135 Haddo Aveue Haddo Towship, NJ 08108 PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Bellmawr, NJ Permit No. 1138 Save the Date! UPCOMING TOWNSHIP EVENTS! 7th Aual Luau September 9th from 7:00 pm to 11:00pm Block Party September 24th from 12:00 oo to 6:00 pm Haddo Towship Music Festival October 23rd from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm 70th Aual Westmot Lios Parade October 27th at 7:30 pm Hallowee Trick or Treatig October 31st from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm 10th Aual Turkey Trot November 26th, Race starts at 9:00 am Holiday o Haddo & Parade of Lights December 2d at 7:00 pm WIND DOWN THURSDAYS! The free summer cocert series is back this year! Start your weeked early o Thursday eveigs ad catch live performaces at the Crystal Lake pool complex located at the corer of Crystal Lake Aveue & W. Park Boulevard Cocerts are free to HaddoTowship residets ad gates ope at 6:00 pm. 2016 Summer Cocert Schedule July 14th Parrot Bay A Jimmy Buffet Tribute Bad July 21st Wayside Shakeup Rock & Roll to Fuk & Soul featurig Haddo Twp. s very ow Chris D Atoio & Rob Volasky August 4th Mark Reo A Tribute to Elvis Presley! August 11th Jim Bruo & Athoy Caraffa perform Siatra & Marti It s the perfect way to sped a summer eveig i Haddo Towship. This evet is BYOB Brig Your Ow Blaket. Chairs are available at the pool. The cocessio stad will be ope for dier & sacks.0
POLICE & SAFETY RECYCLING UPDATE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SPOTLIGHT ON COMMUNITY Haddo Press THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF HADDON WHERE COMMUNITY THRIVES WWW.HADDONTWP.COM SUMMER 2016 2016 MUNICIPAL BUDGET NO MUNICIPAL TAX INCREASE Message from Mayor Radall W. Teague, Commissioer Paul Dougherty & Commissioer Joh C. Foley Welcome to the latest editio of the Haddo Press, our official ewsletter updatig residets o Towship iformatio ad evets. % For the seveth year durig our elected teure, Haddo Towship residets will oce agai see a zero percet tax icrease for muicipal services. Our admiistratio approved a muicipal purpose tax totalig, $8,015,354.00 with the local rate of 0.638 per $100 of assessed valuatio or 18.14% of property owers total tax bill. I 2016, the media average home is assessed at $224,478.38 ad will pay $7,926.33 i property taxes icludig couty, school, muicipal ad fire. Out of the total taxes levied, the Towship receives $1,431.50 for such services as police ad emergecy maagemet services, saitatio & recyclig collectio, sow removal, maiteace of roadways, improved recreatioal facilities, leaf ad brush pick-up, seior services, popular Towship evets ad more. The 2016 Water/Sewer budget has also bee approved with o cost icrease eve though New Jersey America Water cotiues to raise its rates. The budget process icluded a thorough cost/reveue aalysis, a hard look at the cosolidatio of govermetal fuctios ad activities ad a breakdow of the eeds ad goals of each muicipal departmet usig soud fiscal measures while maitaiig high level services to our residets. Muicipal budgets are more tha umbers ad figures. They are policy documets that reflect the fiscal priorities of a commuity what is affordable ad what is essetial. We believe that the 2016 Muicipal budget shows our commitmet to Haddo Towship to cotiue to thrive as a great place to live, work ad play without burdeig our residets by raisig taxes. Please feel free to cotact us with your suggestios or cocers at MayorTeague@haddotwp.com, PDougherty@haddotwp.com or JFoley@haddotwp.com ad we hope that you have a woderful summer.
