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SOUTHAMPTON—When the Rancocas Creek stays where it is supposed to be, it is great, said resident Larry Foster recently of why the majority of homeowners, who reside in Southampton Township’s flood-

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PEMBERTON—Residents of Sunbury Village, and a stakeholder with a vested interest in the Pemberton Township community, are once again calling on Pemberton Township Council to have surveillance cameras installed in the beleaguered, high-crime neighborhood. The movement is picking up momentum, with more stakeholders this month expressing their support for the cameras. The latest calls for action follow a pair of July 19 shootings in the neighborhood that left an unidentified 20-year-old man injured and another man, Witney Rivera, 41, of 183 Kinsley Road, dead. No arrests have been made in connection to the first shooting of the 20-year-old man. Rivera, who the state Attorney General’s Office said was reported by civilian witnesses to be armed with a long scythe during an altercation in Sunbury Village, was fatally shot by a Pemberton Borough Police Department officer responding to reports of the altercation shortly after the first shooting. The borough is within a minute of Sunbury Village and commonly shares its resources with the township. The police involved shooting remains under investigation by the state Attorney General’s Office. The shootings were followed by a tense standoff between residents of the neighborhood and police, in which helicopter footage from WPVI-TV (6 ABC) showed officers being pushed and shoved. Eyewitness accounts from the ground also indicate that bottles were being See CAMERAS/ Page 15

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Emergency Protective Measures, Roads and Bridges, Water Control Facilities, Buildings and Equipment, Utilities and Parks, along with Recreational and Other Facilities as public assistance categories. “Then under public assistance, would also be Hazardous Mitigation Funds and that would (allow affected communities) to be eligible for elevation and acquisition programs,” Connolly said. Individual assistance, she said, could have possibly been for individual homeowners affected by the storm. “However, the maximum grant is $33,900,” she said. “The maximum grant for individual assistance covers a multitude of things, including Other Needs Assistance and Housing Assistance.” On Wednesday morning, Christopher Pilkerton, acting administrator of the SBA, announced that New Jersey businesses and residents affected by “severe weather and flooding” on June 19 and 20 can now apply for low-interest disaster loans from his agency. Pilkerton, in his announcement, said that he made the loans available in response to an Aug. 14 letter from Murphy requesting a disaster declaration by the SBA. The declaration not only covers Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties, but also the adjacent

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SOUTHAMPTON—A storm event that drenched interior Burlington County on June 19 and 20, causing widespread flash flooding in the vicinity of Routes 70, 206 and 38, and a major Rancocas Creek flood that led to evacuations, significant damage and closures, did not quality for federal public assistance or federal individual assistance, officials announced this week. The same event also led to significant flash flooding in Camden and Gloucester Counties. T he sit uat ion had force d D emocrat ic Governor Phil Murphy to declare a state of emergency for Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties. “We didn’t qualify for public assistance or individual assistance, but we are pursuing U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans,” said Laura A. Connolly, a spokeswoman for the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, in an interview with this newspaper. According to Connolly, public assistance would have allowed the state and local governments affected by the storm to apply to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for funding to support emergency work and the repair or replacement of disasterdamaged facilities. FEMA, on its website, lists Debris Removal,

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PEMBERTON—Agricultural activities are now prohibited on lots of less than one acre in size, which fall within Pemberton Township’s R-100, or very high density-single-family-residential, zoning district. That district comprises of the Presidential Lakes section of Pemberton Township. Pemberton Township Council unanimously amended the definition of agricultural use in the R-100 district during its Aug. 7 meeting, following a July 23 recommendation from the Pemberton Township Planning Board. Previously, the township’s zoning law simply listed the word “agriculture” as an additional permitted use in the R-100 District, therefore setting no lot criteria or limitations on the use in the zone, thus making the Aug. 7 council approved change in R-100 zoning district language “permitting agriculture on lots of one acre or more,” a prohibition on lots of less than one acre in size.

“We amended the definition of agricultural use to limit it (agricultural activities) to one acre or more,” said Mayor David Patriarca in an Aug. 21 interview with this newspaper. “It bans it (agricultural activities), but a ban was not the procedural method used. It is not that we are making a ban against it, it (the change in definition) is defining the use of the properties and we amended the zoning in that area.” Patriarca, during a July 23 Pemberton Township Planning Board meeting, said the lack of limitations came to light when a resident from Presidential Lakes asked him if it was OK to buy goats. “I replied, ‘Well, no. Let me look into it. You can’t have goats up there.’” Patriarca said. “Then, after researching it, I told her, ‘You can get them, but you’ll have to get them fast because we are going to change that.’” Patriarca, also on July 23, before the Aug. 7 council vote, added that the code permitted larger livestock on properties of less than an acre. “The AG area allows the raising of certain livestock,” he said in urging the planning board to

Pemberton Man Reported Missing PEMBERTON—Law enforcement officials in Burlington County are asking for assistance in locating a 48- year-old Pemberton Township man who had been missing for two days as of press time. William Cline Jr. was last seen driving a gold 1996 Ford Ranger extended cab pickup truck while leaving his East Lakeshore Drive residence at around 6 a.m. on Aug. 20. “He went missing on Tuesday, Aug. 20, and has not been heard from for two days,” said Joel Bewley, a spokesman for the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.

