The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, approved a Resolution authorizing bids for 2018 Street and Alley improvements. Snyder and Associates Engineer Dave Sturm listed the projects that will be underway once the weather improves. They include: Chestnut St., from 18th to 22nd;14th St., from Olive to Highway 71; Plum St. from 7th to 14th, with a widening of Plum St. from 10th to 14th; an alley between 10th and 13th Streets, Birch & Cedar, and a turnaround south of Palm Street. The bid date was set for Tuesday, March 6th, with Council action on accepting the bid(s) during the Council’s meeting on March 7th.

The Council agreed to close specific streets on Sunday, August 5th, from 8-a.m. To 5-p.m., for the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church 125th Anniversary Celebration. Theresa Hohenberger, from Saints Peter and Paul, explained the event is the conclusion to a two-year campaign they’ve been running to renovate the church.They’re also tying the event in with the City of Atlantic’s year-long 150th Celebration. She said there will be bounces, beef producers grilling, picnic tables, etc. They’re hoping for 300-to 500 people to be in attendance.

As previously mentioned, the temporary street closures would be:

West 6th, between Locust and Poplar
West 5th, between Locust and Poplar
Locust, between 5th and 6th Streets
West 6th, between Locust & the alley between Locust & Cedar.

In other business, the Atlantic City Council, Wednesday, agreed to subscribe to a computer program put out by a local firm, that will enhance the experience of persons visiting the City website. The program, “Journity,” is a product of 5Q in Atlantic. Company owner Chad Williams said the program is designed to customize the experience individuals visiting the City’s website have, by identifying their location. Williams says a trial run of the program on the City’s website indicates 61-percent of visitors leave the site within 10-seconds, “Probably,” he says, because they “Probably haven’t found what they were looking for.” Journity will help new visitors to a site become more engaged in the process of finding what they need and remembers their choices. The program also helps with marketing the City to potential new residents and businesses, by showing what is available and other factors.

The Council tabled an Engineering agreement with Snyder and Associates, Wednesday, with regard to the Beautification Project, and they approved an engineering agreement with Snyder’s for the AMU Connector Trail Project. The project involves the construction of an eight-foot wide concrete pedestrian trail from the existing end of trail at KJAN, south and east to connect the end of the paved trail currently under contract with Howery Construction, located at the southeast corner of the Little League baseball/softball complex.