Mar 21, 2022 Board of Supervisors

NEED TO APPROVE OUR AGENDA AND I'LL NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION AND WE NEED A SLIGHT AMENDMENT TO THAT.

NOW WE

[MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD AGENDA]

SO I'LL MAKE A, MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I'LL SECOND.

THE MOTION TO AMEND TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO THE MEN.

TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

I'M GOING TO HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

UM,

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AFTER THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS TONIGHT.

OUR BOARD WAS BRIEFED TONIGHT ABOUT TWO RECENT INCIDENTS.

ONE OCCURRED HERE IN OUR TOWNSHIP AND THE OTHER EFFECTED A MEMBER OF OUR UPPER PROVIDENCE FIREFIGHTING COMMUNITY.

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY.

LAST TWO OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS BACKED BY AN OFFICER FROM LIMERICK TOWNSHIP AND EVENTUALLY BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY SWAT, THE WESTERN REGION RESPONDED TO THIS INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 AM.

A NINE 11 CALL WAS MADE BY A TOWNSHIP RESIDENT ABOUT A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE WAS ARMED, BUT THEY BELIEVE TO BE HARMLESS.

OUR OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND APPROACHED THE SUSPECT IN HIS VEHICLE WITHIN SECONDS OF ASKING THE SUSPECT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR YOU, RIGHT? OUR OFFICERS WERE FIRED UPON AND HAD TO SEEK COVER.

THE EVENT LASTED APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS.

THE CONCLUSION OF THE EVENT WAS THE WOUNDING OF THE SUSPECT AND HIM BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.

THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND VARIOUS OTHER FELONIES.

AND WE'RE COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THIS IS IN A PRESS RELEASE ON THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S WEBSITE.

THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND COMMEND OUR OFFICERS AND ALL THOSE WHO RESPONDED TO THIS INCIDENT FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTIONS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

THE SUSPECT HAD SEVERAL FIREARMS AND AMPLE AMMUNITION AND COULD HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE.

IF THIS SITUATION HAD NOT BEEN CONTAINED, WE WILL HAVE THESE OFFICERS BEFORE US FOR OFFICIAL COMMENDATION WHEN APPROPRIATE OUR PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS TO SUPPORT THE PROSECUTION OF THE SUSPECT BAR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SADLY, THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT ON INTERSTATE 95 NEAR THE SPORTS COMPLEX IN PHILADELPHIA, TWO STATE TROOPERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF SOMEONE WALKING ON THE HIGHWAY.

THE TROOPERS WERE ASSISTING THE PEDESTRIAN AND GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN BOTH THE TROOPERS AND THE PEDESTRIAN WERE STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

THE TROOPERS WERE 33 YEAR OLD MARTIN F MAC, THE THIRD AND 29 YEAR OLD BRENDAN T CISCO TROOPER.

CISCO WAS A PART OF OUR FIREFIGHTING FAMILY HERE IN UPPER PROVIDENCE.

BRENDAN SERVED AS A FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTER HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP BEFORE BECOMING A STATE TROOPER AND CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A PART-TIME FIREFIGHTER.

BRANDON ALSO SERVED AS A CHIEF AND THE TRAP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.

I ASKED THAT WE OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR, OF THESE TWO TROOPERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

UH, NOW'S THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE BOARD, WE ASKED YOU TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND STREET ADDRESS.

PLEASE CONTAIN YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES AND PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR REMARKS TO THE BOARD.

WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.

HELLO, MY NAME'S STAN ZURICH.

I LIVE AT 180 4 KLINE ROAD RECORD PA, AND, UH, UH, FOR MONTHS I'VE BEEN WRITING LETTERS AND MY ATTORNEY'S BEEN WRITING LETTERS.

UH, THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE PROPERTY AT 1752 RIDGE PIKE, KEYHOLE CONSTRUCTION, UM, I THINK THEY CAME IN AUGUST FOR A VARIOUS TO EXTEND THE NON-CONFORMING USE ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

UM, WHAT THEY'VE DONE NOW IS FOR, I GUESS, SINCE THEY WERE DENIED, UH, THE VARIANTS, THEY NOW HAVE, UM, PROCEEDED TO DUMP TONS OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE BACK ON THAT PROPERTY.

AND

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I'VE GOTTEN MONTGOMERY COUNTY INVOLVED, THE CONSERVATION UNIT, THE DDPS INVOLVED.

UM, THE ONLY RESPONSE I'VE GOTTEN BACK FROM THE TOWNSHIP IS THAT, UM, BASICALLY THEY'VE ASKED HIM TO STOP, BUT AT THIS POINT, TRUCKS ARE RUNNING ALL NIGHT AND DAY.

IT'S DUMPING WASTE IT'S AS CONSTRUCTION WASTE.

UH, WE HAVE ALL THE RESIDENTS AROUND THAT PROPERTY AND IT'S ALL OUR DRINKING WATER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT, I HAVE BEEN, I'VE GOTTEN THOSE LETTERS.

I'VE GOTTEN THOSE EMAILS FROM THE SHOWMAN AND, AND MANY OTHERS IN THE AREA.

OUR ORDINANCE HAS JUST DON'T COVERING LIKE THIS.

IT'S AN EXISTING NONCONFORMITY AND HE'S CONTINUING THE NONCONFORMITY.

IT'S NOT IDEAL.

I'VE TALKED TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AS WELL AND, AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE HOPES THAT THEY COULD DO SOMETHING TO STOP HIM, JOE.

AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S JUST NOTHING IN OUR ORDINANCE THAT CAN ALLOW HIM TO STOP IT.

HE HAS THE DECISION AND WE'RE HOPING TO COME TO SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION THROUGH THAT APPEAL, BUT THAT PROCESS HAS TO PLAY OUT IN THE COURTS.

SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE AWARE OF IT AND I WOULD LOVE TO FIX IT, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM A REGULATORY STANDPOINT, THAT'S GOING TO STOP HIM.

AND MY LAST EMAIL FROM MY ATTORNEY, UM, HE SAID THE NUMBER OF ORDINANCES THAT THEY WERE AGAINST KNOWING ENLISTED THE, THE AMOUNT OF FINES THAT HE COULD BE LEVIED AGAINST HIM.

UM, NOTHING'S GOTTEN BACK TO US ON THAT.

LIKE I SAID, THE ONLY ANSWER I'VE GOTTEN IS THAT WE HE'S BEEN ASKED TO STOP, BUT HE DOES IT.

SO I'LL LOOK INTO THAT AGAIN.

AND I MEAN, I, JOE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I'LL LOOK INTO IT AGAIN AND I'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH IT.

MY NAME IS JUDY SHEETS.

I LIVE AT ONE 17 OLD STATE ROAD.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO COMMENT ON THE POSSIBLE, UH, DONATION TO THE TRAP HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I HAVE LIVED IN THIS TOWNSHIP ALL MY LIFE, AND THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD THAT TRAP HISTORICAL SOCIETY COVERS UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.

IT'S A SECRET, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN OUR TOWNSHIP.

UH, WE'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE SPRINGFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WHENEVER WE'VE NEEDED INFORMATION ON OUR HOMES, UH, WE'VE CONTACTED MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

SO I SUGGEST THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO START DONATING TO THE TRAP HISTORICAL SOCIETY, YOU MAY HAVE TO ALSO DONATE TO THESE OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.

UM, I DID, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS DOING AN INVENTORY OF ONE ROOM, SCHOOL HOUSES.

AND I SUBMITTED, UH, THERE WAS A ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE UP THE ROAD FROM ME ON OLD STATE ROAD.

IT'S A 200 BLOCK.

MY FATHER WENT TO THAT SCHOOL HOUSE, UM, AS, AS A STUDENT, UM, HE WAS BORN IN 1915.

SO THAT GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF HOW OLD THAT PLACE IS.

UM, THEY ARE DOING AN INVENTORY OF THEM IF YOU KNOW, TRAP CAN HELP US, UM, AND OBTAINING THAT BECAUSE THAT IS NOW THE PROPERTY OF SCOTT RIFKIN AND COMPANY, WHOEVER, WHOEVER HIS COMPANY IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DONATE THE BUILDING TO US ALONG WITH A FEW ACRES OF GROUND SURROUNDING IT.

PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE OUR OWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING.

UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S MY INFORMATION.

WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING WHERE WE WERE BRIEFED ABOUT, UH, THE TWO INCIDENTS THAT I READ ABOUT IN, UH, OUR STATEMENT EARLIER.

IS THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON.

UM,

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AND THAT WAS IT.

ALL RIGHT NOW IT'S

[APPROVAL OF BILL LIST]

APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST.

UH, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, 2020 TO THE MARCH 16TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,000,600, $10,949 AND 46 CENTS.

SECOND, THAT ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 12TH THROUGH MARCH 16TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,610,949 AND 46 CENTS.

WE GOT SOME SETS OF MINUTES THAT WERE IN OUR

AND

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

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MEETING PACKET, UH, FOR FEBRUARY 22ND, 22 REGULAR MEETING AND FROM OUR POLICE, UH, WORKSHOP MARCH 3RD, 2022.

UM, WE COULD TAKE THAT IN ONE MOTION.

IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, JARED I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 22 TO 2022 REGULAR MEETING AND ALSO THE MARCH 3RD, 2022 WORKSHOP MEETING.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 22ND, 2022 REGULAR MEETING AND OUR MARCH 3RD, 2022 WORKSHOP MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

OUR FIRST ITEM UNDER OLD BUSINESS IS A BRIEF PRESENTATION FROM LISA MINARDI OF THE HISTORICAL TRAP SOCHI.

THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED THIS EVENING.

AND

[OLD BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

I HOPE YOU CAN ALL SEE MY SIZE BECAUSE I THINK A PICTURE IS WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS.

SO I BROUGHT A LOT OF THEM.

UM, AND I WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

UM, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORIC TRAP AND KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UM, AND, UH, JUST, JUST, YEAH, GO RIGHT TO THE FIRST SLIDE.

THE FIRST REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT WE ARE NOT THE TRAP HISTORICAL SOCIETY, NOR ARE WE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TRAP ANYMORE.

WE ARE CALLED HISTORIC TRAP AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2020.

UM, AND THAT ORGANIZATION IS THE RESULT OF A MERGER BETWEEN TWO NONPROFITS.

THEY'LL FOCUS ON LOCAL HISTORY AND THE TRAP AREA.