Haddo Towship Police Departmet Importat Safety Iformatio HOW TO CALL THE HADDON TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT All too ofte, we receive emergecy calls at the Haddo Towship Muicipal Buildig or hear from residets that they were ot sure which umber they should use to cotact the police departmet. There are oly TWO phoe umbers you eed to kow to reach us. They are 911 or 854-0011. For crimes i progress or life threateig situatios, immediately call 911 (without hesitatio). Keep i mid if you dial 911 ad hag up for some reaso, a officer will be dispatched to the locatio of the 911 call to ivestigate further. Whe you call the police regardig a situatio requirig a police respose, the police dispatcher will ask several questios similar to those listed below. These questios are to esure that the police will be able to respod to your call i the most efficiet maer possible. Remai calm ad aswer the operator s questios to the best of your ability. To report less serious situatios or eve just to make us aware of somethig, call our Cetral Commuicatios at 856-854-0011. WHAT YOU WILL BE ASKED: Why are you callig? Crime: Is the crime i progress, or did it occur earlier? Traffic Accidet: Are there ay ijuries? Disturbace: What is the ature of the disturbace (family fight, street fight, etc.)? Are there weapos ivolved? Suspicious Activity: What is the ature of the suspicious activity ad where is it occurrig? What is the locatio of the problem? If possible, provide the exact address. If the exact address is ukow, give the cross streets. What is your ame ad what telephoe umber are you callig from? * (If you would prefer to remai aoymous, that is acceptable). Are there suspects ad what are their descriptios? Provide details usig the examples below: Physical Descriptio, Clothig Descriptio, Sex, Age, Race, Shirt, Pats, Height, Weight, Dress, Skirt, Hair, Eyes Glasses, Jacket, Shoes, Complexio, Beard, Mustache, Hat How may suspects are there? What was their directio of travel? Was a weapo used? Was there a vehicle ivolved? What is the licese plate umber, descriptio, ad directio of travel? REMEMBER while you are talkig to the police dispatcher o the 911 lie, a police uit is beig dispatched to the icidet scee. Remai o the phoe util the police officers arrive or the dispatcher advises you to hag up. Oce agai, the telephoe umbers are 911 or 856-854-0011. Please make ote of these umbers. LOCK IT OR POTENTIALLY LOSE IT! With the warmer weather comes a icrease i outdoor activity ad pedestria traffic. Recetly we have see a uptick i property crime, much of which is prevetable with just a little extra effort. While we live i a great commuity, we are ufortuately ot immue to crimial opportuists, especially if we make it just a little too easy. This is ot blamig the victim, this is reality. Fortuately, there are several thigs you ca do, ad if you do them cosistetly, they will reduce the likelihood of becomig a victim. 2
GET INTO THESE SIMPLE HABITS Lock your car doors every sigle time you exit your vehicle. Always lock doors ad groud floor widows whe ot at home, ad check to make sure locks are fuctioig properly. Be predictable. Follow the rules of the road ad obey sigs ad sigals. Walk o sidewalks wheever they are available. If there is o sidewalk, walk facig traffic ad as far from traffic as possible. Do t leave spare keys i easy-to-guess hidig spots, such as uder the doormat or i a plat. If you ca afford a alarm system, purchase oe ad use it cosistetly. Leave a light or the televisio o whe ot home. Motio sesors ad timers ca also be useful. If you live i a apartmet buildig, ever prop the etrace door ope or let someoe ito the buildig that you do t kow. WE ARE ALL PEDESTRIANS As the weather gets warmer, our activities ted to move to the outdoors. The Haddo Towship Police Departmet wats to take this opportuity to remid motorists to be midful of more pedestria activity i the area. Remember, everyoe is a pedestria. As soo as you step out of your vehicle, you become a pedestria. We have put together a few tips from the Natioal Highway Traffic Safety Admiistratio to remember to help keep you safer as you walk about tow, ejoyig the warmer sprig ad summer weather. O average, a pedestria is killed every two hours ad ijured every seve miutes i traffic crashes. Fourtee percet of all traffic fatalities ad a estimated 3 percet of those ijured i traffic crashes were pedestrias. Traffic Safety Facts: Pedestrias, April 2014 Keep alert at all