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make the recommendation for council to change the law. “So, with that definition, as it currently stands, you could have pigs, cows and bulls in your yard, in Presidential Lakes, and that is the quality of life issue that we are trying to hash out here and bring into perspective.” Although the new municipal code book language regarding agricultural use in the R-100 district is worded in such a way that it is “permitting agriculture on lots of 1 acre or more,” given the high-density nature of Presidential Lakes and that most established lots in the community are “very small,” the change in the law means that most people living there would be unable to legally engage in agricultural activities. The township’s code book defines “agriculture” as the production of plants or animals useful to man, including, but not limited to, forages or sod crops; grains and feed crops; dairy animals and dairy products; poultry and poultry products,

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Trash Collection Frustration Causes Washington Officials to Seek New Waste Hauler By D ouglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

WASHINGTON—Officials in Washington Township are discussing removing Garden State Removal Company as the municipality’s trash hauler, though previous municipal threats to cut ties with the company have not come to fruition as the business has continuously been the lone bidder when the town goes out to bid for hauling services. However, this time, it appeared as though Washington Township officials are quite serious in car rying out their intentions and are evaluating another route: utilizing services of another municipality or county. I n t h e wa ke of t ow n sh ip of f ic ia l s contending at June and July Washington Township Committee meetings that the company has been providing “horrendous” trash service in town with troubles that purportedly include “consistent” failure to pick up trash at cer tain residences, timeliness of collection and trash truck brea kdowns, Township Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman announced during an Aug. 6 township committee meeting that she was “in the process of getting some specs.” The most plausible scenario, she said, involves “Atlantic County coming here and hauling for us.” Township Solicitor Tom Coleman said that he recently wrote a letter to Garden State Removal to make them aware of the township committee’s concerns about a “failure to pick up bulk and regular trash” on regular basis. “I did receive a response from their

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Truck, Trailer and Bikes Stolen in Rash of Thefts In Vicinity of Chatsworth By Douglas D. Melegari Staff Writer

TABERNACLE—A series of overnight thefts that reportedly occurred last week on private properties, off County Routes 532 and 563 in Tabernacle and Woodland townships, are under investigation by New Jersey State Police. Trooper Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the state police, would only confirm on Aug. 21 that there is still an active investigation, at this time, into the reported thefts. As of press time, he said no other information was available to him as he had to consult further with detectives. Jessica Nichols, and her fiancé, who live on the corner of Chatsworth (County Route 532) and Patty Bowker roads in Tabernacle, were one of several residents affected by the reported thefts. Nichols, in an interview with this newspaper, said a 2005 Ford F-350 dually model pickup truck, with a Lincoln SA-200 Blackface welder on the bed, was stolen from their yard around 2:20 a.m. on Aug. 14. The incident was caught by a surveillance camera, and the video was later shared with local broadcast media. “We believed they wired it,” Nichols said. “The camera picked up one guy in the driver seat, and then another guy ran around the front of the truck and jumped in the passenger seat.” Nichols said the truck was discovered missing when she and her fiancé walked outside to leave for work on Aug. 14. Nichols valued the truck at around $15,000, and the welder at $6,000. “At this point, I am willing to offer $1,500 for the safe return of the truck,” she said. The welder, when it was last in Nichols’ possession, had a distinct middle finger sticker on it, along with a

bumper sticker supporting President Donald J. Trump and Union 274. A small light bar was also mounted in the middle of it. “My fiancé used the welder as part of his career,” she said. “We bought it from a very close friend, but it has a lot of sentimental value from the friend he purchased it from.” The other thefts, Nichols said, occurred in the Chatsworth section of Woodland Township. According to a social media post authored by the famous downtown Chatsworth hot dog stand, Hot Diggidy Dog, seven quad and sports bikes were stolen from a property located across the street from the County Route 563 business between 2:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Aug. 14. The hot dog stand said that stolen was a 2000 Suzuki 1300 GSXR, a 1994 Kawasaki KLX 650R, a 2007 KTM SX 505, a 2008 KTM 950, a 1986 Honda ATC250R, a 2017 Yamaha YFM700 and a 2012 Polaris Razor side-by-side 900. Woodland resident Diane Hess told WPVI-TV (6 ABC) that the bikes were stolen from her garage. “They are not just stealing things,” she told the television station. “They are stealing parts of people.” Also reportedly stolen around the same timeframe was an enclosed trailer. “There was actually a witness who said our truck’s tracks are in the mud, where they backed up to the trailer,” Nichols said. “They stole the trailer from the property behind Hot Diggidy Dog. The property where the quads were stolen backed up to the Chatsworth firehouse. You can also see the truck’s tracks behind the Chatsworth Firehouse.” The owner of the enclosed trailer, Billy Young, posted on social media that if any one sees or knows anything about these thefts to please let him know. “There is a reward for this stuff if found,” he wrote.