SO ONE OF THOSE WAS CALLED THE SPEAKER'S HOUSE, WHICH IS THE HOME OF FREDERICK MUELLENBERG THEY'RE CROSSING THE TRAP SHOPPING.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE OF THOSE HAS A VERY LONG NAME THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.

UM, THE HISTORICAL SIDE OF TRAP COLLEGE, WELL PERKIN VALLEY.

SO WE REALIZED THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS IN PRESERVING LOCAL HISTORY.

WE MERGED THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS INTO ONE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2020 OF COURSE, RIGHT BEFORE COVID WAS UNLEASHED ON ALL OF US.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND DOING A LOT OF THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE THAT, UM, NEW ENTITY.

UM, BUT SO WHAT I WANT TO DO TONIGHT, I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SIDE PLEASE, UM, IS TO JUST EXPLAIN SORT OF WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND PARTICULARLY I'M TRYING TO EMPHASIZE, UM, WHAT WE DO THAT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP IN ADDITION TO THE TRAP AREA.

UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, AS PART OF OUR CORE MISSION, WE DO MAINTAIN FOR HISTORIC SITES AS WELL AS TWO GARDENS, UM, WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO PRESERVING A LARGE COLLECTION OF, UM, SORT OF MUSEUM OBJECTS, YOU KNOW, ANTIQUES, UH, RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, UM, THAT FOCUS ON LOCAL HISTORY AND BY LOCAL HISTORY.

UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT SORT OF THE HISTORICAL PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AREA.

SO IF WE DIG BACK IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS, HOPEFULLY WE REMEMBER THAT THIS WHOLE REGION WAS ONCE CALLED PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AND THE SETTLEMENT WAS JUST KNOWN AS PROVIDENCE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS BACK WHEN HENRY MUELLENBERG IMMIGRATED FROM GERMANY.

HE JUST SAID HE LIVED IN PROVIDENCE, EVENTUALLY A TINY VILLAGE CALLED THE TRAP, YOU KNOW, SPRANG UP WITH LIKE 12 HOUSES IN IT BY 1800.

SO WE'RE TALKING A VERY, VERY SMALL SETTLEMENTS.

IT'S NOT UNTIL 1805 THAT IT'S DIVIDED INTO UPPER AND LOWER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIPS AND TRAPPING COLLEGE WILL, IS DON'T EVEN COME AROUND UNTIL 1896.

SO THEY'RE LIKE RECENT HISTORY, AS FAR AS ALL OF THIS GOES, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THE LONG VIEW OF THE REGIONAL HISTORY AND KIND OF PUT IT ALL TOGETHER UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.

SO IN OUR RESEARCH LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, UM, WE MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL RECORDS FROM THE WHOLE REGION, UM, SPREADING, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST BEYOND THE TRAP AREA AND TO PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIPS, UH, LIMERICK TOWNSHIP IS LOWER PROVIDENCE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ALL THESE FAMILIES MOVED AROUND AND WERE CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER.

UM, WE ALSO DO A WHOLE LOT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE OFFER A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE DO BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS.

UM, AND THEN PARTICULARLY WE DO A LOT OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTING AND RESEARCH, UM, BOTH FOR MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING OPERA PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH COLLEGE WHEELBARROW RIGHT NOW AS WELL, AND ALSO FOR PRIVATE HOMEOWNERS.

AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME EXAMPLES, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION OF THAT.

UM, YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN, THE FOUR HISTORIC SITES THAT WE MAINTAIN, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM NEXT.

UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THESE FOUR SITES IN THESE TWO GARDENS.

SO ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT YOU HOPEFULLY HAVE DRIVEN BY ON TRAPS MAIN STREET IS THE HENRY MUELLENBERG HOUSE, WHICH WAS RESTORED IN THE 1990S THE NEXT TIME.

UM, SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

AND SO THIS INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT RESTORATION EFFORTS AND YOU SEE HERE THE NEW ROOF THAT WENT ON THE MUELLENBERG HOUSE, UM, JUST COMING UP ON TWO YEARS AGO.

NOW, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, AND WE HAD EXPERIENCED AND HOW TO DO THIS BECAUSE A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE HAD DONE THE ROOF RESTORATION AT THE SPEAKER'S HOUSE PROJECT, AND YOU SEE THERE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACTUALLY

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ARE UP ON THAT ROOF HELPING WITH THAT PROJECT AND THOSE PEOPLE, I KNOW WHO THEY ALL ARE, AND IT INCLUDES RESIDENTS OF UPPER PROVIDENCE, LOWER PROVIDENCE, LIMERICK PERKIOMEN, UH, AN AUTHOR SHANKSVILLE BOROUGH, OR IN THAT PICTURE AS WELL AS TRAP.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE A PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN KITCHEN GARDEN THAT WE MAINTAIN AT THE SPEAKER'S HOUSE.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR TWO PUBLIC GARDENS.

WE ALSO HAVE A SMALLER URBAN GARDEN BEHIND THE HENRY MUELLENBERG BRICK HOUSE, AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS PROGRAMMING.

UM, THE NEXT SLIDE THEN, UM, WE ALSO OFFER A FARM STAND FOR THE COMMUNITY ON SATURDAYS THERE, UM, WHERE WE GROW ORGANIC HEIRLOOM PRODUCE IN THE GARDEN AND GOT A LOT OF OUR SINUS STUDENTS INVOLVED.

WE HAVE BEEHIVES WHERE WE PRODUCE LOCAL HONEY.

UM, YOU SEE THOSE THERE, THE NEXT SLIDE THEN, UM, AND THEN ARE, DO WE USE TAVERN? UM, THIS IS, UH, WAS RENOVATED IN 2019 TO SORT OF REINVENT IT AS PART OF THE MERGER PROCESS AND IS NOW HOME TO WHAT WE CALL THE CENTER FOR PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN STUDIES, UM, AS WELL AS A RESEARCH LIBRARY AND AN ARCHIVES.

AND WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE WALK THROUGH THIS BUILDING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, HERE YOU SEE, OF COURSE THIS WAS A TAVERN.

THIS WHOLE AREA, UM, WAS A MAJOR TRAVEL, UH, PATH BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND REDDING.

UM, MAIN STREET, THE OLD 4 22 IS BASICALLY THAT COLONIAL SUPER HIGHWAY TRANSPORTING PEOPLE AND GOODS FROM PHILADELPHIA TO REDDING.

AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TAVERNS THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UM, AND ONE OF THEM LATER ON WAS THE DEWEY'S TAVERN.

SO WE RESTORED THE TAVERN ROOM THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, WHICH IS WHAT GREETS VISITORS WHEN THEY ENTER THE DOOR.

AND THEN HERE, I'M SHOWING YOU A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR EXHIBITION GALLERIES.

AND SO THIS BUILDING, LIKE I SAID, WAS COMPLETELY RENOVATED, ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN 2019.

AND WE HAVE FOUR, WHAT I WOULD CALL SORT OF SEMIPERMANENT EXHIBITION GALLERIES, UM, WHERE WE DISPLAY OBJECTS, BUT WE DON'T ROTATE THEM A WHOLE LOT.

LIKE YOU WOULD A CHANGING EXHIBITION.

UM, AND I THINK THE INCREDIBLE THING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THIS AREA IS THAT WE LITERALLY BROUGHT IN OBJECTS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, LIKE RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR OF THEIR GALLERIES AND BROUGHT THEM INTO OUR MUSEUM ON LONG-TERM LOAN.

AND SO THE QUALITY OF WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ANYMORE TO PHILADELPHIA OR TO WIN A TOUR OR, YOU KNOW, MAJOR URBAN ART MUSEUMS LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOCAL HISTORY, UM, AND REGIONAL MATERIAL CULTURE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW.

THIS IS SOME MORE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLK ART THAT WE EXHIBIT.

AND OF COURSE I'M HIGHLIGHTING THIS GERMAN HISTORY BECAUSE, UM, HOPEFULLY NOW THE REGION WAS SETTLED, YOU KNOW, MAINLY BY GERMAN IMMIGRANTS, FAMILIES LIKE THE MUELLENBERG IN THE EARLY 17 HUNDREDS.

AND SO THIS IS A LARGE PART OF OUR, UH, REGIONAL HISTORY.

NEXT LINE.

HERE'S THE LOOK AT OUR PAINTINGS GALLERY.

I PARTICULARLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LARGE PAINTING THERE BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT WINDOWS.

THAT'S A PAINTING THAT DATES TO 1874.

WE HAVE THAT ON LONG-TERM LOAN FROM A PRIVATE FOUNDATION AND THAT'S DEPICTING THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALMS HOUSE PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS IN UPPER PROVIDENCE.

AND WE HAVE THAT POSITIONED SORT OF ON THE WALLS, RIGHT BY ROUTE ONE 13.

AND WE ENCOURAGE VISITORS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN LITERALLY DRIVE DOWN ONE 13 AND SORT OF DRIVE THROUGH THE VIEW OF THAT PAINTING EVEN TO THIS DAY.

AND SO PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY GETTING OUT AND VISITING THAT PART OF UPPER PROVIDENCE AFTER THEY'VE TOURED THE GALLERY.

AND THEN WE DO SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS IN OUR FIFTH GALLERY WHERE WE BORROW OBJECTS FROM OTHER MUSEUMS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND WE PUT TOGETHER, UM, USUALLY AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, WE HAVE A NEW EXHIBIT IN THERE.

SO HERE YOU SEE OUR FIRST EXHIBIT, WHICH WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SINUS COLLEGE WHEN THEY WERE CELEBRATING THEIR HUNDRED 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

UM, AND THEN THE HENRY MILLBROOK HOUSE, WE ALSO COMPLETELY REVAMPED THE INTERPRETATION IN THAT HOUSE IN 2017.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DID, WE CONTACTED OVER 30 DIFFERENT LENDERS.

SO OTHER MUSEUMS, MUELLENBERG DESCENDANTS, ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.

WE BORROWED 550, SOME OBJECTS, PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN THAT HOUSE, GOT SOME AMAZING PRESS.

AND THE VISITATION WENT FROM ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE THE YEAR BEFORE TO OVER 1500 WITHIN ONE YEAR.

IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER, BUT FOR A SMALL MUSEUM, A SMALL TOWN, THAT'S A REALLY HUGE INCREASE IN VISITATION.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING NOW THAT WE'RE STARTING TO COME OUT OF COVID TO REALLY SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, WE ALSO PUT THE SHOW ON THE ROAD.

