Jay, Ill talk with a friend who has a NJtaxmaps account and see what i can do for you, they have GIS overlays, street plan, flood plan, to the block and lot level..
Map # 24
Directions: Quentin Rd. cull-de sac off of Wheeler Rd., Kendall Park. Also access through College Park at the end of the ball field.
Description:
90 acres of passive, wooded unpaved trail for walking and hiking. Preserved open space.
Take all trash out with you.
Clean up after your pets.
No parking; foot access.
Not permitted:
No motorized vehicles including quads;
No hunting.
sounds like all you need is a decent survey or map of the property. I have to imagine that the Town has one.
my guess: the reason it took longer with the Town than the State is that the State probably gets these requests all the time (i.e., a request to build/ maintain trails on State parkland by a citizen group), whereas the Town may not have had such a request before and may not have not what to make of it.
On a more serious note what's your focus? I've been in water/wastewater for about 8 years. I work for a consulting engineering firm so I also get some other exposure (environmental stuff, some surveying etc.) but those projects are few and far between. There's another guy here who does a lot of transportation stuff.