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OCEAN CITY SENTINEL-LEDGER THURSDAY, APRIL 7,1977
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REPORT AND CERTIFICATE
WARDCOMMI5SION*:***
CITY 1F0ff>WCITV
On Tuesday, March 1. 1977. al a Spec u.,icipal Election held m Ihe City of Ocean
City, the public question which lollows was adopted by a maionly vote ol the electorate ol
the City ol Ocean City.
"Shall the Mayor-Council Plan O ol the Optional Municipal
Charter Law, providing lor a division of the.City of Ocean City
•ntoatfaur) Wards, wilh 7 fscvon) Councilmen. one to be elected
Irom each Ward and tnree to be elected at large, be adopted by
tht City of Ocean City?" . - - . .
Upon the adoption ol Ihe preceding public question, me provisions ol if.J sv
through 204 became applicable to tne City oioce.\n c.tv N : '
.Ward Commissioners, the lour Members of the Ca»e M* • -r . „
together with the-Municipai Clerk ol the City of Oceaf City Tlterjionv/tiii- foiiow.no
• persons were constituted .as the live ward Commissioned
they haldi which offices follow the names ol said I, ye mdn
Helene C. Mace
ElfredaC Andrea
Lennea A. Plant
Lewis Q.Vinci
. . Member. Cape May Co Bdol Blecinns
Member. Cape M.iy Co BO 01 Elections
> •• Member Cape May Co Brl ol Elections
Member/Cape May Co Bd ol Election-. .
Loretta v> ••« c. ,..••.••.«,, Marshall * Ourx. City of Ocean City , "'
""on FrrdayrMarch 4. I977.~at approximately 3 00 p m .the live W\ird Commissioner,
. whose names have been set out m me preceding paraqraph hereof appeared beiore
Honorable James A. p'Nelil. Judge ol the Cape May County Court, at which lime Honorable
James A O'Neill administered oaths to said Ward Commissioner s-in compliance with me
requirements ol N.J.S. to ItA 111. which oaths nqu.rcd j-ach ol. sa.d ward
Commisnoners to laithlully and impartially perlorm the duties imposed upon them , idividing
the City of Ocean City into four wards Written copies of said oaths manually
'. signed bv each of said Ward Commissioners. wer,> filed will) the Clem of me County ol
Cape May upon their execution by each of said Ward Commissioners on March 4 nn
Immediately following the admmistcnnq ol oaths lo la.d live Ward Commiiininifi .it
the Cape May County Court House. Cape May Court Mouse New Jersey, (he l.vi Ward
Commissioners retired to the Office of 'he Cape May County Board ol Elections Court
House-Village. Ocnmsville Road and Route » Cape May Court House. New Jersey wfu-re
the lirst meeting ol the Ward Commissioners wjs held commencing at approximately
4:30 p.m and concluding al approximately 5 30 p m on Friday March i. l»77 merelor.within
live days following the election at which time vOlers ol the City ol Ocean City
adopted optional plan D. and hence in lotal and complete compliance with me
requirements ol N J.S. 40 69A I9». which statutory section requires the Ward
Commissioners to meet within five days of such election The only order ol business at ihr
meeting wtuch was held on Friday. March >. 1977. was 10 re schedule the hrsi meeting ol
the Ward Commissioners lor Thursday eveninq. March 10. 1977 at 7 30 p m
It should be interacted at this point m this report that, but for the first meetmq of Ward
Commissioners held on Friday, March J. IV77. ,n compliance with Ihe dictates ol N J S
40:49A-199 all meetings 01 Ihe Ward Commissioners were held m strict and total
compliance with the terms and provisions 01 Chapter ?3l ot the 1975 Laws of New Jersey
generally Known as the Sunshine Law. ,n that notice ol each and every meeting held hy the
Ward Commissioners was delivered, in writing, al least 4a hours m advance ol 'he ac'ua'
time at which said meeting was scheduled to bo held and setting forth ihe nmu dale
location and aqenda ot each such meeting, to the followinq persons or rjusines*
organnafions: '
1. Notice of each meeting so scheduled was delivered to The
Atlantic City Press
i. Notice ol each meeting so scheduled was delivered to The cape
May County Oaietle.
1. Notice ot each meeting so scheduled was delivered to The
Leader. .
4. Notice ol each meeting to scheduled was delivered to Angela
F. Fulvino. Clerk ol the County ol Cape May.
N.J.S. 40:4?A200 imposes upon Ward commissioners the obligation to lix and
determine the ward boundaries "so that each ward is formed of compact and contiguous'
territory" and said statutory lection also imposes, upon ihe Ward Commissioners, the
duty to create. In this case, lour wards which shall "not differ in population, according to
the most recent Federal Census, by more than ten per centum 110%) ol the population ol
the least populous ward created."