AND SO HERE YOU SEE AN EXHIBIT OF VINTAGE PHOTOS FROM THE REGION THAT WE DID, UM, CALLED TRAPPED IN TIME.

AND THIS WAS IN THE GALLERY OF THE COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL NEXT TIME.

UH, HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK OF OUR RESEARCH LIBRARY.

UM, AND SO THIS IS A REALLY POPULAR PLACE WITHIN THE DEWEY'S TAVERN FACILITY.

AND WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT TO RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF THEIR PROPERTY, PEOPLE DOING FAMILY GENEALOGY, OR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ANTIQUES OR FOLK ART.

MAYBE THEY HAVE A FAMILY HEIRLOOM THAT THEY WANT TO RESEARCH.

AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ACCESS TO A REALLY A WORLD-CLASS, UH, FACILITY THERE WITH GREAT COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS ON THOSE TOPICS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES OF, UM, PEOPLE SUCH AS, UH, BUILDS UPON TO HIS COLLECTION WAS JUST AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S

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IN NEW YORK.

AND WE RECEIVED ABOUT 2,500 RESEARCH BOOKS FROM HIS LIBRARY.

SO WE'RE PACKING IT IN THERE, WE'RE CATALOGING EVERYTHING.

AND THAT WHOLE COLLECTION WILL BE GOING ONLINE AS WELL LATER THIS YEAR.

UM, HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK INTO OUR ARCHIVES ROOM, WHICH IS BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO WE'VE RETRIEVED THINGS HERE AND BRING THEM OUT FOR RESEARCHERS, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR FAMILY RESEARCH FILES.

WE ALSO HAVE CHURCH RECORDS.

WE HAVE FUNERAL HOME RECORDS.

WE HAVE LEDGERS OF DIFFERENT GENERAL STORES AND BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, OF COURSE YOUR MAPS AND YOUR DEEDS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONLY COMPLETE RUN OF THE PROVIDENCE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER, WHICH STARTED IN 1872.

I THINK IT WENT TO ABOUT 2004.

UM, AND IT WAS REALLY THE NEWSPAPER THAT COVERED THE WHOLE SORT OF HISTORICAL PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP REGION.

UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE PRESERVE ARTIFACTS.

WE ARE A MUSEUM.

UM, SO THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT GREAT PAINTING OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARMS HOUSE.

AND WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM FURNITURE TO SAMPLERS TO POTTERY.

I'M AN IRON WORK.

HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF KIND OF THE INTERTWINING LINKS BETWEEN TRAP AND OPERA PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.

SO HERE'S A COVERLET WOVEN BY SAMUEL GILBERT, WHO WAS A WEAVER WHO, WHEN THIS WAS MADE, WORKED IN TRAP IN 1844.

BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK BACK AT THE TAX RECORDS, WE SEE, HE FIRST APPEARS IN OPERA PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AS A WEAVER, AS EARLY AS 1836.

SO HE DOESN'T MOVE TO TRAP UNTIL ABOUT 1844.

SO THIS IS THE KIND OF OBJECT THAT HE COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN MAKING AN UPPER PROVIDENCE JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT NONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES SURVIVE.

AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, NEXT LINE, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, EDUCATIONAL THINGS THAT WE OFFER.

SO HERE YOU SEE ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AT A TOMBSTONE PRESERVATION WORKSHOP.

SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE HISTORICAL SITE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THEIR DIRECTORS, PARTICULARLY EXPERT IN THIS.

AND WE WORK WITH LOCAL HISTORIC CHURCHES TO HELP THEM, UH, LITERALLY CLEAN UP THEIR TOMBSTONES AND THEN ALSO RESET ONES THAT ARE FALLING OVER NEXT SIDE, THE CEMETERY BEHIND THE DEWEY TAVERN THERE WE DO.

WE DO NOT.

THAT'S OWNED BY ST.

LUKE'S CHURCH.

WELL, UM, LET ME SEE, CAN WE BACK UP ONE SIDE, I WILL MENTION A PROJECT THAT WE DID TO AT, AT THAT CEMETERY, BUT WE'RE NOT DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR IT QUESTIONING ARMS HALF'S PAINTING.

IS THAT ACTUALLY PARKHOUSE NOW? YES, IT IS PHOTO.

IT'S BEFORE IT WAS REMODELED, BUT THAT'S HOW IT LOOKED WHEN THE NEW FACILITY OPENED AND I THINK 1872 OR 73 OVER THERE AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM IS A BIG OTTER FIELD.

UM, YEAH, 120 YEARS, I GUESS THEY BURIED THE, WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S JUST THIS BIG OPEN FIELD WITH BLACK.

IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND WE'RE SO HONORED TO HAVE THAT PAINTING OR IN VIEW AND PEOPLE REALLY, I THINK IT'S THE MOST FAVORITE PIECE THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT IN THE GALLERIES, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT LOCAL HISTORY, MANY OF THE BARNS, EVEN THE CORN CRIB, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT REALLY DOES SURVIVE TODAY.

THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL ASSET THAT THE SPEAKER EARLIER WAS TALKING ABOUT IS ACTUALLY IN THAT PICTURE NOW THAT MIGHT NOT BE LOCATION WISE WHERE IT IS EXACTLY, BUT I CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE, BUT ANYWAY, GO ON.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

LET'S SAY, UM, WE WORK WITH OUR SINUS COLLEGE.

WE'VE HAD 10 YEARS OR SO IN RUNNING AN ARCHEOLOGY FIELD SCHOOL.

UM, THIS ATTRACTS STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE AREA.

UM, WE ALSO, UH, OFFER SUMMER INTERNSHIPS FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AND WE'VE HOSTED STUDENTS FROM SPRING FORWARD FROM PERK VALLEY.

UM, OF COURSE FROM OUR SINUS AS WELL.

WITH ABOUT 200 PEOPLE OR SO I'M SITTING IN THAT AND WE INVITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO PARTICIPATE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIX OR EIGHT OR SO DIFFERENT DISHES, UM, AND DIFFERENT BREWERIES AND, UH, LOCAL WINES THAT WE HAVE AS WELL AS THAT.

AND I APOLOGIZE, LISA, IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING ON ITS OWN OCCASIONALLY.

SO IF I'M JUMPING AHEAD, IT'S YOUR PRESENTATION LIKE HAPPY TO SLIDE FROM A PRESENTATION.

SORRY ABOUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO IF I CLICK BACK AND FORTH, I APOLOGIZE.

I KNOW.

UM, UH, OKAY.

UM, SOMETHING TO PREVIEW OF SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING COMING UP, I'M STARTING NEXT YEAR, AS WE WRAP UP THE RESTORATION OF THE SPEAKER'S HOUSE KITCHEN, WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING HEARTH, COOKING, UH, WORKSHOPS USING, YOU KNOW, GOING LITERALLY RIGHT INTO OUR KITCHEN GARDEN, PICKING THINGS FROM THERE AND THEN DOING THESE COOKING AND BAKING WORKSHOPS.

SO I'M SHOWING YOU OUR BAKE OVEN ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THIS PHOTO, I JUST TOOK THE OTHER DAY SHOWING THE BRICKS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN LAID IN THAT KITCHEN FIREPLACE.

AND THAT WAS A PROJECT WITH THE GRANT FUNDED BY THE VALLEY FORGE CHAPTER OF THE DAR NEXT SIDE, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS.

SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE HELP WITH.

I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR ACTUALLY RUNNING THE WHOLE THING, OF COURSE.

UM, BUT THE, UM, LOCAL, A MEMORIAL DAY PARADE THAT WE HAVE ON TRAPPING COLLEGE WAS MAIN STREET.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A GREAT TURNOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR FOR THIS.

UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH THE CASUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, TAKING THE LEAD ON RUNNING THAT ONE.

UM, BUT OUR PROPERTIES GET USED QUITE A BIT FOR PARKING AND FOR VISITORS TO SIT ON THEIR NEXT LINE.

UM, AN EVENT THAT WE DO RUN IS CALLED DINNER ON MAIN.

THIS IS VERY POPULAR.

UM, WE ACTUALLY GET A PERMIT, WE SHUT DOWN A PORTION OF TRAPS MAIN STREET, AND WE HAVE A REALLY, REALLY LONG TABLE

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SO THIS IS A REALLY FUN EVENT AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK.

IT'LL BE IN MID JULY THIS YEAR.

UM, SO STAY TUNED NEXT TIME.

UH, AND THEN TAVERN NIGHT, UM, THIS, UH, EVENT HAS MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

IT USED TO BE AT THE, UH, TRAP TAVERN, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE DEWEY'S TAVERN RENOVATED, WE'VE MOVED IT TO THAT FACILITY UNTIL YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, LIFE AND OUR COLONIAL TAVERN.

UM, AND WE PITCH A TENT OUT BACK AND HAVE A SEATED DINNER UNDER THE TENT.

UM, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HOST, UM, IS THE, UH, LOCAL, UM, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AND A COMMUNITY SING ALONG.

AND YOU SEE THERE, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS FROM THE HERE, THE TRAP FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN ABOUT 200 OR SO, UM, MEMBERS FROM THE REGION WHO USUALLY COME OUT FOR THAT EVENT.

UH, AND OUR LAST EVENT, USUALLY OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE THE, AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING, WE USUALLY HOST THESE CANDLELIGHT TOURS EVENTS.

THIS IS PART OF A KIND OF COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S THIS PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN KIND OF CHRISTMAS EVENT THAT HAPPENS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN DECEMBER EVERY YEAR.

SO THE SHRINE FEDOR LIBRARY AND PENNSBURG, THE MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTER AND HARLEYSVILLE THE GHOSH AND IN HISTORIANS IN GREENLANE THEY HAVE LIKE A MARKET THAT YOU SHOP AT DURING THE DAY.

AND THEN IN THE EVENING, PEOPLE COME TO OUR CANDLELIGHT TOWARD PROGRAM.

AND THEN ALSO AT THE PETER WEN'S FARMSTEAD IN WARSAW FESTER, NEXT LINE, A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT WE DO.

UM, AND WE OFTEN WORK WITH EITHER BUSINESSES, OTHER, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR MUNICIPALITIES ON THESE.

SO YOU SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT, THIS INCREDIBLY DILAPIDATED RUSTY SIGN THAT USED TO DEGREE PEOPLE, UM, AT WHAT WAS CALLED SORT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE LOWER PERKIOMEN VALLEY, UM, SORT OF AT THE BORDER OF, I THINK IT WOULD BE LIMERICK AND, UM, TRAP BOROUGH THERE.