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PEMBERTON BOROUGH—The timeframe in which residents of Pemberton Borough can legally put their trash and recyclables at the curb was amended on Aug. 19 by Pemberton Borough Council, following months of discussion. Beginning on or about Sept. 8, when the change in municipal law takes effect, no container, or matter to be collected, is permitted to be placed at the curb prior to 3 p.m. of the day preceding the nearest collection day. Containers must be removed from the curb by 9 a.m. the day following collection and stored so that, except where not possible, they are beyond the front plane of a building or structure. Currently, the borough’s solid waste ordinance stipulates that no container, or matter to be collected, shall be placed on the curb for collection prior to 9 p.m. of the day preceding the nearest collection day. Such containers must be removed from the curb by 9 a.m. the day following the collection, but the law does not stipulate where they must be kept by property owners. The borough’s solid waste ordinance was reviewed by council after the municipality received complaints that residents were placing their trash at the curb too soon, according to Mayor Harold Griffin in a recent interview with this newspaper. The mayor said trash is collected each Tuesday in the borough, but some residents were placing their garbage at the curb as early as Saturday. Council, also on Aug. 19, changed several definitions in the borough’s solid waste ordinance through the same amendment. Currently, borough code defines “garbage” as wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods; wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce. Beginning on or about Sept. 8, “garbage” will be defined as any waste material in the process of, or subject to, decomposition or decay incident to ordinary domestic or business use, or purpose, and shall include among other things: kitchen refuse; animal or vegetable matter; and/or decaying or decomposing substances, resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking or consumption of foods, or the handing, storage and sale of produce. The definition of “trash” is also about to change. “Trash” is currently defined as combustible matter, including but not limited to paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible matter, including but not limited to metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street rubbish, including but not limited to street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles; provided that “trash” shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting

from industrial processes and manufacturing operations, such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings. Under the amended ordinance, “trash” will now be defined all miscellaneous materials such as rags, leather goods, rubber, broken glass, crockery, and/or similar materials or substances, and shall not include items to be recycled, logs, sand, bricks, mortar or other materials used in building operations or which may result from remodeling; and solid waste resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations. Whether material is considered trash or garbage matters in the eyes of the borough’s law as the solid waste ordinance sets forth procedures regarding how it is to be disposed. “Unfortunately, the trash ordinance has been way outdated,” Griffin said. Officials plan to enforce the new timeframe and disposal procedures. Council, also on Aug. 19, amended the general penalties section of borough code in preparation for the enforcement campaign. Any person, upon conviction for the violation of any ordinance pertaining to unlawful solid waste disposal, will now face a minimum fine of $2,500, or a maximum fine of up to $10,000. In the wake of council and resident complaints about a lack of property maintenance in town, as previously reported by this newspaper, officials passed a series of measures Monday that will change violation notice notification procedures and assess greater penalties to those found in violation of the borough’s laws. “Now we can use doorhangers to notify residents of a violation and put it write on owner’s door,” said Borough Clerk Donna Mull in a later interview with this newspaper. “I don’t need to send it certified mail.” The general penalties section of borough code was amended to raise the maximum penalty to $2,000, which can be assessed to any person convicted of violating any borough ordinance, where the penalty is not otherwise defined. Since the property maintenance section of the code book does not set specific penalties, any person convicted of violating it will now be penalized in accordance with the general penalties section of the code, per a second change made to the property maintenance section Monday. Additionally, the general penalties section of borough code was amended to provide for a 30day period for a property owner to cure or abate the condition resulting from a housing or zoning code violation where the fine exceeds $1,250. Subsequent to the expiration of the 30-day period, a fine of greater than $1,250 may now be imposed if a court has not determined otherwise, or upon reinspection of the property in question it is determined that abatement has not been substantially completed. Any person convicted of a violation of any borough ordinance may now also be imprisoned in the county jail for up to 90 days, or be required to perform community service for up to 90 days.

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Fix the Washington Senior Center The condition of the nearly-25-yearold home of the Washington Township Senior Center is appalling and we are calling on its owner—the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) —to f ix it im mediately so that sen ior citizens residing in the municipality can continue to have a place to hold recreational activities and programs. As this newspaper reported last week, the building, apparently at one time a residence and office for a state ranger and referred to by locals as “The Ranger Station,” and leased to the township by the NJDEP, was discovered to be in disrepair this past winter after a pipe froze inside the building and f looded it, according to Mayor Dudley Lewis. “When we got into it to do repairs, we found substantial structural problems,” the mayor told one of our reporters. “The chimney, in some respect, has to be replaced or repaired for the building’s f u r n a c e t o wo r k . T h e c h i m n ey’s foundation tipped, which caused the f i replace to lea n out, a nd t hen t he chimney to break.” A picture of the senior center taken last week, provided to this newspaper, shows the building is also surrounded by

unkept vegetation. If a private property in the state looked as disheveled and hazardous as this one, the NJDEP would come down hard on its owner. Township Solicitor Tom Coleman, at an Aug. 6 Washington Township Committee meeting, said that while the municipality has “a duty to maintain what is there,” he “doesn’t necessarily think the chimney fix should be made on the township’s dime.” He’s right. Nor shou ld t he tow n b e held responsible for vegetation management work. All pa r ties, however, should bea r some responsibility for not ensuring the facility was adequately heated during a stretch of bitter cold, which allowed a pipe to freeze and eventually burst. Senior citizens, one of our vulnerable populations, deserve better. Taxpayers deserve better too. Larry Hajna, a spokesman for the NJ DEP, sa id t he pa rk ser vice was “preparing information” to give him for a rebuttal in this newspaper. However, he did not provide a response as of press time. Clearly, there is no good excuse for a state facility, particularly used by senior citizens, to fall in such disrepair.