The most recent Federal Census being Ihe census taken in W7o. said census figures and
the specifications of that census were obtained by the Ward Commissioners Irom the Cape
May County Planning Board. The Federal Census ol 1970 indicates thai there were 10.575
persons who were residents of Ihe City of Ocean City. Since tne obligation imposed upon
the Wand Commissioners was to create lour (4) wards, the first order ot business was to
equallle. by creating an optimum equaiuation figure, the number of residents who should
reside in each of said lour 14) wards. This was done bv dividing the fotai number ol
.residents of tne City of Ocean City according to the 1970 Federal Census (10.575) by Ihe
total number ol wards to be established (4) and arriving at an optimum equaiuation
llf ureol 2643.75 residents per ward. See Exhibit "A" annexed hereto where this division is
set fourth in full detail. An additional obligation Imposed upon the Ward Commissioners
by the applicable Slate Statute is to "lorm ihe wards ol compact and contiguous
territory." Therefore, it was decided by tne Ward Commissioners that the dictates ol that
portion of the statute could best be complied with by dividing the island which comprises
tho City ot Ocean City into lour (4) wards, each of which would run Irom the Atlantic
Ocean to the Great Egg Harbor Bay, and each ol which would be divided Irom the other by
division lines which would be established in the centeriutes of Ihe numbered streets.
Accordingly, the tedious process of establishing the number ol persons residing within
each block, commencing at the Northern end of Ihe City ol Ocean City and continuing until
Ihe overall .number of residents within that area (i.e.. First Ward) approached the
optimum equaiuation figure ol 3643.75. was commenced. At ihe point when the number ol
persons residing in this Mr*a (which was subsequently to be numbered First ward)
reached tne level of 1555 residents, an imaginary line was drawn in the centerime ol Third
Street. This logical stopping-place, resulted in the total population m the arta which
subsequently was numbered First Ward being only.sl.75 residents less than ihe optimum
equalisation figure for each wa'rd. The physical description ol the First Ward established
by the Ward Commissioners as herctolore more fully explained now lollows'
FIRST WARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bounded on me Northeast by Great Egg Harbor inlet, on the
Southeast Dy the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by the centerime or Third Street, and on
the Northwest by the Great Egg Harbor Bay.
POPULATION: 1999.
The process used lo establish me First Ward was next repeated.thrice more.
establishing), in repeating said process, the Second ward. Third ward, and Fourth Ward.
Ttse physical descriptions and populations which were achieved in establishing the Second
Ward, Third Ward and Fourth ward are now set-lorth in full and the same follow
SECONDWARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION. Bounded on the Northeast by the centerline ol Third Street.on
the Southeast t>y the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by the cenlerlme ol Ninth street,
and on the Northwest by the Great Egg Harbor Bay
POPULATION 2699.
THIROWARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bounded on the Northeast by the centerline of Ninth street.
on tne soutneast by the Atlantic Ocean, on tho Southwest by the centerhne ol 19th Street
and the same extended from iho Atlantic Ocean to the centerline ol Bay Avenue and the
centerline ol Sunny Harbor and tho same catondt-d Nnrthwe >ft-rly nt the ci-ntcrlino M Bay
Avenue, and on the Northwest by Great Eqg H.trbor H.tv
POPULATION: 710>
FOURTH WARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bounded on Ihe Northeast bv the centerline ol 19th Street
and the same extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the centerline ol Bay Avcni/e and the
centerline 01 Sunny Harbor and the same extended Northwesterly ol the ccntorhne of Bay
Avenue, en the Southeast bv the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by the ceniorline ol S9th
'Street, and on the Northwest by Peck's Bay and Crook Horn CreeM.
POPULATION 2174
The exact population hgureVcontained in the exact blocks scheduled in the 19/0 Federal
Census as block numbers in the City ol Ocean City have been annexed hereto'as exhibits.^
and wilh ripped to me First'ward said exhibit is described as Exhibit "B" with.respect"
to the Second-Ward satd-.exhibit is described as Exhibit "C'.wifh respect, to the Third
• .Ward said'exhibit is described as Exhibit "O" and with respect Jo me Fourth Ward said
exhibit is described ris.EXTiibit -E' . •
Another mandate established by-Ihe provisions ol N J.S 40-69A 200, is that no ward «o
created shall "differ in population, according to the most recent Federal census, by more
than ten percentum lio««l »l tne population ol the least populous ward created ' This,
guideline was scrupulously observed by- the 1 Ward Commissioners in that 'the least,
populous ward created was the First Ward in which 7555 persons' resided 1 according to the .