UM, AND SO WE WORKED WITH PICO TO GET PERMISSION BECAUSE THEY OWN THE LAND THAT IT WAS ON TO REPLACE IT WITH A MUCH NICER LOOKING, UH, SIGN ON THE LEFT AND TRY TO GET AS BROAD OF A REPRESENTATION AS POSSIBLE OF OTHER NON-PROFITS NEXT SLIDE.

AND THEN HERE'S WHERE THE ST LUKE'S CEMETERY COMES IN.

SO WE DO TRY TO WORK WITH THE CHURCH, UM, THAT OWNS THE CEMETERY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM, UM, BOY SCOUT TROOPS, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGHOUT THE REGION, LOOKING FOR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS.

AND SO WE HAD ONE STUDENT, UH, ONE SCOUT WHO APPROACHED US LOOKING FOR A PROJECT, AND HE TOOK ON THE RESTORATION OF THIS CAST IRON FENCE, WHICH WAS AN ENORMOUS PROJECT.

UM, THE ROAD SALT HAD JUST KIND OF TURNED THE FENCE INTO SWISS CHEESE AT THE LOWER LEVEL.

UM, AND SO HE WORKED, UM, WITH ANVIL, UH, WELDING, WHICH I THINK IS BASED OUT OF EITHER WARS FOR IT OR, UH, SPRING CITY.

I THINK THEY HAVE A ROSE FOR THE DRESS.

UM, BUT THEY WORKED WITH US ON THIS, UM, AND WITH THE STUDENT AND WE HELPED RAISE THE FINES AND WORK WITH THE CHURCH TO RESTORE THAT I'M THIS FINE STATES TO THE 1870S.

THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE REGION, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT SURVIVES.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THERE A MANUFACTURER'S LOGO ON IT AND I CAN GOOGLE THAT AND PULL UP THAT PROVIDENCE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER, AND I FOUND THE AD FOR THE MANUFACTURER.

SO WE'RE LUCKY WE HAVE THAT NEWSPAPER, UH, NEXT SIGN.

UM, OKAY.

SO THEN ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS WE DO IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONSULTING AND RESEARCH.

SO WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAYING, NO, HOW CAN I SAVE THIS HISTORIC HOUSE? THAT'S ABOUT TO BE TORN DOWN OR, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HISTORIC HOUSE.

CAN YOU HELP ME RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF IT? UM, WE GET CALLS FROM MUNICIPALITIES LIKE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.

UM, AND SO WE DO, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN GO BACK AND DO A CHAIN OF TITLE RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE COURTHOUSE RECORDS, GO THROUGH THE TAX RECORDS, THE CENSUS, YOU KNOW, AND COMPILE A REPORT FOR WHOEVER IT IS LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH COLLEGE.

MILLBORO ABOUT THE PERKIOMEN BRIDGE HOTEL AND COMPILING HISTORY ON THAT.

UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RUMORS OUT THERE THAT THE BUILDING WAS NOT SOUND AFTER HURRICANE IDA.

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

WE'VE BROUGHT IN A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO SPECIALIZES IN HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, YOU KNOW, HAD HIM TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUILDING AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROVIDING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOROUGH.

UM, AND THEN OUR LATEST PROJECT WE'RE WORKING WITH KRISTA RADER, WHO IS THE NEW OWNER OF THE FORMER VARNER FARM.

NOW A RAIDER FARM, AN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP ON ONE 13.

AND SO WE JUST HAD AN AMAZING TOUR OF THE MAIN FARMHOUSE THERE.

WE'RE DOING A WHOLE DEED RESEARCH PROJECT NOW FOR HIM TO RECOVER THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, HOW IT'S CHANGED OVER TIME, WHO THE DIFFERENT OWNERS WERE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CONNECTING HIM WITH THE RIGHT TYPE OF CONTRACTORS.

YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THE SORT OF QUALITY RESTORATION THAT HE'S LOOKING FOR.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE, LIKE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR HIM TO BE SELLING CHRISTMAS TREES AND THE TREE LIGHTING THAT WE HOST AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO SOME CROSS PROMOTION.

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UM, AND THEN HERE'S JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE OF THESE REPORTS THAT WE WRITE.

SO DIANE CRAM, WHO IS OUR COLLECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR, SHE'LL GO OUT AND USUALLY BE THE POINT PERSON TO VISIT A SITE, TO TAKE PHOTOS, COMPILE THE RESEARCH, AND THEN LIKE, THIS IS THE SHORT REPORT, EXCUSE ME, REPORT THAT SHE PREPARED, UM, FOR UPPER PROVIDENCE ABOUT THAT, THE HISTORY OF THE TAYLOR FARM, UM, PROPERTY, NEXT LINE, PLEASE.

UM, AND SO I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS, ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE REGION IS GETTING MORE AND MORE PUBLICITY, UM, EVEN AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

SO HERE'S EARLY AMERICAN LIFE MAGAZINE.

THIS MAGAZINE HAS A CIRCULATION OF ABOUT 150,000 OR SO PEOPLE ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE BASED IN PENNSYLVANIA.

AND SO THEY ALL RECEIVED THIS, UM, LIKE ABOUT A 12 PAGE ARTICLE COVERING THE MUELLENBERG FAMILY AND THE GREATER, UH, TRAP PROVIDENCE REGION, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, AND THEN HERE ARE THREE FRONT COVERS THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT, UH, EXHIBITIONS ON THE LEFT AND THE MIDDLE THAT WE'VE HAD IN TRAP.

AND THEN, UM, THIS GIFT FROM BILL DUPONT'S COLLECTION OF ABOUT 60 OBJECTS THAT WILL NOW PERMANENTLY BE IN OUR MUSEUM COLLECTION.

UM, THESE ARE THREE HEADLINES IN THE LEADING NATIONAL PAPER THAT COVERS LIKE MUSEUM EXHIBITS AND THE ANTIQUES TRADE.

UM, I'VE WORKED AT WINTER TOUR, I'VE WORKED AT THE BARNES FOUNDATION.

I'VE WORKED FOR THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD THREE FRONT COVERS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.

SO FOR TRAP, FOR OUR REGION TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT.

I THINK WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOMETHING HERE THAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO SEE AND WE NEED TO SHARE THAT, UH, NEXT SIGN.

UM, ANOTHER PROJECT WE'VE WORKED ON IS WITH WALTER STAVE, WHO WAS THE HOST OF THIS TELEVISION SHOW CALLED A TASTE OF HISTORY.

UM, HE ACTUALLY FILMED ONE OF HIS EPISODES IN TRAP.

AND SO THAT AIRS ON PBS.

SO THAT ALSO GOT THE WORD OUT TO A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE NEXT LINE.

UM, AND SO JUST TO CIRCLE BACK TO SORT OF PRE COVID AND TOUR GROUPS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WERE SEEING, YOU KNOW, BUS TOUR IS STARTING TO COME IN SCHOOL GROUPS, YOU KNOW, REALLY PICKING UP JUST AS WE WERE LAUNCHING THE MERGER JUST BEFORE COVID COURSE, ALL OF THAT CRASHED AND BURNED ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. UM, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THOSE BUS TOUR REQUESTS AND THINGS COMING BACK IN NOW FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MIGHT CALL HERITAGE TOURISM, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT AND VISITING HISTORIC SITES AND MUSEUMS, YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS REALLY TAKE PEOPLE'S AWARENESS OF OUR LOCAL HISTORY AND, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE WORD THROUGHOUT THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE STATE MORE NATIONALLY.

UM, BUT ALSO BRINGS PEOPLE RIGHT IN HERE WHO ARE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THOSE BUS TOURS COME IN AND THEN WE'RE SENDING THEM TO RESTAURANTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE, WE GET TOUR GROUPS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, MIDDLE-AGED LADIES, THEY WANT A PLACE TO LUNCH AND THEY WANT TO GO OUT SHOPPING, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE'RE REFERRING THEM TO DIFFERENT SHOPPING CENTERS TO DIFFERENT BOUTIQUES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

UM, WHEN WE HAVE THAT DINNER ON MAIN EVENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTACTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND BREWERIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU COME SET UP A POP-UP STAND, POP UP, UM, YOU KNOW, BEER TASTING TABLE HERE AND HELP GET THE WORD OUT.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE'RE REALLY HELPING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL.

THAT MIGHT BE THE END.

LET'S SAY, UM, THOUGH, JUST TO SHOW YOU, THIS IS SORT OF THE MODEL, YOU KNOW, WHY DID WE CALL IT HISTORIC TRAP? WELL, WE HAD TO PICK SOMETHING.

WE KNEW THAT THAT REALLY LONG NAME THAT IT WAS BEFORE, WHERE YOU TRY TO JAM IN EVERY MUNICIPALITY POSSIBLE.

IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.

PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER IT.

UH, WE NEEDED SOMETHING THAT WAS SHORT AND SWEET.

UM, AND SO WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT ARE OTHER ENTITIES DOING? SO LIKE HISTORIC GERMAN TOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE RECOVERING CHESTNUT HILL MOUNT AIRY, GERMANTOWN, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE A PHILADELPHIA DRESS, THEY HAVE 26, UM, HISTORIC SITES THAT THEY REPRESENT.

SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ONE OF THE MODELS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HERE.

UM, BUT I HAVE SOME OTHERS UP ON THE SCREEN, UH, NEXT SIGN.

AT THE END OF APRIL, WHAT WE CALL OUR PARTY FOR PRESERVATION, WHICH IS A FUNDRAISER GALA WHERE THE PROCEEDS OF THAT GO TOWARDS RESTORATION PROJECTS.

I THINK THAT, THAT TAKES ME TO THE END.

UM, SO I, I HOPE THIS GAVE YOU A GOOD OVERVIEW OF SORT OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THE MOM AND POP, UH, ENTITIES THAT, UM, MAY HAVE BEEN THE KIND OF FAMILIAR, UH, ORGANIZATION IN YEARS PAST.

WE'VE REALLY REINVENTED OURSELVES, EXPANDED REBRANDED, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT THAT INVOLVES UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, OBVIOUSLY HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTS.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE TOWNSHIP SUPPORT OBVIOUSLY AS WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE WITH THAT MISSION.

UM, AND I WOULD WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, LISA, THANKS FOR THAT.

THAT'S A EYE OPENING TO ME.

I WOULD SAY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON.

IT LOOKS LIKE A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AND VERY WELL MANAGED, EVERYTHING LOOKS REALLY GREAT.

