Yes just what Brick needed to do! Buy more real estate! Weren't we just "broke" ?

All right this is great, now those of us on "this side of town can have a great location to put our jetskis and other watercraft vessels.

Quick line up the necessary people to draw up some renderings,get the necessary permits get out the chainsaws and most of all cut those checks, spend spend spend.

I hope we can have a a couple hundred feet of docks and boat storage and really bright lights and maybe 3 boat ramps and plenty of parking. maybe we'll get showers some other really cool stuff out of this besides land that cannot be used for nuthin' and the people whio live across the street keep their "unblemished views".

Nice how this parcel was valued at $6M (probably when the revaluation was done) but according to the mayor " but more recent appraisals significantly brought down the price of the plot." So noew we're all stuck with the revaluation #'s and the Twp is buying property knowing the value of property in town has gone down and the taxpayers are being screwed...again!!!

spend 10 mil to improve it now

I actually like this idea. I'm all for preserving what's left of virgin land in this town. I'm for anything that will prevent more McMansions being built on 50x100 lots and preserving the land for the future generations of kids that will enjoy having a place to go and enjoy nature in Brick. There's very little land left like that and what's left should be carefully preserved. In the past the township was offered three tracks of land that should have been bought and preserved, the town turned the offers down. One was the Metedeconk Bathing Beach which is now nothing but millionaires row and off limits for crabbing and fishing. Another was a parcel of land right next to Windward Beach that could have increased the size of Windward and the other was the last big parcel of land left in Brick which was just down the street from Windward and is now a huge senior citizen development ( like we needed another one of those in town). Well that's all over and done with and nothing will ever change the bad decisions of the past. Now we have to start preserving for the future. We have enough houses and businesses in town ( we have lots of abandoned businesses). What we don't have is open space on the water open to the people of this town and we need that!

Im using that land. If my tax dollars helped to buy it, im using it for FREE.....NO FEES....OHHH and since property values went down? I guess I need to appeal my taxes too....

Hoffa thanks I meant to add a comment about that. No fees to access this land, none! I don't want these lands turning into a Windward Beach situation where they are trying to charge $5 a head to use that beach, which by the way is going over like a lead balloon. Hopefully when we get rid of the now seated town council this November and then Acropolis in 2013, we the people of the township should strive to make Windward free again. Actually I don't think we will have to ask the new administration to repeal the Windward beach fees, I think they will automatically know it's the right thing to do!

By the way people, you see the ad for the Pirate Adventure ride over there ................>
You have to take your kids on it! I'm not connected with it at all but I get to watch the shows each and every day and the kids LOVE IT! My friends took their kids on it and that's all their kids talked about for a week. Hell I want to go on it. I wish the Pirate People would consider having "Cruises to Nowhere" in the evening when they stop the kid shows.

I thought we had no money? The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse was going to roll thru Brick if we didn't vote for the referendum and now we are buying property? Why wasn't this on the ballot?

Here we go more debt just what we need in this economic climate keep on borrowing you are going to bury this community in debt.

Wow! Another township owned money pit! OOPS I mean marina. Is this one going to have a water park and picinic area and a nice big boat slip for Steve to park his boat? Cool isnt it? We couldnt afford to collect garbage and pay our employees, but have plenty of money so Steve has a marina in which to dock his boat on BOTH ends of town! Think I am going to run for mayor and when elected I am going to force the taxpayers to buy land and build a Mayor's McMansion on it just for me!!!!!!

what is wrong with the acropolis goon squad in townhall. we can not afford it don't they get it. hRemember the mess they have created in november. i am sick of it and also watch how much surplus we have that they forced down out throats in the referendum that they lied about. GRIP

I can understand the sarcasm from commentors, given the recent passing of the referendum from the brainwashed voters. I can't afford my taxes either. But knowing that tract of land very well, (we camped out there as kids) and considering the County of Ocean is footing a big chunk of the money, it is a good thing. There is not enough water for boating at low tide. It is not suitable for anything but maybe a bike trail or walking trail. When you are there, you'd think you were down in the pine barrons somewhere in south jersey. It is a haven for anyone who appreciates nature. Turtles come up from the creeks on either side to lay eggs in the sand. Wild birds and native plants thrive there. There is a patch of Ladies Slippers bigger then any I have ever came across, and I've covered a lot of ground in search of these plants. (Cypripedium acaule) You can read about them here: plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CYAC3
There is also wild Blueberries, Beach Plums, Sea Lavender, and lots of other wild things. If you go there for a walk, look out for the Poison Ivy.

Mark, the county was supposed to foot a good chunk of Traders Cove also, and after the screwing around the mayor and council did, we the tax payers, are now footing the bill. We have no money to pay for trash collection, police officiers, employee salaries, yet we have money to buy up land.

Given the record of this mayor and council, once they get their hands on this piece of property, it isnt going to be as beautiful anymore. It will be plowed under and developed.

where is brick getting all this money from did they hit the lottery.