times; do t be distracted by a electroic devices that take your eyes (ad ears) off the road. Cross streets at crosswalks or itersectios wheever possible. This is where drivers expect pedestrias. Look for cars i all directios icludig those turig left or right. If a crosswalk or itersectio is ot available, locate a well-lit area where you have the best view of traffic. Wait for a gap i traffic that allows you eough time to cross safely, ad cotiue to watch for traffic as you cross. Never assume a driver sees you. Make eye cotact with drivers as they approach you to make sure you are see. Be visible at all times. Wear bright clothig durig the day, ad wear reflective materials or use a flashlight at ight. Watch for cars eterig or exitig driveways, or backig up i parkig lots. 3
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING: Look out for pedestrias everywhere, at all times. Safety is a shared resposibility. Use extra cautio whe drivig i hard to-see coditios, such as ighttime or i bad weather. Slow dow ad be prepared to stop whe turig or otherwise eterig a crosswalk. Yield to pedestrias i crosswalks (NJSA 39:4-36a(1)) ad stop well back from the crosswalk to give other vehicles a opportuity to see the crossig pedestrias so they ca stop too. Never pass vehicles stopped at a crosswalk. There may be people crossig that you ca t see. Never drive uder the ifluece of alcohol ad/or drugs. Follow the speed limit, especially aroud people o the street. Follow slower speed limits i school zoes ad i eighborhoods where there are childre preset. Be extra cautious whe backig up pedestrias ca move ito your path. HADDON TOWNSHIP S E-WASTE RECYCLING UPDATES! The New Jersey Electroic Waste Maagemet Act was established i 2009 ad was desiged to create free ad coveiet programs for the re-cyclig of e-waste. This law baed the ladfillig or icieratio of electroic devices ad madated their re-cyclig. The primary resposibility fell o the electroics maufactures to provide this program to the residets of New Jersey. Due to the icrease i the volume of material collected ad chages i the market for cathode ray tubes (CRTs), a major issue has rise i the electroic re-cyclig idustry. This has shifted the burde of payig for these re-cyclig programs away from the maufacturers of the equipmet ad oto local commuities ad taxpayers. Idepedet re-cyclers ad state govermet officials are hopig to update the law ad help rectify the situatio. Due to the icreasig expese of recyclig e-waste, the Towship will o loger be able to collect items such as televisios, computers, cell phoes, or aythig with a plug. Please do ot put items out at the curb. To properly dispose of e-waste, you may cotact ay of the followig busiesses (fees may apply): Magum Thaks For Beig Gree Call: 856-333-0991 Goodwill Idustries goodwillj.org/material-doatios/ Whe motorists ad pedestrias work together we ca have a fu ad safe summer seaso. If you have questios or eed to cotact the Haddo Towship Police Departmet, call (856) 854-0011. Please call 911 for emergecies. Source: Natioal Highway Traffic Safety Admiistratio Best Buy www.bestbuy.com/site/global- Promotios/Recyclig-Electroics/pcmc at149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025 For more iformatio about Camde Couty collectios, go to: http://www.camdecoutcom/parks/recyclig-ifo/ electroic-recyclig-collectio-evets 4
INFRASTRUCTURE AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENTS Robert Krupiski Sr. Memorial Park Due to the expaded use of the fields for towship sportig evets (flag football, softball, lacrosse ad soccer), a ew storage facility with ADA accessible restrooms has bee costructed at the Robert Krupiski Sr. Memorial Park i West Colligswood Heights. Teams ow have the ability to store equipmet ad athletes, spectators ad residets alike ow have access to public restrooms. Street & Roadway Restoratio Projects Masio Aveue Restoratio Project The Towship submitted a applicatio for Muicipal Aid for the secod phase of the recostructio of Masio Aveue. We have bee awarded $200,000 grat from the NJDOT. Phase II will iclude re-surfacig, curbig ad ew driveway apros from Coard Aveue to the Muicipal border at Lees Lae. New sewer traps ad slip liig for the mais are icluded i this phase of the project. Street Improvemet Program Survey fieldwork has bee completed o the followig itersectios ad roadways ad will be icluded i the Towship s 2016 Street & Road Maiteace Program: Itersectio of New Jersey Ave. & Kig Ave. Itersectio