HOW, HOW ARE, HOW DO YOU FUND THIS TODAY? HOW WAS IT, HOW WAS ALL THE, DO YOU HAVE ACTIVE FUNDRAISERS? ARE YOU FUNDRAISING? HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, THAT'S SO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FUNDRAISING STREAM.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE COMING UP

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SO THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT DINNER ON MAIN EVENT IS ALSO A FUNDRAISER, BUT IT'S A MORE GENERAL FUND, UM, KIND OF SUPPORT.

UM, WE DO LIKE FEE FOR SERVICE KIND OF THING.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE GET DONATIONS OR CHARGE FLAT FEES FOR DOING LIKE GENEALOGY, LOOKUPS, HOUSE HISTORY, RESEARCH PROJECTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, WE HAVE ADMISSIONS REVENUE WHEN WE CAN BE OPEN FOR TOURS.

UM, WE HAVE A MUSEUM STORE WHERE WE SELL, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF BOOKS AND SOUVENIRS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE WRITE GRANTS.

SO LIKE I HIGHLIGHTED THAT DIR GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.

WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN PHMC GRANTS.

UM, LIKE WE JUST GOT A $40,000.

THIS IS THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMISSION.

SO THEY GAVE US A $40,000 GRANT.

IT'S A 50 50 MATCH TO REPLACE THE HPAC SYSTEM IN THE HENRY MUHLENBERG HOUSE.

SO WE'RE MATCHING THAT, UM, WITH AN ENDOWMENT FIND THAT SPECIFIC FOR THE CARE OF THAT HOUSE FROM A BEQUEST FROM YEARS AGO.

SO IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE MIXED BAG.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERSHIPS.

UM, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO PAY MEMBERSHIP DUES AND IN EXCHANGE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A DISCOUNT IN THE GIFT SHOP.

THEY GET FREE ADMISSION TO ALL OF OUR MUSEUMS, SPECIAL NOTICE, YOU KNOW, FOR EVENTS.

UM, WE DO AN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN THINK OF TO BRING IN SUPPORT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY HEAD WAS AT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EARLY IN THE YEAR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S EARLY IN THE YEAR.

UM, THE BILL LIST WHERE WE'RE WE'RE APPROVING RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT HEAVY BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO OPEN THE FIREHOUSE.

SO I, I KIND OF WANT TO WATCH THAT FOR, FOR ME, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW WE, AS A TOWNSHIP CAN HELP SUPPORT MORE FUNDRAISING.

MAYBE WE CAN USE SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, UH, REC CENTER OR COMMUNITY CENTER OVER AN ANDERSON FARM MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THEN AS WE GET INTO NEXT YEAR, TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE LATER PART OF THE YEAR, AS WE SHAPE UP AND SEE HOW OUR BUDGETS RUNNING, HOW, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT LOOK FOR THE HISTORIC SOCIETY FOR SOMETHING LONGER TERM, I'D HATE TO PULL AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY BUDGETING TODAY TO MAKE THAT DECISION NOW.

BUT SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M I'M AGAINST IT.

I SUPPORT IT.

I JUST, UM, I THINK I'D LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU FUNDRAISING.

AT LEAST TWO OF YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF EITHER.

AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING ALL THIS BECAUSE IT REALLY SAVED A LOT OF BUILDINGS AND WORK HARD TOWARDS THAT.

I WONDER IF WE COULDN'T TAKE SOME OF YOUR EVENTS AND REALLY PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS LIKE LEE.

I DON'T THINK OUR, IF, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK OUR RESIDENTS KNOW ALL THESE AWESOME PROGRAMS AND I'D LOVE TO DO EVEN JUST DO THAT.

AND FINANCIALLY I WANT TO SUPPORT YOU AS WELL.

AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS A BOARD, BUT, UM, I THINK WE COULD PUSH IT TOWARDS OUR RESIDENTS, GET MORE PEOPLE TO BE MEMBERS AND COME TO THESE EVENTS.

I MEAN, YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRESHENING UP THE WEBPAGE AT SOME POINT TO ACTUALLY USE IT, TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT, SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO HOW ANGRY WITH THAT? HOW CAN WE SUPPORT MORE AWARENESS AROUND IT? AND YEAH, THAT COULD, I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE CERTAINLY TO REACH MORE UPPER PROVIDENCE RESIDENTS TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD AWARENESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SOMETIMES LIKE, UM, IN LIKE TRAPPER AS NEWSLETTER, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MIGHT INCLUDE A MENTION OF AN UPCOMING EVENT OR SOMETHING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH HIM EVER THE RIGHT CONTACT IS TO GET THAT OUT.

PLUS OF COURSE SOCIAL MEDIA IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE ON, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT.

UM, I WAS ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THE WEBSITE UPDATE.

THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE COULD HELP.

UM, SO WE'VE WORKED WITH LIKE TRAPPER TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, A SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE ELEVATOR SPEECH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRAPPED HISTORY THAT THEY COULD PUT ON THE WEBSITE.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD HELP WITH, OR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TONS OF GREAT HISTORIC PHOTOS THAT INCLUDE UPPER PROVIDENCE BUILDINGS THAT PAINTING, OF COURSE, I'VE GOT GREAT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF, SO WE COULD SERVE THAT UP ALONG WITH CAPTIONS.

AND HE HAS A WEBPAGE MAY BE A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY.

WE COULD EVEN DO SOMETHING MAYBE IN OUR QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IT'S IN OUR NEWSLETTER.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A FASTER WAY OF GETTING SOME INFORMATION OUT AS WELL.

UH, I HAVE THIS VAGUE RECOLLECTION THAT THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU AND SUE HOFFMAN, OR MAYBE NOT, UH, ABOUT, UM, PROGRAMS, HISTORICAL PROGRAMS DONE THROUGH THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY COULD OFFER THEM HERE AND OFFER THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE, THE PARK AND REC WEBSITE AND NEWSLETTER THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ANGUS GOING ON OR THINGS FOR KIDS THAT ARE HISTORICAL, ET CETERA.

ABSOLUTELY.

FOR, FOR KIDS IN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AS WELL.

AND WE CAN, WE'RE DEVELOPING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A WORKSHOP AT ALL OF THE PARKIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT COLONIAL FAIR.

SO THE ENTIRE FIFTH GRADE WILL BE COMING TO A SORT OF MUELLENBERG WOMEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A DRIED LAVENDER SACHET FROM LAVENDER, FROM OUR GARDENS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE HOW WE COULD REPACKAGE THAT AS A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW,

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I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF ARTIFACTS FROM UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP IN YOUR POSSESSION? I DO.

ALTHOUGH KEEP, KEEP IN MIND LIKE THAT HISTORY LESSON I SHARED THAT UPPER PROVIDENCE DOESN'T EXIST OFFICIALLY UNTIL AGE FIVE, THAT SUBDIVISION.

SO YEAH, 18, WE WERE INCORPORATED WITH 18.

WHAT ARE YOU THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR? YEAH, THE TOWN THE TOWNSHIP FOUND IN 1805 IS PROBABLY BEFORE THE INCORPORATION.

UM, WILL YOU LIVE IN AT TOM SAYS 1805 WE'D WE'D DO WITHOUT, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ARTIFACTS.

AND AS WE CONTINUE CATALOGING OUR COLLECTION TO GET THAT DATABASE ONLINE, WE KEEP FINDING MORE, MORE AND MORE ITEMS. AND THE MORE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND LOCAL HISTORY IS THE MORE WE CAN RECOGNIZE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALWAYS SAY UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP ON THEM.

YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW, WELL, WHERE WAS THIS FAMILY? WHERE DID THEY LIVE? AND YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT TODAY? AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT UPPER PROVIDENCE AND LOWER PROVIDENCE WHERE ONE AT ONE TIME BEFORE WE BECAME UPPER PROVIDENCE.

SO IT'S LIKE, RIGHT, RIGHT, EXACTLY.

WELL, OR THE TRAPPING COLLEGEVILLE, IT WAS ALL JUST ONE BIG HAPPY TOWNSHIP WE BACK THEN.

SO, UM, AND JUST TO THROW IT OUT THERE, THERE IS A HOUSE ON GREENWOOD AVENUE IT'S CALLED THE VANDERSLICE CUSTER HOUSE THAT I BELIEVE DATES FROM 1732 AND IT'S IN PRIVATE HANDS, BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY PEOPLE SHOULD BUY AND GO LOCK THAT COMES WITH ITS OWN DOUBLE PANED.

UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ARTIFACTS THERE OR NOT.

UM, BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF IN A WAY IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT IT'S IN PRIVATE HANDS, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M SURE THE TOWNSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT OUR JOYCE PROPERTY AND AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT PLACES THAT REHABBED KEEPING THAT MIND.

WELL, AND WE COULD CERTAINLY DO LIKE A SITE VISIT TRIP WHERE WE TAKE PHOTOS TO DOCUMENT, SEE WHAT'S IN OUR RESEARCH FILES AND, YOU KNOW, COMPILE A FOLDER, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THEN IF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS, THEY COULD COME IN AND SEE LIKE THE OFFICIAL VERSION AND NOT BE TRESPASSING OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT IN THE FILES.

THANK YOU, MS. MONARCHY RTI.

ONE LAST SUGGESTION.

WE HAVE A NICE, UH, PAMPHLET RACK OUT HERE IN OUR LOBBY AND A LOT OF FOLKS THAT MOVED TO THE AREA COME THROUGH HERE TO SEE NOW WHAT WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE TOWNSHIP.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO PUT SOME OF YOUR PAMPHLETS OR NEWSLETTERS ON THAT RACK, I THINK I WILL THANK YOU.

I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SIZE AND OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO START DESIGNING A NEW PAMPHLET.

SO I MAKE SURE IT FITS.

AND I DID.

I KNOW YOU ALL GOT MY PACKET OF GOODIES THAT I LEFT AT YOUR DESK.

UM, BUT I ALSO BROUGHT WITH ME HISTORIC TRAPS, LATEST NEWSLETTER, AND THOSE ARE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

SO IF ANYBODY HERE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OR, YOU KNOW, READ ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A PILE OF THOSE AT THE BACK.

ALSO JUST, UM, IN THE LITTLE CONFERENCE ROOM OFF TO THE RIGHT HERE TO GO OUT TO THE RIGHT AND TURN RIGHT AGAIN, UM, IS A PAINTING OF THE TAYLOR FARM BARN JUST TO PAT MY OWN BACK.

I DID IT.

