Hmmm, flooding on a barrier island, what a new concept!

Sorry but I can't feel to bad for these guys. We have been building and building on beach and barrier islands and yes they do flood - shouldn't be building up on them. It's the risk you take for your "prime" fancy real estate. As water levels rise in the coming decades it's only going to get worse. Maybe they shouldn't be building houses there, just saying.

are you kidding me??? they live on a "BARRIER ISLAND" what do they want done???? geez, would they like to elevate the island ten feet or should they lower the levels of the bay/ocean...good god...sorry no sympathy from me..

They're not getting my sympathy as yes they live on a barrier island. However, with the value of those homes on the island, and the applicable property taxes that they pay... I'd be pretty ticked off too.

nobody told them to buy a house on a skinny penninsula surrounded by water....

That's honestly like buying a house on a ski resort and complaining about snow fall...

It also reminds you of people buying a home near the airport then complaining of jet noise. The local residents of the John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA have an ordinance that all planes must take off at a steeper angle so the people that live near the airport will enjoy their luxury homes. Also, at LAX you take off to the west over the ocean even though you make a turn to come east .
I agree, you buy a house on a peninsula and take your chances..

Guess what...
It's only going to get worse with the rising tides predicted over the decades to come.
I'm sure the way the storm drains work is natural gravity into the bay...
if the bay rises.. the storm drains back up...
the only way to solve it is with pumpout stations... major expense.
Didn't PPB install some sort of pumpout station where ocean ave and rte 35 meet???

Ok so long as they get here to collect the parking metter money its all good right? Ok I have seen many catch bassens sitting full of water and o the tide is not that high. Let's get real here. Elevation drawings will bear me out. If tested you will find catch basens plugged with sand. I challange the road department to open hydrents and test drainage with the bay at normal levels and report what percent flow and what percent are plugged with sand and are inopperable? That will cut the sewer crap.

Now why can my street not have a route 35 crosswalk?

So now let's talk construcion. Then now have a rule on the books that says to imporove my 1938 built house I need to comply with 2011 spacing requirements. They want all houses 10 feet from the centerline of the road. Oh the 14' wide road. Did counil memders who passed this ordinance pass a 5th grade math test? Yes this was passed in the winter and nobody on my block was informed. Mark of a true caring council. All improvements now must have a varience. How can one class make othes miserable next book to be written by brick council.

These are the same people who would by a house in Tornado Alley, and then complain when there house gets hit by a hmmmmm tornado

Well get "back" to you on it ........ Should have been "we are turning our backs to you on it"
By the way , where is my paycheck?
County state and federal offices should be voluntary no - pay jobs .....how many would eagerly seek public office
Then?

Before anyone posts comments buying a house on the barrier island they should do some research and find out how long ago many of the owners bought their houses, how much they paid in taxes and how the township has reassessed the houses and raised taxes so high they cannot afford to live in them. Find out the root cause of flooding. Someone suggested putting in a liner. Probably not the best answer as in the Lake Riviera dam. Judge not when you do not have any facts.

Heard at Normandy Beach Council meeting - two students attend Brick Twp schools.
These people pay huge taxes. Maybe they should secede from Brick Twp, unite with the area parts of the Barrier Island and become their own Township and not pay any taxes to Brick. Oh yea that would mean bye - bye Brick Beaches I, II, II. Hello Barrier Island Beaches I, II, III. Residents would then have enough parking and their taxes would be for taking care of their problems. The two children could go to private schools and save many residents money.

What do they want 4ft high walls along the stretch of the Island ..hummmm...

And while your building walls ..build one between lakewood and brick...

To bad fot those who claim Private Property and Private Streets. Clean it up without our help..

While I agree that something should be done to keep the roads passable, I'm not sure what else can be done to stop the OCEAN.

What the ocean wants, the ocean takes.. and if it's the houses on the barrier island, there isn't going to be anything we can do about it!

shut up and pay your property taxes the people on the mainland have spoken.....the hidden class warfare comments was a real eye opener.....thanks

Probably would have saved time and money for the hall set-up if they just read the minutes from the past barrier island meetings. Like, "I live in Brick with no children in school, why pay for other families.", "When it's high tide my car tires get wet."
etc, etc, etc.

Public schools are paid for by the public -- everyone who pays property taxes, including commercial bdlgs. with no kids in school. That's the law. Move to Alabama if you don't want the next generation to be educated.

Law of supply and demand. Due to strict regulations new waterfront housing construction is minimal (good idea since the housing that already exists is damaging the bay). Fewer available houses means greater demand. Greater demand increases prices = higher taxes. A personal choice to live on or near the water means you will be paying more for house and, as a result, higher taxes. Whether children are in the household or not, property taxes are needed to keep the school system in good standing. People don't want to move to an area that has a poorly rated school system. A poor school system devalues your property. So, pay your taxes and realize that, along with the pleasures of of having a house on or near the water at the shore, you also have the concerns of property damage due to wind, weather, and flooding. Barrier islands are known for that.

Don't get me going about schools. No child left behind eh? Why is it the Abbot districts can get VERY OVER INDULGENT SCHOOLS while the Brick schools are falling apart? So Unfair! As for Property Taxes.. Yea.. No kids in school = no school taxes? Give me a break. It's never been that way - never will be that way.
Look - we need to find ways to make good money go further. Stop wasting resources. Pooling them IS THE WAY TO GO.

Question: Why does each school district bid for and pay for their own health insurance? And then, when the teachers retire they go on the State Health Plan? Don't they - I'm asking. Wouldn't it be cheaper to consolidate, put them on the state plan now. This means more people - many more - and then bid the state plan out for a better rate based on larger enrollment. or at least let all the school districts get insurance together - Wait - makes too much sense.
We've got to get cheap people. Fast! Only way to survive.

I pay my fair share of school taxes in my primary home which are much higher than Brick....why should I have to pay again for a home only used in the summer?

I propose asking the Army Core of Engineers to build 30 foot high sea wall arround this barrier island. Then they'll be complaining that the wall is ruining their view.

@Kal.....too bad!!