beach Safety sent to all on CMBSC ▪ Will be provided to each person on Committee by 1/24/2022 PA System: “State of Affairs” ▪ Timeframe to Launch and Completion: Looking towards 2023 ▪ Lorraine Baldwin: Need to have bids for work. Public Portion Adjournment

Agenda

AGENDA CITY OF CAPE MAY CAPE MAY BEACH SAFETY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING: January 10th @ 430PM LOCATION: Auditorium Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Roll Call 1. Steven J. Steger, Jr-Citizen, Chairman 2. Christine N. DiDonato-Citizen/Secretary 3. Lorraine Baldwin, Council Liaison 4. Harry Back-Citizen, Supervisor of Beach 5. Sara Werner-CMBP Beach Patrol, Lieutenant 6. Chad DeSatnick-Citizen 7. Alex Coulter-Fire Chief 8. Steven J. Steger, Jr-Citizen, Chairman 9. Dr. McCoy Awaiting Appointment-Public Works Representative 10. Minutes for November meeting will be entered into record if approved • Changes or concerns? • Motion to approve: • 2nd: Order may change depending on council availability/time constraints: CMBSC Positions • Tom Medvecky • Awaiting Appointment -Public Works Representative • 1 position still open o Mark DeBlasio proposed Previous meetings Action Items: • Harry to reach out to Army Corp for next meeting? • We need to see old brochures-Obtained and emailed. Review of Sub committees Breakout Beach Slope and Surf Zone Safety • Chad DeSatnick: Water Resources Development Act • Update on Jeff Van Drew re: solutions: City Coastal Engineer, ACOE, next steps and time frames • Update: 2022 Incident Report Fire Department/Beach Patrol’s Injury Report: plan, challenges, support needed, launch, time to completion • Possibility of having Dr. Robert Young (collected data for all beach replenished towns ) or ACoE speak to committee or meet with available members if time constraints. PA System: • Review Leo Garrison’s overview. • Debrief and Discuss presentation by Kasey Rattigan, Director of Convention Hall and Recreation Activities and Leo Garrison, Senior Designer for Metro Sound Pro’s. o Next Steps o Sub Committee o Plan o Time Frame to Launch/Completion-Unlikely to be ready for Summer 2022. Looking towards 2023 Educating the Public re: Beach Slope • Discuss/review older education brochures/videos • Next steps: Create Review Resolution of Ordinance for Beach Safety: water quality and accessibility -Lorraine Baldwin to review Agenda for January meeting Public Portion Adjournment

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