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Sunbury Village in Desperate Need of Cameras; Help from Pemberton

I am a very blessed gentleman who, as a real estate investor, has had the rare opportunity for over 50 years to help hundreds of homeless families living in the woods, their cars, or in motels, get back into a home of their own. I never hide behind the fact that this is what I do for a living, and if the tenant does not pay, the tenant does not stay. However, everyone deserves a second chance, even if it may have been their fourth second chance. I am writing today on behalf of the good residents of Sunbury Village, in Pemberton Township, who desperately need some help. I have b e en ca l l i ng, w r it i ng a nd meeting with the elected officials and Pemberton Township Administration for over four years, simply asking them to seek out possible grant funding to install security cameras for the surveillance of the Sunbury Village development. Unfortunately, my pleas continue to fall on deaf ears. 95 percent of the crime happening

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in Sunbur y Village is “petty cr ime” that camera sur veillance could help eliminate. No one should be afraid to go grocery shopping for fear that their home will be robbed in the hour that they are gone. Recently, Witney Rivera, a 41-yearold resident, was shot and killed by a Pemberton Borough police officer. I take no position on this issue other than if we had camera surveillance, there is a very good possibility that this killing could have been prevented. This was the latest of many shootings in this section of town. How many more people will have to be shot and killed before the Pemberton administration hears the cries of the people and takes some action? What will it take? Will it take a police officer getting shot and killed before they will do something? Richard G. Gober Sunbury Village Landlord Ventnor, New Jersey

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(Re: Habitat of Two Pine Snakes Could Decide Future of Woodland’s Age-Restricted Development Plan) While I agree that growth of an area can be a bit much at times, every time something is built in this state, some group, somewhere, finds something endangered and uses it as a reason for fighting the project, whether it be a frog, snake, plant, or rock. It is ridiculous. ~Michael James

(Re: Habitat of Two Pine Snakes Could Decide Future of Woodland’s Age-Restricted Development Plan) Well, if you have to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a study, just leave the land alone. It is obviously too close to the wilderness. Why do you need more development? If you need to have more development, then you need to move to a bigger city. ~Joe Purchacki

(Re: Habitat of Two Pine Snakes Could Decide Future of Woodland’s Age-Restricted Development Plan) Thanks for spending my tax dollars on following a snake, and not putting it towards something useful, like say a better music program at the school…just saying. ~Emily Amanda

(Re: Habitat of Two Pine Snakes Could Decide Future of Woodland’s Age-Restricted Development Plan) Here is an idea for Woodland Township: close the K-8 school and merge with Tabernacle. That will save plenty of tax dollars. ~Mary Bailey

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Held a Town Hall in South Toms River: The town hall was the second of four to be held during the congressman’s August District Work Period and was held in conjunction with the Toms River NAACP. Brought Veterans and the VA Together to Advocate for Better Health Care: Kim brought VA leaders to a VA Health Care Facility in Brick Township to press them on moving forward to build a new facility that meets the needs of New Jersey veterans. It was announced a new facility is expected in 2021. Visited with First Responders to Discuss the Opioid Addiction Crisis: The congressman met with first responders from Burlington County to discuss ways that they can be better supported in handling opioid addiction issues in our communities. Called on the Senate to Act on Gun Safety Reforms: In the wake of horrific shootings in Ohio and Texas, Kim joined with colleagues in the House to call on the U.S. Senate to come back to Washington and take up bipartisanbackground check legislation. Welcomed a Service Member Home from Deployment Overseas: Kim joined members of the community to welcome a service member home from his deployment overseas, thanking him for his service. Week of Aug. 11 to Aug. 17

Held 10th Town Hall: Kim held a town hall in Burlington Township, answering questions on national and local issues. His next town hall will be on the Aug. 29 in Lacey Township. Visited Israel With Bipartisan Delegation: The congressman joined a bipartisan delegation of members of Congress to visit Israel to meet with officials on economic, cultural and defense issues. Toured Oyster Creek Nuclear Facility: Kim met with the decommissioning team of Oyster Creek, in Ocean County, to discuss questions posed by members of the community. The decommissioning team will join the congressman at the next town hall in Lacey Township. Discussed Flood Insurance Reform with Seaside Mayors: The congressman discussed needed reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program with the mayors of seaside towns in Ocean County. Legislation related to the program is expected to come before the House in the coming months. Met with the New Commander of Joint Base MDL: Kim met with Col. Bridget V. Gigliotti to discuss how the community can better integrate with JBMDL and priorities, including improving job opportunities for military spouses.

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St. Ann’s Holds Its 63rd Carnival By Ebba Liguori

For the Pine Barrens Tribune

The 63rd St. Ann’s Carnival was held from Aug. 13-17 on the Pemberton Township Municipal Complex grounds at 500 Pemberton-Browns Mills Road, with many area seniors participating in the fun and enjoying a well-prepared dinner. Funds realized from the annual carnival help to support the many ministries of St. Ann’s Church. On Tuesday night, J.R. and his steel drums, featuring Trinidad and Calypso music, entertained attendees. The weather was damp, and therefore the crowd was smaller than usual, but still enthusiastic. The weather was a little better on Wednesday night and again groups gathered to enjoy entertainment, with Deja-Vu the featured band for the night. Robin and Michael, a husband and wife duo, also provided entertainment, playing a variety of music, including requests from the audience. In spite of ominous weather predictions, Thursday night’s weather turned out to be picture-perfect and a large crowd assembled on the fairgrounds. Thursday’s carnival participants heard entertainment provided by Mikey Junior, whose parents play for Deja-Vu. Junior played both harmonica and guitar, providing a good variety of sounds. Friday night was again a terrific night, weatherwise, drawing perhaps the largest crowd of the festival. Korean food was the night’s specialty