WELL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AWARDING THE BID FOR THE 2022 ROAD PAVING PROJECT TO INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES OF FALL CROFT PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $559,090 AND 50 CENTS AS THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.

SOMEONE WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT FROM THE STAFF OR BIDS WERE VERY COMPETITIVE.

THEY WERE LESS THAN OUR ESTIMATE.

UM, AND, UH, INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES HAS DONE WORK HERE IN A TOWNSHIP BEFORE, AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THEM.

SO RECOMMENDING AWARD, ALL RIGHT, NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION CONSIDERING THE PRICE OF OIL.

THIS IS A GOOD PRICE, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO IT IS A GOOD PRICE.

UH, THERE IS A FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT IN THE CONTRACT AS ALWAYS WITH STATE CONTRACTS LIKE THIS.

SO, UM, PRICE OF FUEL CONTINUES TO GO UP.

THE FINAL CROSS WOULD GO UP.

ALSO, IF IT GOES DOWN, YOU'D SEE THE BENEFIT.

ALSO IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.

THANKS.

DOES THE PRICES GO UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE SUPPLIES TO DO THE WORK? WE'LL GET THAT COST TO US.

IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN COSTS.

AND IF IT GOES DOWN, IT IS IT IS THAT, I MEAN, IT IS LIKE 25, 30% BELOW BUDGET LINE TWO THOUGH.

SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR THE FEEL THROUGH THE YEAR THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, YEAH, THIS, THIS WAS A GOOD

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MATE.

VERY GOOD, MAN.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO AWARD A, THE 20, 22 ROAD PAVING PROJECT TO FULL CRAFT PA BASED INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $559,090 AND 50 CENTS.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE, UH, AWARDING OF THE 2022 ROAD PAVING PROJECT.

THE INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, A FALL CROFT PA.

YOU HEARD THE AMOUNT THREE TIMES TO THE LOWEST AT NIGHT.

WE'RE THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE, BETTER.

CONSIDER ADOPTING REGULATION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 12, AUTHORIZING THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE MASTER CASTING AGREEMENT WITH PENN DOT.

HELLO.

SO THE MASTER CASTING AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE TOWNSHIP TO INCORPORATE ANY MANHOLE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, INTO THEIR PROJECT.

UM, SO LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME PAVING ON 29 AND PLACES LIKE THAT THIS YEAR, UM, WE SUPPLY ALL THE MATERIALS IN THEIR CONTRACTOR, INSTALLS THEM BEFORE ANY OF THE FINAL PAVING IS DONE.

UM, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOOD THROUGH 2029.

UH, PRIOR TO THIS, THEY WERE ALWAYS THREE YEARS, EVERY THREE YEARS, WE HAD TO DO THIS.

NOW THEY'VE GONE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AT THIS POINT.

UM, SO THIS YEAR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, HERE AT PENN, DOT'S GOING TO BE PAVING LEWIS ROAD, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF IT FROM LIMERICK ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RIDGE BIKE.

UH, ONE 13 FROM THE RIVER TO BLACKROCK ROAD AND THEN BLACKROCK ROAD TO GATESHEAD, WHICH IS ALWAYS BEEN REALLY BAD RIGHT THERE.

UM, 29 FROM OUR COLA ROAD TO MAIN STREET IN COLLEGEVILLE, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO UP MAIN STREET THROUGH COLLEGE VILLE AND END UP ALL THE WAY UP AT LIMERICK CENTER ROAD.

AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING YERKES ROAD NEAR OUR TOWNSHIP AS WELL.

DID WE GET AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT? I MEAN, YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW MANY MANHOLES THERE ARE AND WE KNOW HOW MUCH EACH ONE COSTS.

YEAH, SO THE INCORPORATED PLACE IS $1,335 EACH INSTALLED.

AND WHEN YOU PUT A NEW MANHOLE IN THEIRS, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO LET IT CURE YOU.

CAN'T JUST PUT BLACKTOP AROUND IT.

IT'S GOT IT.

YOU CAN'T RUN TRAFFIC ON IT.

SO IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY WONDERFUL THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE THIS STEP AND DO THIS FOR US.

SO, AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT ESTIMATE IS NOW? HOW MANY MANHOLES ARE, ARE ON BROCCOLI? IS IT, ARE WE TALKING 50 GRAND? YEAH.

ONE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE ONE MAN HOLE AT $1,335.

AND THE OTHER ONE COMES TO AROUND $8,000.

THE OTHER CONTRACT, WHICH WAS A, LET ME THINK HERE, THAT WAS, UM, 29 ON ROUTE 29.

SO WE'RE KIND OF ABOUT $10,000 A SHARE.

SO THERE'LL BE THE MALL, DO IT NOW.

I GOT THE ROAD RIPPED UP.

EXACTLY.

SO NOW THIS COMES UP EVERY FEW YEARS.

UM, I HAD ONE THAT RAN THROUGH LAST YEAR AND THEY NEVER SENT ME ANYTHING UNTIL JUST NOW.

SO IT KIND OF GOT BLINDSIDED WITH US EVEN GETTING THIS, BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS.

SO WE DO IT.

AND I SAID, WE WON'T HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN FOR 2029.

GO GOOD.

WE JUST SAVED ALL THAT MONEY ON THE ROAD PAVING PROJECT.

HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T GO UP THAT MUCH.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OH, A SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 12, AUTHORIZING THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE MASTER, CASTING AN AGREEMENT WITH BEN DOT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

YUP.

FINISH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP THAT WE CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARE VERY CAREFULLY.

UM, NEXT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ACTING ORDINANCE 5 93, ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.

WE DID ADVERTISE THIS ORDINANCE AND WE DISCUSSED IT AT OUR LAST MEETING.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT.

UH, JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS, UH, THIS NEW ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL NOT HAVE ANY POWER IN LAND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES OR REALLY ANY POWER TO, TO MAKE ANY CHANGES IN THE WAY WE DO THINGS, BUT WE'LL SIMPLY BE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM ON MORE ISSUES.

IT'LL BE UP TO US TO DECIDE WHETHER TO ACT ON THOSE.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE

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SO ANYWAY, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.

ARE THERE ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MAKE THE MOTION TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 5 93, ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 5 93 ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.

CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 13.

ANY OPPOSED? NO, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION.

ONE THING SAYS ORDINANCE, SAY THE THING SAYS RESOLUTION ORDINANCE.

[NEW BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]

GRANTING FINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL OR C C CHICO, SOCIO.

I FINALLY LEARNED IT SOCIO WHAT'D HE SAY? MINOR SUBDIVISION.

A ONE DOUBLE OH NINE SECOND AVENUE.

UM, DEFINITELY WANNA TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MIKE CCO IS THE PROPERTY OWNER.

HE CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, I THINK IS PROBABLY HELLO EVERYBODY.

UM, SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING THIS PLAN PER SOME REVIEW LETTERS THAT BILL KNOWS ABOUT.

UM, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THEM BACK FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

UM, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO.

MY DAD AND MYSELF ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SUBDIVIDE IT, UM, RIGHT USING SECOND AVENUE AS THAT DIVIDING LINE.

SO THE NEW PROPOSED LOT WOULD BE, UM, LABELED ON THE RIGHT THERE, WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS BOTH THOSE SMALLER TRIANGLE PIECES THAT YOU SEE ALSO.

AND THE EXISTING LOT WOULD BE LOT ONE WHERE THE NEW HOUSE WAS JUST BUILT ON THE RAILROAD SIDE.

TH THIS IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION.

THERE ISN'T ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED.

MR. CCO IS BUILDING A HOUSE THERE.

I'M SURE EVERYBODY SEEN IT ON SECOND AVENUE, GORGEOUS PLACE, BUT IT, UM, THAT'S ALL HE'S DOING IS CREATING TWO LOTS FROM ONE.

AND THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS THAT ESPECIALLY THE TRIANGLE ON THE LOWER, RIGHT, THERE IS A SORT OF AN ORPHANED PIECE.

IT'S LANDLOCKED.

THERE'S NO WAY TO GET TO IT FROM ANY ROADS.

THERE'S SOME OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP IN TERMS OF RIGHTS OF WAY, LABELING RIGHTS OF WAY, SHOWING RIGHTS, CORRECT RIGHTS OF WAY, AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A CROSS ACCESS THROUGH THE PICO RIGHT OF WAY, JUST IT'S, IT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF.

SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR PRELIMINARY LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE MINOR SUBDIVISION, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK ONCE WE CLEAN UP THAT ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF FOR FINAL.

SO LAMINARIA LAND DEVELOPMENT, THE RESOLUTION YOU SIGNED WE'LL DO THAT.

WE JUST DIDN'T CHANGE THE LANGUAGE IN THE, UH, ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT WASN'T, WE'RE STILL HEARING THE, THE SUBJECT IT'S, WE'RE JUST CHANGING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE APPROVING.

WE'RE SORT OF DIALING IT BACK A LITTLE BIT.

FROM WHAT IT WAS.

SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL REMAIN THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS ONCE IT'S SUBDIVIDED NONE AT ALL, BUT TO ENJOY IT, NO PLANS REALLY JUST TO BRING MY NAME TO MY NEW HOUSE SITE AND MY DAD'S NAME TO OKAY.

YEP.

SO THAT IS SO HOW IT READS HERE.

GRANTING FINAL IS WHAT WE SHOULD NO, I CHANGED THAT TO JOY GRANTING PRELIMINARY, PLEASE.

I'LL I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 13, GRANTING PRELIMINARY LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE SHOCKOE MINOR SUBDIVISION ONE DOUBLE OH NINE SECOND AVENUE.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

THANK YOU, SIR.

VERY, VERY CURIOUS, THE SHORTENED VERSION.

CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER THE LOCK 29 BISONS LLC, 1 27 BRIDGE STREET.

UH, AND THEY HAVE A PROPOSED DATE HERE OF APRIL 18TH, 2022.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? IS APPLICANT HERE? THEY ALREADY SELL.

I MEAN, THEY WERE, I MEAN, IS THIS JUST FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO SELL COMMERCIAL ALCOHOL? THEY HAVE A BEER NOW, JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE THE LECTURE EXPERT THE LECTURE? I JUST WANT TO KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY SERVING BEER THERE.

WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S A FANTASTIC RESTAURANT.

THIS IS PROBABLY JUST GOING TO HELP THEM GET THE DIFFERENCES.

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THANK YOU VERY QUICKLY.

UM, THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A BREWER'S LICENSE IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.

