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Motorsport Plan Stalls

(From Page 1) i September or October, he said, and be con- 1 eluded next April or May. "You know me," he laughed, "the perennial optimist." The FAA delay resulted, La Bounty said, because the application that went to it ' lacked two documents. Cape Motors port thought the Woodbine Port Authority, air- I port owner, was supposed to provide them. The authority thewght Cape Motorsport was. 1 "Part of it was my fault," said LaBounty, who said authority engineer Louis Ripa "broke his back" to get the forms filed. La Bounty said two other Pine lands Coramission "key issues" have been "taken . care of' and one "substantial item" remains. The problems of sewage and wetlands X plants are solved, he said. But there are still concerns about "potential air pollution at Routes 610 and 550 (intersection of the Woodbine Ocean View Road and Dennis ville — Petersburg Road) from traffic attending races. LaBounty said he did not know how much traffic there would be. He has previously estimated crowds of 25,000 to 35,000 spectators a weekend. « The sewage (flies ti on was solved, LaBounty said, by changing from a septic system to using holding tanks for spectator toilets and hauling sewage to an MUA plant. He said the county Health Department has approved and the MUA has given "preliminary acceptance." "We still have to give them flow data," , he said. ,

construction costs, but raise the operations budget by about 8 percent, which, he said, was "minimal." He mentioned an MUA cost of $26 per thousand gallons of sewage. LaBounty said it has been determined that there are no wetlands plants on the site of the race track, although it will still necessary to do "a cultural resource study." LaBounty said that more than 50 percent of the advertising space at the proposed track "is accounted for with letters of intent". Advertising is a key ingredient in the financial formula that will make Motorsport profitable. Other ingredients ^ are admissions, with prices ranging from $5 to $35, track rental, and food service. The Herald and Lantern in January reported that a local bank will provide a $2-million construction loan which would be taken over by the Equity Mortgage Investment Co. of Philadelphia. At that ttime the prime rate was 11 percent and the bank's interest rate was estimated at 16 percent. The prime rate is at 12.5 percent now. Motorsport leased 265 of 748 acres at the Woodbine Airport from the Woodbine Port Authority in January for the $3.1-million project. The present active runway would be taken for the race track, buildings moved to a parallel site, and a closed runway reopened. The authority is to get $20,000 annual rent for five years with an adjustment every five years based on the Consumer Price Index, plus 1 percent of the gross revenue starting in 1986. The borough would get estimated property taxes of about $21,000. Motorsport also agreed to give priority to local job applicants to fill jl payroll of about 36 part-time employes and a dozen full time. LaBounty has said the track would add $8 million to the county's economy. He's been working on this proposal for more than two years.

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percent more, or $30.50 a ton, to dump municipal trash at the borough landfill v here, thanks to a hefty rate increase z approved by the state Board of Public Utilities. The county Municipal Utilities Authority has asked Superior Court to bldck the landfill from accepting more trash, though. The BPU and state DEP | okayed a 180-day delay in closing the ' dump so its owners can collect some of ' the $1.9 million needed for shutdown. • J Not Shorthanded? CAPE MAY - Mayor Arthur Blomkvest disagreed with a resident who complained last week that the city police force is shorthanded three officers while a rapist stalks the area. The complaint came during a meeting of residents and officials trying to combat the rapist. West Cape May Mayor Jack Vassar Jr. said his borough can't afford more manpower, but Blomkvest said Cape May will try to organize a late-night bus to thwart attacks on women. Town Watch programs should be expanded, all agreed. 0 End Run SWAINTON - Federal Superfunds should be used to build a $700,000 water main to properties near the illegal toxic dumpsite along Seigtown Road, according to Middle Township Mayor Michael Voll. Hazardous chemicals dumped there in 1979 pollute ground water and the county recently banned building nearby. Voll sees the water main as a way around that ban and wants to . convince state environmental officials that its worth funding. They've tentatively slated site cleanup for 1987. Open, Sort Of , . STONE HARBOR - The muchpostponed completion of the 96th Street "revitalization" has been postponed again, according to Edwin F. Pain, borough manager. The low-bid paving subcontractor isn't available, Pain said, and a substitute is due the week of June 18. The dirt street, sidewalks and stores are open. May 11 had been the target date for completion of the half-million-dollar project.

Police Petitioning (From Page 1) bor experience. "We started this late, but the main thing was to get the signatures. "WE'RE GOING TO PUSH hard," he continued, nothing that 27,000 lawmen in the state are covered by PFRS compare to less than half that number in PERS. Legislation allowed county investigators and sheriffs officers to switch retirement plans in 1973, Ma her said, while voters in North Wildwood, Wildwood ana Wildwoed Crest have approved referendums permitting the changes in their communities. Under a separate retirement plan, state police can collect pensions after 20 years. As lawmen, Maber argued for municipal police; "we're no different." To him, "the greatest thing in the world would be" legislation to authorize the retirement plan change, thus avoiding the individual referendums. But such measures have died in committee before, he said, because many legislators regard the matter as a home rule issue for municipalities to decide. If voters approve the referendums, the change in retirement plans should have an immediate and positive impact when it takes effect in January, Maher said. He reasons that lawmen with the required years on the job will collect their pensions and open department ranks to those eligible for promotions. The switch from PERS to PFRS will also serve as an incentive to rookie lawmen currently turned off by PERS provisions for retirement at 55 despite length of service, Maher continued. Collecting signatures for petitions is just the first step toward ballot referendums, be concluded, adding that details of the proposed changes must be advertised and aired at public hearings.

Doric Ward PAT AND PUNKS — Cold Spring Country School for preschoolers had a punk rock day last week. Director Pat Smith, at piano, had to cope with, left to right. Vanessa. 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Casale of Cape May ; Lauren. 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark McPherson of North Cape May; and Amanda, 3-year-old daughter of Francis Hickey of North Cape May.

Water Monitoring Under Way

^ ( From Page 1 > the two-year-old plant in Ocean City which has ocean outfall. An overloaded plant in Avaion was the reason its bay was closed last summer from 31st and 40th streets. It's finishing a $l-million plant upgrading. We're eager to see if it worked," said Sutton. The main potential problem with ocean beaches occurs after a heavy rain since most storm sewers empty into the ocean. "But that dissipates within 24 hours," said Sutton. NO OCEAN BEACHES have been closed since some in Cape May in 1977, Sutton , said. It has solved that problem, he said Sutton cited threte "ongoing problem areas:" the north end of Ocean City, the North Wildwood beach where the sewage treatment plant discharges into an inlet, I and off Cox Hall Creek near the Lower

Township sewage treatment plant discharge line. "We keep a close watch on these," said Sutton. He pointed out that five samples with results higher than 50 MPN are necessary to close waters to human use. "One high reading is no cause for alarm," said Sutton. "But three or four sites in a row, two or three weeks in a row. something's wrong that has to be solved." The county's full-time water monitoring program will continue, he said, until all regional sewage treatment plants are online and discharging one and one-half to two miles out in the ocean Then the department will monitor the ocean, he said. Sutton pointed out that as many as threequarters of a million persons visit the county on a peak summer weekend, "and every one of 'em is swimming."

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