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with generous portions of Korean delicacies made available for attendees to eat. As always, there was a long line to obtain the delicacies. Korean dancers, dressed in authentic Korean costumes, provided a pleasant change from the usual entertainment, and even performed a popular “fan dance.” Later in the night, Tom Baz entertained with Rockin’ Country music. Baz is a singer, songwriter and guitar player. Prior to his main performance, Baz also played recorded music for the Korean dance troupe. Saturday night featured Hispanic foods. Platters made available gave attendees a chance to eat many South American and Mexican delicacies. St. Ann’s Carnival is usually held in mid-August. A number of local businesses support the carnival through various donations. Church volunteers staff the various game and food booths that are part of the carnival. The spirit of comradery makes this event truly a high point of the summer in Pemberton Township. Special foods offered throughout the carnival this year included authentic, homemade Polish pierogis. Parishioners gathered for several hours on a recent Saturday to make the pierogis with an old, family recipe. Pastor Rev. Kris Pipa, SVD, helped make the pierogis and could been seen actively assisting at various booths during the week. A native of Poland, you can be certain he added an authentic touch to the preparation of pierogis!

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thrown at police during the standoff. Richard Gober, a Sunbury Village landlord, first called for the installation of cameras in 2017 to deter and record any criminal activity in the area, following months of shootings, break-ins, and other disturbances at that time. He then organized a movement to get them installed, which included having residents come to council meetings to voice their support for the devices. At one point, more than 30 residents spoke out in favor of surveillance cameras in the neighborhood at a nearly threehour long council meeting. Pemberton Township Police Chief David Jantas, a few months later, spoke before council. In part, Jantas made the point that Gober, not taxpayers, should invest in the security of his properties. Gober, upon learning of Jantas’ remarks through this newspaper, sent a fiery email in response to Jantas. The email was sent to nearly every elected and non-elected Pemberton official, most of his tenants and the press. Dennis Gonzalez, who was the municipal business administrator at the time the email was sent, was irked by Gober’s email and responded to all persons copied on it with 12 bullet points “to share the truth,” leading to a feud between the men. Other officials sided with Gonzalez and Jantas, and the cameras were never installed. However, the township did work to boost up street lighting in the area. While “petty crime” continued in Sunbury Village throughout 2018 and during the first half of 2019, joint initiatives between the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and Pemberton Township Police Department had reduced instances of gun violence, which caused the movement for cameras to temporarily subside. The July 19 gun violence, however, reinvigorated the movement. “We recently had another shooting, and another person shot and killed in Sunbury Village,” said Gober to council during its Aug. 7 meeting, in front of a packed meeting room. “…If we had camera surveillance in that area, it might have led to an opportunity to solve and resolve the issues. How many more people are going to have to be killed in Sunbury Village, before we step up to the plate and give it some consideration?” Dolores Velerio, a resident of Sunbury Village, told council that there are days where it is “beautiful” in the neighborhood, and other days where she feels like she “has to look over her shoulder.” “There are days that I don’t feel safe in my home,” she said. “I think the best thing for the community is to establish cameras, so that police know where the bad (people) are, and to keep an eye on people such as myself who are trying to better their lives and move on.” Coralee Porter, who has lived in Sunbury Village for nine years, agreed with the premise that the neighborhood wasn’t safe and said that the situation has reached a point where she doesn’t always allow her child to play outside. “Those cameras would really do some justice,” she said. “People are getting killed, people are getting hurt. My house has been robbed a couple of times.” Porter, along with Gober, recalled an incident from about five years ago when a Pemberton Township Police cruiser was shot at, while in the neighborhood. Gober told council that police recently distributed a notice offering a $20,000 award from information in the case that leads to a conviction and felt that the money offered, after the amount of time that has passed, could be better spent by purchasing cameras and solving anticipated future crime. “I was actually walking by the officer’s car when that happened,” Porter said. “I just think that if the cameras were there then, that case would have been solved, along with a few

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WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM others. I am here by the grace of God, because I could have got hit because I was right next to the officer’s car.” Kenny Bognar, one of six others who called on council during its Aug. 7 meeting to consider the installation of cameras, said he just recently moved to Sunbury Village and contended his “bench, garbage can and fence” were stolen within the first week. “I would like to have cameras,” he said. “I walk my dog, and (one time) somebody was walking down the street with a table on their head, and I am pretty sure it wasn’t their table. That somebody was walking down towards Lemon Avenue somewhere.” Gober, who said during the meeting that he used to own 73 homes in Sunbury Village before selling all but eight recently, pointed to Burlington City installing cameras used to combat crime and urged Councilwoman Elisabeth McCartney to take a ride to the city to see them in use firsthand. The landlord also claimed, as he did in 2017, that he had a discussion with the Burlington County Bridge Commission, which offers grants to the municipalities, and that it could only correspond with the municipality regarding a possible grant for cameras. Susan Sacco, a resident of Sunbury Village, said that she researched the use of cameras in Camden and contended that the city, since putting in cameras, as well as increasing their police force, saw a 40 percent drop in its crime rate and a 60 percent increase in the ability to solve crimes. Councilman Donovan Gardner replied that when Gober owned 40 homes in Sunbury Village and came before council, he suggested that that the landlord put cameras on each of the houses he owned and felt that would be much more effective than putting a camera on poles. “Ms. Sacco’s camera was able to saturate the whole area around her house and capture what she captured,” Gardner said. “My point was for Mr. Gober to put the cameras on his houses, and since he had so many houses in the neighborhood, it would be more saturated, especially since his properties are more spread out versus a camera on every light pole, which can’t saturate every area. Just imagine if every home had one. Camera systems are cheap for a homeowner purchase.” After a kerfuffle over Gardner calling camera systems “cheap,” in which one woman told the councilman that the systems were not cheap for a lot of people, Councilman Jason Allen, who was leading the meeting in the absence of Council President Norma Trueblood, told the concerned parties that the township would “continue to research additional options” and that he was not entertaining a back and forth discussion. “We hear you,” he said. “We have heard you all before, so we will explore options.” Gardner clarified that he agreed $200 for a basic residential camera system was a lot of money, but that it was “cheaper for the consumer versus the township.” “Mr. Gober, as a businessperson, when he installs a $200 camera, it is a tax write-off,” Gardner said. Sacco replied that Gober is “not the owner of Sunbury Village” and that she was talking to the “Council of Pemberton Township.” A representative of Sermar Holdings, which recently acquired properties from Gober, told council that the firm is “definitely” interested in hearing more about what is going on and how it can be of service to “abate and resolve” some of the issues and concerns of some of the residents who live on the properties just acquired. The representative noted that the firm “literally walked into like a fire,” but understood the camera issue because it is based in Burlington. “Listening carefully to each resident voicing their concern, and how they fear for their life and safety, we just think that putting a camera on each home wouldn’t help the problem because the resident themselves can tamper with it, move it, or damage it,”