THEY CAN SELL ANYTHING.

THAT'S BREWED, ANYTHING THAT IS DISTILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT LIMITS THEM.

SO IF YOU WALK INTO THE RESTAURANT NOW AN ORDER OR KETTLE ONE AND TONIC, YOU CAN'T GET ONE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BREWED IN PENNSYLVANIA OR IT'S STILL IN PENNSYLVANIA.

UM, THOSE LICENSES ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY GIVE YOU A BIGGER RANGE OF A BIGGER RANGE OF ALCOHOL PRETTY MUCH.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT'S THE SHORT VERSION.

GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS.

THE LONG VERSION, I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN THERE LATER.

THE LONG VERSION, I'LL TAKE YOU DOWN THERE LATER ON HERE.

WE'LL MAKE IT A LONG STORY.

UM, I'LL ENTER, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

UM, IT SAYS HERE JOE, 1355 GRAVEL PIKE AND LOWER FREDERICK.

GRAVEL, NO LOWER FRED RICHMOND SPRINTER TOWNSHIP FROM LOWER OF LOWER TO UPPER PROVINCE.

SO WE'LL BE ADDING A LIQUOR LICENSE TO THE TOWNSHIP WITH THIS TRANSFER.

AND WE HAVE, WE DID DISCUSS THAT, UH, IN EARLIER AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD PREFER THEY BUY ONE THAT'S AVAILABLE HERE.

AND I THINK THERE IS ONE AVAILABLE LEFTOVER FROM THE, THE CHAMPS RESTAURANT, BUT IT HAS TO BE FOR SALE.

IF THE OWNER HASN'T PUT IT UP FOR SALE, THEN YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO GO FISHING TO, TO FIND ONE.

OH, THEY ARE NOW.

WELL, WE JUST VOTED TO TRANSFER A DIFFERENT ONE, COUPLE MEETINGS AGO.

SO MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS JUST SETTING THE HEARING.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE OVERRUN YET WITH, WITH BARS AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT.

SO I THINK THIS IS OKAY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO BEAR IN MIND.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO OUR SOLICITOR MORE A FUTURE ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE LICENSES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE ON THE MARKET.

BUT ANYWAY, UM, AND I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY MORE DISCUSSION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR AN APRIL 18TH, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING.

THEN A PROPOSED LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER FROM 1355 GRAVEL PIKE AND LOWER FREDERICK TOWNSHIP, 2 1 2 7 BRIDGE STREET, BLOCK 29 LICENSING UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.

NO SECOND.

THAT ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADVERTISE FOR AN APRIL 18TH, 2022 PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER FROM 1355 GRAVEL PARK IN LOWER PARK.

FREDERICK TOWNSHIP TO 1 27 BRIDGE STREET, BLOCK 29 LICENSE IN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.

AND, UH, CONSIDERED AUTHORIZING THE DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AT 9 29 PORQUE PROVIDENCE ROAD, MR. CHAIRMAN, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY AT 9 29 PORT PROVIDENCE ROAD FROM RICHARD MATUSKI.

UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

IT HAD BEEN UNOCCUPIED FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS AND AS SUCH, HE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE FEMA BUYOUT PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WASN'T USED AS A RESIDENCE.

THE DAY OF THE FLOOD.

UM, UH, THE SOLICITOR ALSO BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION TO THE PROPERTY WAS UP FOR TAX SALES.

SO WE ACQUIRED IT FOR $95,995.

UM, AND THEN WE PAID OURSELVES BACK SOME, UH, LEAN TAX LIENS THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY AND SOME OUTSTANDING SEWER PAYMENTS THAT WERE DUE TO THE TOWNSHIP.

UM, AT THIS POINT NOTHING'S BEEN DONE WITH IT SINCE THE FLOOD AND IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S BEFORE YOU FOR ACTION TONIGHT.

BRIAN, QUICK QUESTION.

ARE WE DEMOLISHING OTHER THINGS TO GAIN ANY KIND OF BENEFIT LUMPING IT IN WITH OTHER PROPERTIES? OR IS IT JUST THIS THERE'S NO OTHER, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO ANY OTHER THE UNDER THE HAZARD MITIGATION BUYOUT PROGRAM, UM, THERE'S NO PROPERTIES ELIGIBLE IN THAT CLASS YET BECAUSE FEMA HAS HASN'T ANNOUNCED THE GRANT AWARDS.

SO IT IS JUST THIS ONE SINGULAR PROPERTY AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO A BUNCH OF OTHERS.

WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS DEMOLITION.

BUT ALL OF THOSE DEMOLITIONS, IF THE GRANT MITIGATION COMES THROUGH WILL BE PAID FOR BY FEMA 100%.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AT 9 29 PORT PROVIDENCE ROOM.

IT'S A SECOND NET.

I HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AT 9 29,

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POOR PROVIDENCE ROAD.

QUICK OTHER QUESTION ON THAT ONCE IT'S DEMOLISHED, AND THIS IS MORE OF A QUESTION FOR JEFF AND IT PROBABLY GOES INTO ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPEN SPACE.

ARE WE GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT NOW, OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE NATURAL? AND THEN THE INTENT NOW WOULD JUST BE TO LEAVE IT AS GRASS? UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY GROW UP ON TO THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE CHAPEL THAT WE ALREADY GO IN ON POOR PROVIDENCE ROAD AND TO THE LEFT OF THIS PROPERTY IS A PROPERTY THAT IS, UH, ALSO VACANT AND WAITING TO BUY OUT.

SO I THINK WE WOULD JUST LET IT GO NATURAL FOR NOW, BUT I DO THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE IF WE LOOK AT, AT A LARGER, WHETHER IT'S A REFORESTATION PLAN OR SOME PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO PUT NATIVE SPECIES DOWN, NOT JUST ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT UNDER ON, ON THOSE THAT WE WILL LIKELY ACQUIRE THROUGH THE FEMA BUYOUT.

AND WE WON'T BE CUTTING GRASS AND MAINTAINING IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'LL BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE JUST LEAVE IT BE ALL RIGHT.

AND, UH, WE HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, UH, ACTUALLY THE FINAL BOARD APPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR, CAUSE THIS WILL, BILL IS COMPLETELY, UH, OF LIZ, UH, AS CARELLO, UH, 1 22 SUNSET AVENUE TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM THROUGH DECEMBER, 2024, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF LIZ PASCARELLA OF 1 22 SUNSET AVENUE TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR THREE-YEAR TERM THROUGH DECEMBER, 2024 SECOND, THE MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO A POINT LIZ PASQUERILLA 1 22 SUNSET AVENUE TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR THREE-YEAR TERM THROUGH DECEMBER, 2024.

DOWN TO MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS.

AND NOW WE'RE

[MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS]

AND FIRST THING UNDER MANAGER IS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TASK TRACKER, JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON OUR TASK TRACKER.

UH, YOU RECALL, UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING, UH, TRYING TO DO SOME TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE FLOOD GAUGES, UH, AT THE SCHOOL.

AND, UM, PERKIOMEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN MAKING SOME PROGRESS WITH OUR GIS CONTRACTOR AND OUR IT DIRECTOR HAVE BEEN WORKING.

AND I GOT AN UPDATE TODAY THAT, UM, OUR FLOOD GAUGE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ONLINE, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I'M HOPING AT THE NEXT MEETING, I CAN GET THE DEMO SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE UP, UP AND RUNNING.

AND, UH, YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.

WE HAD A RESIDENT BY THE NAME OF DEBBIE HANER HERE TALKING ABOUT SOME, UM, ONGOING NOISE ISSUES FROM GRAPHICS, PACKAGING.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH HER, AND WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MANY THINGS IN OUR TOOLBOX, UH, TO TRY TO, UM, UH, ADDRESS OR MITIGATE SHORT OF, UH, SPINNING A LOT OF MONEY ON AN ACOUSTIC NOISE OR ACOUSTICS ENGINEER FOR ONE PERSON.

UM, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, UM, WORKING THROUGH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY, UM, MEASURES THROUGH THE COUNTY HEALTH CODE THAT WE COULD TRY TO WORK WITH GPI TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE SOUND TRAVELS, UM, IN WEIRD WAVES.

AND IT AFFECTS CERTAIN PEOPLE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND, UH, SO WE'RE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT CAN EASILY GO THROUGH THE CRACKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT ON OUR RADAR SCREEN.

SO, UM, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS UPDATES.

THERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF ON THE TRACKER, WHICH I'LL GET UP TO THE BOARD THIS WEEK.

OH, QUESTION ON THE FLOOD GAUGES.

ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FEED THAT DATA UP TO THE NOAA'S WEBSITE, FEDERAL NATIONAL OR AFTERNOON, WHATEVER I CAN CHECK.

I JUST, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE THINK THAT THE RIVER OR THE CREEK IS GOING TO FLOOD ALL OF A SUDDEN A WEBSITE THAT GETS ONE HIT EVERY SIX MONTHS, IT'S 10,000 HITS IN A NIGHT.

AND IF IT'S ON A BIGGER WEBSITE, LIKE NOAH IS THEN SAYING PLUS CHANCE OF IT CRASHING.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

I KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE FLOOD GAUGE INFORMATION USED TO GO IN THE PAST AND THEY HAVE ENOUGH.

YES, CHIEF WRESTLE MY OWN.

WILLING TO SAY WE'RE WILLING TO PUT THESE ON OUR SITES, SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THAT.

UM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO, TO CONTACT AND FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT ON A UNTESTED, UM, UM, KIND OF, UH, FLOOD GAUGES.

THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE HOLDUP RIGHT NOW.

THEY, THEY WANT A WHOLE HISTORY OF THAT.

THESE ARE WORKING PROPERLY BEFORE.

THEY'RE

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UM, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU, WE'RE MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WITH IT, BUT IT, BUT IT IS IN THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, THAT'S ALL THE FEDERAL LAND COMING OUT.

AM I HERE? OKAY, GOOD.

THE NEXT QUESTION.

SO HOW ARE THEY'RE GOING TO WORK THERE? WE'RE FINE.

TEST THEM.

THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TELLING OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE, YOU SAID THERE'S MULTIPLE WAY.

WE CAN DO IT, TEXT IT ON OUR WEBSITE PHONE CALLS.

THERE WAS A LITANY OF VARIOUS AVENUES ISN'T ANY OF THAT BEEN WORKED OUT OR IS THAT SO ACTUALLY TOMORROW AND THURSDAY, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE IN TRAINING WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UH, ON THE READY MAKO SYSTEM THAT WILL, UH, ENABLE US TO BE ABLE TO PUT INFORMATION OUT TO THE RESIDENTS ONCE THEY SIGN UP FOR THE NOTIFICATIONS.