1970 Federal Census. Ten percent of mat amount would bi- 755 5 persons. The largest ward
created was tho Fourth Ward in which 27T6 persons resided according to the 1970 Federal
Census. The. dilference in population, therefore, between the most populous ward and Ihe
least populous ward was the difference hefween the total residents in the Fourth Ward
(2716) and Ihetotal residents in the First ward (255i).. or 161 persons. This margin ol
dillerence Ihcrelore is only m . while Ihe margin ol difference permuted under the
statute is IOS>. Soe Exhibit "F" annexed hereto where this multiplication is set fourth in
lull detail
A map 0' the City ot Ocean City upon wnich the ward boundaries of the four vards
designated First Ward. Second Ward, Third ward, and Fourth Ward have been clc.ii/
endorsed and upon which the number(s) of residents rosidinq'in First Ward. Second
Ward, Third Ward and Fourth Ward (according to the 1970 Federal Census) have been
clearly scheduled, has been annexed hereto, mado a part hereof and by ihis reference
thereto, incorporated herein and 'is designated Exhibit "G".
We, HELENE G MACE. ELFREDA C ANDREA LENNEA A PLANT. LEWIS G.
VINCI, and LORETTA C. MARSHALL, collectively comprising the live ward
Commissioners duly appointed by Ihe terms ol N.J.S. 40:49A 198 and duly qualified by the
terms of N.J S. 40 69A 199, after having been administered Ihe oaths ol our respective
ollices by Honorable James A O'Neill on March 1. 1977, do hereby submit the foregoing
REPORT as and lor the RE PORT ol tne Ward Commissioners in Ihe matter involvino the
division ol the City ol Ocean City. County ol Capo May. into lour wards. Further, each of
us does hereby accept tho foregoing REPORT as and for our own and said REPORT is.
' therefore, unanimously accepted and endorsed by us. and each of us. the undersigned
Ward Commissioners
HeleneG Mace. Ward Commissioner
Etlreda C. Andrea. Ward Commissioner
Lonnea A. Plant. Ward Commissioner
• . Lewis G. Vinci. Ward Commissioner
Loretta C Marshall, ward Commissioner
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 1
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COUNTY OF CAPE MAY I
BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this 26th day Ql March, in the year ol our Lord one
tnousand nine hundred and -seventy seven (1977), bolore mo. the undersigned authority,
personally appeared HELENE G. MACE. ELFREDA C. ANDREA, LENNEA A. PLANT.
LEWIS G VINCI, and LORETTA C MARSHALL, who I am satisfied are the Ward
Commissioners who have been duly qualified as Warn commissioners in the matter
involving the division ot the City ol Ocean City, in the County ol Cape May and Slate ol
New Jersey, into tour wards, and I hereby certily that each 01 said Ward Commissioners
signed, sealed and delivered the loregoing report as his or her own act and deed.
CHARLES HENRY JAMES,
Attorney At Law ol N.J.
CERTIFICATE
We. HELENE G MACE. ELFREDA C. ANDREA. LENNEA A. PLANT. LEWIS G
VINCI, and LORETTA C MARSHALL, collectively comprising the live Ward
Commissioners duly appointed by the terms ol N.J.S. 40:69A )9fl and duly qualilied by the
terms at N.J.S. 40:69AI99. alter having been administered the oaths ol our respective
offices by ,Honorable James A. O'Neill on March 4. 1977, do hereby certify that the ie divisive division
which we have made ol the Cily ol Ocean City. County ol Cape May, into lour wan' ards ii\[s /
follows, and we do hereby further certily that the population 01 each 01 said lour v
.as contained therein, according to the 1970 Federal Census. 'Further, each ol us does
hereby unanimously endorse the within Cerfilicafion:
FIRST WARD
FIRST WARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bounded on the Northeast by Great Egg Harbor Inlet, on the
Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by the centerline ol Third Street, and'on
the Northwest by the Great Egg harbor Bay.
POPULATION: 2555
SECONDWARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION BoundoO'on the Northeast by.the centerline ol Third Street,
on the Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by the cenlerlme ol Ninth Street
and on the Northwest by the Great Egg Harbor Bay •
POPULATION: 2699
THIRDWARO
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bounded on the Northeast by the centerline 01 Ninth Street,
on the Southeast bv the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by the centcrhno ol 19th Street
and the same extended, from the Atlantic Ocean to tho eenterlme ol Bay Avenue and the
centerline ot Sunny Harbor and the same extended Northwesterly ol the centerline ol Bay
Avenue, and on the Northwest bv.Great Egg Harbor Bay.