the representative said. “The cameras should be in a neutralized place, up high, where a regular person wouldn’t have access to it. We are definitely up to any suggestions on how to get this accomplished.” Also proclaiming support for the cameras was Madelyn Sutton, director of Christian Caring Center in Browns Mills, which also owns three houses in Sunbury Village. “Two of them were within a couple houses of both shootings the other night,” she said. “They are all emergency shelters. When we opened a shelter, in a single-family dwelling, we had to come before your Planning and Zoning boards to do that. During that procedure, the boards mandated it in our zoning to have a camera. So, I know the township knows the values of cameras. “We have cameras on every single property that we own in Browns Mills, as well as in Sunbury. The police have come to us when there are incidents within our viewing area and take the video. That is what it is there for, and I just want to encourage you to hear the pleas of the people. I have a lot of family members who live there. I have men who we are in charge of who live there. We have families who we are in charge of that live out there. They are clients, who we all love. These are families and people who we love. We need to take care of them as much as we can.” At the end of the nearly two-and-a-half-hour Aug. 7 council meeting, which dealt with a series of other significant issues ongoing in town, McCartney said she “thinks” she is in support of “centrally monitored cameras.” “There are three streets in Sunbury Village, that over time, has had its share of unfortunate things,” she said. “I think that Burlington City has centrally monitored cameras that are in public areas. I think that would be a safe thing for the residents there (in Sunbury Village) and would help find out, ‘Who’d done it.’ I am in favor of that.” Councilwoman Gaye Burton, however,

said she would like council to have “more discussion” about the topic. “I don’t know what it all entails,” she said. “I guess we have to meet with administration and talk about that.” Ga rdner, before the Aug. 7 meeting concluded, said that he was “all in favor of the cameras” and proclaimed that he loved the idea. However, he also reverted back to his prior argument that cameras on landlord homes would provide more saturation and better coverage of the neighborhood. “All the houses seem to be lined with trees in their backyard,” he said. “What happens when somebody jumps your fence; who is going to see it? If you have a camera on your house, you’ll see the person coming through your fence. On the street, they’ll work great, by looking down the street. But what if something happens in your backyard?” Residents and stakeholders who spoke during the meeting also called on council to “change the culture” in the neighborhood by providing an alternative to aggressive behaviors, investing in community policing initiatives and boasting patrols in the neighborhood so that drug activity is made impossible, causing those with bad intentions to relocate. “I grew up there,” said one woman to council, who since relocated from Sunbury Village to Browns Mills. “There are no parks for kids to play in. The nearby college had a pool, and you used to be able to pay $5 for kids to swim all day, (but now that is closed). There are no basketball courts. There is nothing for kids to do. When kids get bored, they do stuff they have no business doing. “When I grew up, they had cops on bicycles out there, doing the street beat, and they used to be out there all summer and all night long. You go out there now during the day, and you can’t drive through there. The cops patrol only when something happens.”

