 May 02, 2003
Information provided in a news release noted that the mayors said they and the city and borough managers had been meeting in an effort to resolve outstanding differences between the two governments on how to best proceed with the study. Mayor Salazar said, "Mayor Weinstein and I agreed that we needed to work together to iron out the remaining differences so that we could get this important project started. We agreed right away on some basic concepts of how the City and the Borough would work together, and then asked the two managers to work out the details." City Manager Karl Amylon and Borough Manager Roy Eckert developed a set of protocols outlining how the City and Borough will cooperate throughout the study. According to a news release, the two managers also asked Transystems and Maritime Consulting to collaboratively develop a scope of work outlining the work to be performed by each firm for submission to the Borough and the City. Mayor Weinstein said, "I'm pleased that, by putting the interests of the community first, Mayor Salazar and I, along with the two managers, have put this project back on track. By committing us to ongoing cooperation and communication, the protocols will insure a positive working relationship between the City and the Borough throughout the course of the study." The Borough and the City have
jointly applied for a $300,000 EDA grant for the study, which
will study the feasibility of a regional maritime industry and
identify which industrial/commercial activities are most likely
to be a part of that industry. Mayor Salazar and Mayor Weinstein
stated that the agreement should allow the final grant award
to be made, and the study to proceed in the near future.
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