POPULATION 2605
FOURTH WARD
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bounded on Ihe Northeast by the centerline ol 19th Street
and Ihe same extended from the Atlantic Ocean to Ihe centerline of Bay Avenue and the
centerime ol Sunny Harbor and Ihe same extended Northwesterly of IheTenterline ol Bay
Avenue, on Ihe Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on Ihe Southwest by the centerline ol 59th
Street, and on Ihe Northwest bv Pecks Bay and Crook Horn Creek.
POPULATION: 2716
HelencG Mace, Ward Commissioner
Ellreda C Andrea, ward commissioner
Lennea A. Plant, Ward Commissioner
Lewis G. Vinci, Ward Commissioner
Loretta C. Marshall, Ward Commissioner
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 1
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COUNTY OF
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lt_ £
45712
501-41
501-17
501-17
504-24
501-44
504-0
507- II
506-17
509-1)
510-14
511-81
512 3
5130
;. \-;V---ri**r~
511-40
937-14
326-5
519-42
530-27
531 43
531-10
51119
914-10
51510
111-18
51719
516-19
539 30
415 11
414 9
417-10
418 14
419-40
420 40
421-49
43>4I
42118
434-10
425-19
414' 18
441 43
446 40
447 11
441-3 .
449 11
4500
431 31
492 30
451-6
15445
45125
PUBLIC NOTICE
514 74
SlS-17
514 4
917-22
516 0
519-0
520 0
521-34
5310
523-30
534 14
. " 525-3
5401
54120
542 1
5410
541-11
547-1]
550-11
55111
554-15
599-35
551-1
55734
55142
559:103
Total 3.405
EKhlbif'O" • . . ' .
FOURTH WARD; ' -.
' PHYSICAL DesCRIPTION: Bounded on me Northeast by the cenlerline ol 19th Street
and the same extended from Ihe Atlantic Ocean lo Ihe ccntorline of Bay Avenue and the
cenlirllne of Sunny Harbor and the same ealehded Northwesterly oljhe centerline of Bay
Avenue, on Ihe Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the Southwest by The Centerline ol 59th
Street, and oh the Northwest by Peck's Bay and Ciook Horn Creek.
BLOCKS.AND POPULATION: Bldck numbers are census block numbers - not Ocean
City Tan Block numbers.
544-5
94913
541 11
949-11
592-32
5930
540-15
541-34
101-71
103-137
403 0
4040
405 O
4040
1070
40134
409-97
110-29
111 0
1120
6110
114-0
1190
1140
1170
6110
119-19
420-17
111-1
4130
133-121
424 25
415-49
126-30
137-3)
131-39
439 11
430 54
611-11
61216
611-13
614-16
6157
616-31
617 19
61624
119-12
140-7
64114
643-11
64] 12
644 (1
645-21
6460
647 14
646-5
649-21
650-9
651-4
453-1 '
151-11
654-1
155-1
454 7
1574
6586
699-9
701-13
702-13
701-30
704 30
70510
706-8
707-8
708-11
709-1!
710 IS
711-11
• 71212
7130
71411
715-9
716-4
7170
718-33
71931
73013
721 0
722 10
723-7
73411
7150
736-19
737-6
738-7
739-60
7300
731-46
713 23
711-0
714-24
715-44
714 135
717-5
718-11
739-9
74011
741-3
743 17
743-6
744-14
Exhibit "E"
1.101169
355.5/16I000O0OOO0
15310
. 7700
7665
1500
3555
9450
7615
. 17650
15)10
Exhibit "F"
25200 -
22995
74911
7460
747-4
748 8
749 10
750-10
751 0
7-53-0
753-3
754-0
7550
756-2
757-26
801-11
602-4
801-7
804 2
605 4
806-5
807]
8080
6090
8100
611-0
812 0
811-7
614-1
815 1
616-13
817-11
618-6
61911
S20O
821-9
822 11
81)11
614-5
REPORT ANOCERTIFICATE OF WARDCOMMISSIONERS
THE CITY OF OCEAN CITY
S3J6
626-19
627-11 •
818-6
81918
• 810-17
81111
812-10
811 14
6)4 IS
63515
836-0
8379
616-10
819-6 ,
640-4 " r .
641 11 ,
84117
641-0
644-9
645-0
646-11
6470
646-116
849-0
650-1
851-0
65111
851-16
854-10
659-1
6510
6570
896-38
859-0
640-3
111 2
861-0
Total 2,714
PREPARED BY Charles Henry James. Attorney Al Law. 4401 New Jersey Avenue,
Wildwood. New Jersey 01240
4-7, IT. P.F. (1140.00
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