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(Continued from Page 1) 19 and 20 major flood along the creek, the fourth one since 2004 indicating an “obvious change in the norm,” combined with local official’s apparent lack of flood mitigation and preparedness efforts leading up to the fourth one, as previously reported by this newspaper, changed the minds of many residents who now believe the time has come to seek higher ground. “It is time to go,” Foster told this newspaper on Aug. 13 in another interview. “We are ready to go.” Foster, one of over 60 residents who attended an Aug. 13 “Southampton Township Community Discussion” regarding the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)’s Blue Acres flood-prone properties buyout program, previously told this newspaper in the aftermath of the June flood that the apparent lack of mitigation and preparedness efforts leading up to it, made it “a little harder to swallow.” Foster was joined with residents who live on East Mae Avenue, West Mae Avenue, Lenape Trail, Mill Street, Race Street and Retreat Road—just to name a few—to hear more about the buyout option. Many of the residents expressed that they had just finished fully rehabbing their homes, after Hurricane Irene led to major flooding along the Rancocas Creek in 2011, when the June flood happened, adding to their frustration. Well aware of the resilience that residents of Southampton’s flood-prone areas had previously demonstrated in the wake of past floods, and previous expressions by those residents that they didn’t want to move, Fawn McGee, director of the NJDEP’s Blue Acres Program, and Fran Ianacone, communications manager for the NJDEP’s Blue Acres Program, spent 15 minutes introducing the buyout program “with legs and feet under it,” noting repeatedly that they were only in town “if wanted” and that there was “absolutely zero pressure” for residents to participate, and that it was “not eminent domain.” “We are looking to see if there is enough interest for the state to get involved,” McGee told those who gathered in the Southampton Municipal Building. “If I can get a cluster of homes, five, or ten, the state gets involved. If it is one or two homes, the town helps out. If it is a couple more, it is the county’s responsibility.” Following the program introduction, when the two ladies put a question to the residents in the room asking how many of them were interested in a buyout, McGee and Ianacone—along with numerous Southampton officials in the room— were blown away by the response. Almost every resident in the room, in which officials had to add chairs due to the higher than expected turnout, raised their hand, and one person even raised both hands, catching the attention of Ianacone. “Wow!” said McGee in reaction to the response. McGee, before the question was posed, said that the intent of the Blue Acres program, established in 1995, is to buy and demolish homes throughout the state’s flood plain and give residents living there an opportunity to move somewhere else. “If it (flooding) is happening again and again, this is a program that offers you an opportunity to get out,” said McGee, noting that she is basically a director of a real estate program that has case managers handle “the entire acquisition,” from an appraisal, title, and land survey to demolition. “We are even responsible for the demolition, so that the town doesn’t have to take on that burden.” The director of the NJDEP’s Blue Acres Program noted that the June flood has not yet qualified for a presidential disaster declaration. However, McGee said she didn’t need one to get the ball rolling on buyouts in Southampton, having access to “several pots of money,” including recovery funding from Superstorm Sandy, which devasted parts of New Jersey in 2012 and affected all of the state’s 21 counties with widespread tree damage and power loss. “The justification (of using Sandy money) for you guys is that any community affected by

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM a presidential declaration is eligible,” she said, noting she was working with the “remains of $300 million” in the Sandy recovery pot. “The entire state was affected—that is my pitch.” Under normal circumstances, McGee said, if it was determined that there were enough clusters of homeowners interested in a state buyout, she would make application to the federal government for a grant. “Our Sandy funding would allow me to offer you the value of a home before the Sandy event, which happened in October of 2012,” said McGee to the residents. “If I did a separate, federal grant, right now the federal grant cycle (doesn’t open) until October. So, if I did submit a grant for you in October, I wouldn’t find out until next May or June (if it was granted), and then I have to do a contract with the feds. Then I would start a buyout process probably about this time next year.” McGee contended that by the state already having recovery funding in its hands and still available for use, it was presenting a “unique opportunity” for her to attempt a “pilot” and “fast-track” buyout process in Southampton, without having to wait on the federal government to come through with funding. She contended that the fast-track process would also reduce waste of taxpayer dollars. “You get flood insurance program money because you don’t have a choice,” McGee told the residents. “You get drywall taken out, put new drywall in, and spend money to get utilities and other things fixed. Then we come in with programs 18 months later, buy the home and knock it all down. So, we, as taxpayers, are paying twice because of the timing.” McGee said that she was given a Sandy “federal pool” for over 1,000 homes, and made offers to 965 homeowners. She said 744 homeowners already accepted a buyout and that the NJDEP has closed on 699 homes. 639 homes have been demolished so far, she added. “I have done this long enough to know that mitigation takes a long time,” she said. “We all know, if you have dealt with FEMA and OEMs, that their heart is the right place, but the federal process takes a long time. I happen to have a little bit of money right now, so I am going to pitch we try something different. We have an opportunity do something very unique for you guys. “This might be a first opportunity, to see a storm that happened, with no presidential disaster declaration and we have money and interested families who may want to go through this process.” In order to use the Sandy recovery funding, however, McGee said there are three requirements that must be met: receipt of community buy-in, receipt of a sufficient amount of applications from willing sellers and establishment of clusters of homes willing to sell. McGee, who visited Southampton nearly two months after Democratic Governor Phil Murphy toured flood damage in the municipality and learned of the mitigation issues, requested that all applications be returned by the end of the month. “If you are even somewhat interested, she can’t move on it unless she has that application,” said Elizabeth Orly Buday, Foster’s wife, who has taken on an activist role in the wake of the June flood, advocating for flood victims and searching for financial assistance resources for them. “I talked to the governor’s office before we did this. That is how all this information came, and this is directly from the governor, straight down. If she doesn’t get those papers, she can’t do anything.” Some attending the presentation raised concern with a 2012 valuation since they either did not own their home at that time, had a brand new one built since that time, or had since rehabbed their home with newer and more advanced technology. “We would have to look at it,” McGee said. “That is why we need to know the facts.” She added that in some cases she would do a current market value appraisal. Mayor James F. Young Sr., who attended the presentation, asked McGee and Ianacone what would happen in the event that a homeowner has a mortgage on a house that they are asking the NJDEP to buyout.

