3/21/16 Caucus Meeting

PERTH AMBOY – R-163-3/16 Authorizing an agreement for the installation and maintenance of a gaging station between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) NJ Water,Science Center and the City of Perth Amboy.

Director of Public Works
Frank Hoffman

DPW Director Frank Hoffman and Harbor Master Wild handed out information available to the Council explaining exactly what the station will mean for Perth Amboy.
“It would measure wave pressure, amount of waves, wave height and tide heights and any extreme weather conditions that may occur. All of this information can be obtained on the U.S. Geographical Survey website.  All information will be up to date. Any dangerous water conditions can be detected before anyone goes out on the river, bay, etc.”

Hoffman continued, “A gaging station that had been installed in South Amboy had deteriorated and was no longer usable. That is why the Federal Geographical Survey contacted the City of Perth Amboy. The installation of our station will be free and they will maintain it. It will be installed near the Armory. If the Council approves this resolution by Wednesday’s Meeting (3/23/16), the pilings for the station can be installed on Thursday (3/24/16) by a company that the U.S. Geographical Survey has in place.

At the 3/23/16 Council Meeting, this resolution along with  all the resolutions on the agenda was moved by Councilman Bill Petrick and seconded by Councilman Fernando Irizarry and passed. Council President Lisa Nanton was not present.

From http://waterdata.usgs.gov – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), designed and installed the New Jersey Tide Telemetry System (NJTTS) with assistance from NOS. This system is part of a statewide network of tide gages, weather stations, and stream gages collecting invaluable data in real time. The NJTTS supplies real-time tide-level and meteorological data for flood-prone areas along the New Jersey shore and back bays to critical decision-making centers and the public available on the world wide web.

The USGS New Jersey Water Science Center is responsible for overall project coordination along with operation and maintenance of all instrumentation and remote data-collection platforms.

Signs with the USGA website will be posted by the Gaging Station. The Council requested that the City’s Website have a link the USGA site.