of Virgiia Ave. & Locust Ave. Itersectio of Addiso Ave. & Cuthbert Blvd. Itersectio of Bradford Ave. & Hampto Rd. Itersectio of Heather Road & Kraft Ave. Itersectio of Corwall Drive & Kraft Ave. Itersectio of Pyle Ave. & Crestwood Ave. Itersectio of Heather Road & Lees Lae New Jersey Aveue Park Phase 1 of the project has bee completed. Improvemets to the saitary sewer icludig the istallatio of a ew pump statio ad upgrades to the storm water draiage system was eeded to correct floodig ad erosio issues at the ed of New Jersey Aveue Phase II icludes replacig ad upgradig the curret storm draiage system throughout the park. Oce Phase II s work is completed, ew, state of the art playgroud equipmet will be istalled. All itersectio will be re-surfaced, ew gutter strips ad hadicap ramps will be istalled to meet ADA compliace regulatios. These storm water maagemet improvemets will help to remove ru-off water from poolig ad prevet icig at the corers. 5
SPOTLIGHT ON COMMUNITY WESTMONT LIONS The Westmot Lios Club is part of the Lios Clubs Iteratioal ad is the world s largest club service orgaizatio with more tha 1.4 millio members across the globe. The Westmot Club was established o December 30, 1943 by Frakli P. Jackso, III alog with thirty two other charter members for the bettermet of humaity ad commuity. For the past 72 years, the Jackso family has cotiued the legacy ad supported that visio. Memorial library, 15 MacArthur Blvd. If you are service-mided ad are iterested i improvig your commuity, cotact Frak Jackso, V, membership chair at fadgjack5@ comcast.et ad become a member. True reward comes to those who give as well as receive ad is a matter at the very heart of the PRIDE OF LIONS. Aoymous The club provides a eriched sese of quality, welless ad carig by assistig those who suffer from visual ad/or hearig impairmets, idividuals i eed of food, shelter ad other life essetials ad commuities impacted by atural disasters. The Lios orgaize eye screeigs for childre i our schools for early detectio of possible sight impairmets, provide, through the cooperatio of the South Jersey Eye Ceter, the Eye Mobile at commuity evets, supply Thaksgivig Diers for seiors, ad award four high school scholarships. The club sposors the Aual Hallowee parade, pacake breakfast, Easter egg hut ad collects ad re-cycles eyeglasses, cell-phoes, ad hearig aids. Drop off locatios are located at the Aex buildig, 10 Reeve Ave. ad the William G. Rohrer THE ADDAMS FAMILY A New Musical Comedy at the Ritz Theatre July 14th August 7th The woderfully ghoulish family we kow from the 1960 s TV show come to life er, um, death o stage i this devilishly silly musical that s fu for the whole family. Fid out what happes whe Wedesday Addams, all grow up but as Goth as ever, brigs home a ormal boy. Gomez has to keep a secret from Morticia, Lurch lurches, Ucle Fester festers, ad Pugsly gets tortured o the rack just a typical ight for ay America family, right? For tickets, please cotact the Ritz Box Office at 856-858-5230 or visit www.ritztheatreco.org 6
O May 24th, Sustaiable Haddo Towship i cojuctio with the Haddo Towship Clea Commuities Program awarded the Sustaiable Haddo Towship Scholarship to Haddo Towship High School Seior, Joh Coa. The aual scholarship is offered as a iitiative to egage studets ad promote a sustaiable future by offerig a oe-time $500.00 scholarship to a seior who is plaig to pursue a career i sustaiability, evirometal scieces, or a related field. The scholarship requires applicats to write a essay about what ispired them to choose a career i a sustaiability field, how they developed these goals i high school, ad why they are motivated to pursue this type of career. Joh s applicatio exceeded these requiremets as he had a ispirig essay, a impressive list of local voluteer work, ad a challegig log term career goal. Joh Coa will be attedig the Uiversity of Vermot, Rubestei School of Eviromet ad Natural Resources, Hoor College i the fall. He plas to major i Wildlife Biology or Coservatio. We wish he him great success! The Westmot Farmers Market is ope every Wedesday, from May through October! This seasoal mid-week market offers fresh, locally grow produce, meats, cheeses, beddig plats, fresh cut flowers ad prepared foods directly to Haddo Towship residets ad the surroudig commuity. The market is ope from 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM ad is located at the corer of Haddo ad Stratford Aveues i dowtow Haddo Towship. 7