“We are going to give them a value, and if that value works, and covers their mortgage, and they can move on (to a better location), that is great,” McGee said. If the appraised value does not cover the mortgage, McGee contended that she was willing to go back to her appraisers and “make sure they got it right.” “If that valuation (doesn’t cover it), they can go through an appraisal appeal process,” McGee said. “In that case, they go hire their own appraiser. I take their appraisal; I take mine and I pay for a third independent appraisal. Then they come up with a final value. If that money still doesn’t get one there, we actually created a team within Blue Acres where, if signed off on by the homeowner, we will negotiate with their bank to accept what they got.” The director of the Blue Acres program noted it has helped “65 families to the tune of $5.7 million.” “The largest debt forgiveness was $300,000,” she said. McGee, after seeing the level of interest in the program, told residents that she would like to map clusters by the end of September. She indicated that she would be flexible with the definition of a “cluster.” “By the end of September, I would like to be able to start valuation and appraisals,” she said, noting that her agency goes at an applicant’s “pace” and that she could easily expedite the process for those who had homes substantially damaged and are living somewhere else. “The fast track is securing the funding, getting offers out to you and allowing you to make the decision.” McGee said a check is provided only after “the move is complete.” She said a homeowner must notify an appraiser of any item they plan to take with them during a move as it cannot be counted in the valuation. All belongings left behind will become property of the state after closing. If someone buys personal items with federal flood insurance money, the value of those items is deducted from the buyout payment. She said residents are responsible for hiring an attorney to review contract documents. “We don’t give you a check until you are out,” said McGee to the residents. “That is the carrot. For us, because it is a state asset, don’t even leave your stuff inside because there is no going back. Once we say there is a closing, we do a walk through to make sure your stuff is out.” A resident from Lenape Trail told the state officials that she was told that the township must approve the program, and asked if it had. “The township has extended a hand just by allowing us to come here tonight and speak to you,” Ianacone said. “So, that is a start.” McGee said that as part of the community buy-in requirement, she would reach out to the municipality about homes that she was planning to buy and demolish and ask the town if it would maintain them.

Saturday, August 24, 2019 “So, once it is all cleared, graded and seeded, maybe we would create something that makes it passive in use and accessible for the public,” she said. Young, after the meeting, when asked by this newspaper if the Southampton Township Committee would approve the program, replied that the township committee wouldn’t have brought McGee and Ianacone to Southampton if it didn’t feel compassionate for its residents. “That is why we brought them here,” he said. Also, in the audience was Deputy Mayor Elizabeth Rossell, Committeemen Bill Raftery and Michael Mikulski, Southampton Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Casian and Township Administrator and Clerk Kathleen D. Hoffman. McGee told attendees that there “might be a lot of different opportunities” to provide “an area for Rancocas Creek residents to go back to” once any homes are demolished. “If you guys like boating, canoeing or getting down to the creek, once the homes are gone, it is open to the public,” she said. “So, you can go right back down to where your house used to be and put your boat in and enjoy the day.” McGee added that a park bench could even be added so that the public can sit and take in the sight of the creek. The two women from the state told this newspaper “numerous” applications were received after the discussion concluded. At least 15 people lined up to speak with the state officials afterwards, and applications were being collected from the seating area. Prior to the discussion, McGee said 10 applications from Southampton residents had already been received. “We are in a war zone!” said a resident from her seat during the discussion. “NJDEP should take us right now!”

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Banisch contended at the time that such a change in the law is “totally consistent” with one the master plan goals of preserving the residential character of existing, stable neighborhoods. “I think, in this case, the board can easily find that Ordinance 22-2019 is not inconsistent with the master plan,” he said. Council, during the Aug. 7 adoption of the law change, heard no comments from the public. Councilwoman Elisabeth McCartney, before voting, had asked if the change would mean that a resident could no longer grow corn and tomatoes and was told “no” by Patriarca. “What the amendment does, is that it prevents the raising of livestock, pigs, cows and horses in a residential yard,” said Patriarca in the Aug. 21 interview. “The intent is not to prevent gardening. Growing a crop on a lot, under an acre, is considered gardening, where you are not harvesting something to sell. There is a difference between farming and gardening.”

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homeowners and renters with terms up to 30 years. Loan amount and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s financial condition, he noted. Readers seeking SBA assistance may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at DisasterLoan. sba.gov . Businesses and individuals may also obtain loan applications by calling the SBA’s Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 or by emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. The filing deadline to return applications for physical property damage is Oct. 21, 2019. The deadline to return economic injury applications is May 20, 2020. Connolly said that FEMA has a “very complicated formula” that is used to determine whether a county or state meets the threshold for public and individual assistance. She said the threshold is based on population, demographics, and a “whole series” of other information. “We reached out to FEMA, and went over the information twice with FEMA, county and state officials,” she said. “We just didn’t meet that threshold for public assistance or individual assistance.” Nicholas Gangemi, a spokesman for the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders, said that the county threshold is $1,696,214.52 and that there is $3.58 million in countywide recorded damages from the storm. However, the state threshold is $13,187,841.00 and there is only $10,106,604.18 in recorded damages statewide. “Although Burlington County will not receive funds from FEMA, the New Jersey Congressional Delegation and Governor’s Office is seeking federal dollars from the SBA,” he said. “Additionally, Burlington County is working with the Governor’s Office to utilize the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Blue Acres program, which is a similarly designed program that offers buyouts to residents in flood plains (see separate story).”

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38th ANNIVERSARY SALE

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FOR OVER

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FOR GUTTER PROTECTION

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*Min. purchase of 50 linear feet required, offer expires 8/31/19. Offer applies to Gutter Helmet only and must be presented at time of estimate, cannot be combined with any other offers and subject to change without notice. Void where prohibited by law.†Subject to credit approval, fixed APR of 9.99% for 120 months. Lednor is neither a broker nor a lender. Financing is provided by 3rd party lenders, under terms & conditions arranged directly between the customer and such lenders, satisfactory completion of finance documents is required. Any finance terms advertised are estimates only. NJ HIC Reg. #13VH04341800 PA #010099 © 2019 Lednor Corporation.

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