PUBLIC NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) intends to renew its existing lease with The Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, trading as Cape May MAC (Museums + Arts + Culture) (“MAC”) for the Cape May Lighthouse (“Lighthouse”), located on Block 792, Lot 20 within Cape May Point State Park to allow for continued development and implementation of educational, cultural, recreational, and interpretative programs, projects and activities; continued development and operation of the Lighthouse museum; conduct cultural, educational, historic, recreational, interpretative, social, membership, or community activities; and operation of the gift shop.

On March 27^th, 1995, the Department entered into a lease agreement for the Lighthouse with MAC (“1995 Agreement”) Prior to the expiration of the initial lease term in 2019, MAC requested to exercise the 10-year renewal option in the 1995 Lease.   If approved, the renewal term will have an effective date of March 28, 2019 and will expire on March 28, 2029.

Written comments on the proposed renewal may be directed to Grant Petri, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration, Public Land Administration, Mail Code, Mail Code 401-07, 401 East State Street, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420, or emailed to PublicLandAdministration@njdepwptest.net. Please send a copy of any comments submitted on this request to Vincent Bonica, Park Superintendent, Cape May Point State Park, P.O. Box 107, Cape May Point, New Jersey 08212. Written public comments on this proposed lease renewal agreement will be accepted until Monday, January 22^nd, 2024.