SO OUR, ONCE WE GET TRAINED, OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS.

AND ONCE YOU DO THAT, WE WILL GET, AND WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THAT WILL WORK INTERNALLY, BUT THERE'LL BE NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE GUT FLOOD GAUGES THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO US.

AND THEN ANY ONE OF US, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO ONTO THE WEBSITE OR ONTO THE WEBSITE, GO ON THE READY MONTCO AND POST THAT INFORMATION THAT WILL THEN IMMEDIATELY GO OUT TO THE RESIDENCE.

UM, W WE HOPE TO LIMIT IT TO, UM, THE, THE CRITICAL POINTS THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME SO OVERWHELMING THAT PEOPLE IGNORE IT.

LIKE TH THERE'S THERE'S THIS STEP, THIS STEP AND THIS STEP, UM, AND NOT 10 STEPS LIKE, OH, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA RAIN.

IT MIGHT FLOOD, IT COULD FLOOD.

NOW'S THE TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT MOVING NOW, IT'S THE TIME YOU, YOU MUST MOVE.

SO THERE ARE THE STEPS WE'RE WORKING AT.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, TRAINING STARTS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.

SO WE'RE GETTING THERE.

WE'LL WANT TO ADD ONTO THE TRACKER.

UM, WHAT WAS HER NAME? LISA, LISA MINORITY.

HOW WE CONNECT HER WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR GETTING IT ON THE, GETTING ON A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER, OR IF WE WENT PAMPHLETS OUT OF HOW DO WE CONNECT HER WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE? UM, JEFF AND JOE, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH STAN ON KLEIN ROAD.

AND I THINK THAT MR. TROUT HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF FIRE HALL AND THE NOISE FOLLOW UP WITH WHEN, WHEN WE GET THE PART THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHEN IT'S COMING, THAT'S WHEN THE FIREHOUSE WILL BE DONE BY THOSE 200.

CINDY, RON SANITARY SEWER PROJECT IS ONGOING.

UH, CAN I ASK, UH, WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT IN LIGHT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR SCHEDULE, GET BACK WITH

[CONSULTANT REPORTS]

UH, THEY'RE STILL IN THE MARSH WOOD COMMUNITY, UM, SHOULD BE THERE ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, FINISHING UP THE MAINS AND, AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE OUT TO OLD STATE ROAD WORK, UM, GUMS ROAD, CULVERT REPLACEMENT.

UH, WE'RE DOING SOME DEED RESEARCH AND WE'LL NEED SOME EASEMENTS AND LOOKED AT THOSE TOGETHER.

SO BRIAN OR WHOEVER'S ARE KNOCK ON APPROPRIATE DOORS THERE.

THAT CONCLUDES

[SOLICITOR REPORT]

CORRECT MR. WARNER.

AND THEN JOE'S ITEM ABOUT, UH, THE SEI CORPORATION.

IF THIS WORKS, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

THIS IS THE, UH, THE SEI TAX ASSESSMENT APPEAL.

YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION IN THE PAPERWORK OF $4 MILLION IN FAIR MARKET VALUE.

UH, AS WITH ALL OF THESE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAKES THE LABORING WAR, AND I ONLY EVER GET INVOLVED IF THERE'S AN UNUSUAL LEGAL ISSUE, BUT HERE IT'S NOT THAT IT'S JUST THAT THE DISTRICT DID THE BEST THEY COULD.

UM, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO THAT I CAN SIGN THIS SETTLEMENT STIPULATION TO PROCESS THE SETTLEMENT THAT WAS NEGOTIATED BY THE DISTRICT.

YEAH, IT LOOK LIKE THEY GOT THEIR VALUE REDUCED A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS ON THE PROPERTY DOWN THERE, BUT OH, OKAY.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SOLICITOR TO EXECUTE A STIPULATION SETTLEMENT PERTAINING TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEAL FILED BY S E I E CORPORATION.

UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS.

LIKE JOE SAYS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD TAKES THE LEAD.

THEY HAD THE BIGGEST SKIN IN THE GAME AS FAR AS, UH, TAX DOLLARS GO AND THEY WON THEIR, UH, THEIR CASE IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLACE.

SO I DON'T SAY THAT WE HAVE ANY REASON TO ANYTHING BUT SUBTLE.

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SECOND, THAT ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AUTHORIZE THE SOLICITOR, EXECUTE A STIPULATION SETTLEMENT PERTAINING TO HIM AND NO MURRAY COUNTY BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEAL FILED BY SCI CORPORATION.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO SUPERVISOR'S

[SUPERVISORS COMMENTS]

COMMENTS.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

FOLLOW UP.

UM, WE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR OFF AND ON THE TRASH IN THE TOWNSHIP.

THE TRASH IS YOU ARE GOING TO CHECK BRIAN ON THAT.

I LOOKED BACK TO SEE MR. BROADBENT, WHO EARLIER THIS WEEK INFORMED ME THAT THE TRASH ON MAIN STREET ON RIDGE PIKE IN YOUR CLIENT ROAD WAS REMOVED.

UM, BRAD MACY, UH, WHO, UH, WHO I DEAL WITH ROUTINELY AS, AS JEFF WHO'S AUTOBON LAND DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ENGINEER CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THEY REMOVED THE TRASH.

THAT WAS DOWN ALONG FOUR 20 ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SLOPE FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THEY HAD CIRQUE DE SOLEI AND THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT EXHIBIT, UM, HELPED ME, JOHN, THERE WAS ONE OTHER LOCATION.

WE WERE WORKING ON A ROAD THAT HAS PARK.

I WAS BY HESS PARKED TODAY AND SAW THERE WAS NOTHING THERE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF TOM REMOVED IT, UH, AND THAT ACTIVITY IS, HAS, UH, CEASED.

UM, I DID EMAIL THE COUNTY AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE IN REGARD TO THEIR, UH, PROGRAM.

UM, OH, JOHN, TH THE ISSUE THAT YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT NO MORE THAN AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO WAS, UH, THE LITTER CREW THAT WAS WORKING FOR 22, UH, THE WESTBOUND LANES COMING UP TO THE OAKS EXIT.

AND I SAID THERE WAS A STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, WHERE THEY HAD CLEANED UP AND WHERE THEY HAD NOT GOTTEN TO IT WAS NIGHT AND DAY.

FIRST OF ALL, WHEN ARE WE GETTING THIS SITUATION FIXED SO THEY CAN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS ROOM IS LIKE, AS SOON AS I CAN ORDER A ACOUSTICAL, UH, SOUND ABSORBING PANELS TO BE HUNG ON THE CEILING AND WALLS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THEN I WON'T LOOK LIKE SOME IDIOT OVER HERE.

SO I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

I'D LIKE SOMEBODY TO ADDRESS THE 4 22, THE CRAP THAT'S ON 4 22.

IT'S, IT'S HORRENDOUS THE TRASH THAT'S ALONG THERE A PART OF IT RUNS THROUGH OUR MUNICIPALITY.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, BRIAN? IT'S LIKE, UH, DO WE, DO WE CONTACT THE STATE AND SAY, HEY, CLEAN UP YOUR MESS.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE, UH, PRE COVID.

WHEN I REACH OUT TO THEM, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, SEND ME A LIST OF ROADS AND WE'LL HAVE OUR CREW COME OUT AND THEY WOULD ADDRESS THEM.

UM, SINCE COVID THEY HAVE NOT, THEY HAVE NOT SENT ANYBODY OUT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

UM, AND I'LL, I'LL TRY THEM AGAIN BY EMAIL, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME TO TRY PENN DOT, UH, MAYBE THROUGH TOM BROWN BELT, WE CAN, WE CAN FIND A CONTACT.

ALSO, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR, EACS ARE VERY ACTIVE AND DOING A DUMP RODENT PROGRAMS. LIKE THEY TRY TO GET SPONSORS.

THE, UH, HOLLOW ROAD NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO, AS FAR AS TRASH IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE SOME AREAS DOWN THERE THAT IT SEEM THAT PEOPLE THAT RIDE BACK THAT ROAD, BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF IT THAT ARE LIKE, THERE ARE NO HOUSES THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVE A TENDENCY TO THROW OUT THEIR CANS, WHETHER THEY BE SODA BOTTLES OR BEER CANS OR WHATEVER ELSE.

UM, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CLEANED UP.

UM, WELL, THESE ROADS, I CLEAN UP CREWS.

THESE ARE CONVICT CREWS FROM GREATER SPORT OR HORIZONS, EXCUSE ME.

AND, UH, THE COUNTY JAIL OR THE COUNTY HAD SENT THEM OUT PREVIOUSLY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND ARE THEY, SO THEY ARE COMING BACK OUT NOW THOUGH.

PROPOSED COVID THEY ARE STARTING TO DO IT AGAIN.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM OUT SINCE, AND THEY'VE NOT COMMUNICATED BACK TO ME.

UM, W THE ONE THAT I DID SEE WORKING FOR 22, IT LOOKED LIKE A, UH, CONTRACTOR, LIKE A PEN DOT CONTRACTOR OUT.

I CAN LET HER GET, I GOT A QUESTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRASH.

I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

UM, THE AMOUNT OF TRASH CREATED BY THE FIREHOUSE OVER HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO CALL IT WHAT I DID BEFORE.

UM, I HAVE KNOW I HAVE FIVE CONSTRUCTS CONSTRUCTION.

SCIENCE WAS BLOWN OVER ON MY PROPERTY, OFF THAT PROPERTY FOAM NAMING.

WHEN'S THE TRASH GOING TO STOP FROM THERE? WHAT KIND OF WE'LL LET THEM KNOW TOMORROW.

RIGHT? BRIAN WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE'S A LOT OF GUESTS DEFENSE, BUT WITH THAT LAST STORM, WE HAD THE BIG STORM.

IT JUST BLEW EVERYTHING.

I MEAN, I HAD TO CLEAN UP A BUNCH OF STUFF OFF MY PROPERTY FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT.

WE'LL, WE'LL UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY LET THEM KNOW AGAIN TOMORROW.

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AND IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN, YOU SHOULD JUST GO OVER THE TOWNSHIP AND SAY, COME OVER AND GET THIS TREASURE OFF OF MY PROPERTY.

I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRASH AND THE OTHER SUPERVISOR COMMENTS.