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[CALL TO ORDER]
I'LL CALL TONIGHT CALLED AN ORDER TONIGHT'S MEETING OF THE UPPER PROVIDENCE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I ASSUME EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE, UH, BY THE WAY, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, SUPERVISOR JAEGER IS PARTICIPATING TONIGHT, REMOTELY.
TOM, CAN YOU HEAR US? PAT CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE.
SO I'LL BE CALLING THE ROLE FOR EACH OF OUR FEW VOTES TONIGHT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE AND WE CAN GET THE PROPER COUNT.
[MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD AGENDA]
EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA, SUPERVISOR CALCI, SUPERVISOR HIGGINS, SUPERVISOR PEARSON.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT]
SESSION TONIGHT BEFORE, UH, BEFORE THIS MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO THE FEMA BUYOUTS.AND, UH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PERSONNEL ITEMS RELATED TO THE POLICE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, RIGHT? UH, WHO WILL THE BILL LIST? OH, PUBLIC
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
COMMENT.UH, THERE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT TO THE BOARD, PLEASE COME FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE AND PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT FREE MINUTES.
I HAVE TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR STREET ADDRESS.
BILL TROUTMAN, BLACKROCK ROAD.
UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER-IN-LAW A 5 72 OLD STATE ROAD.
YOU ARE PUTTING RENT LATERALS IN OVER THERE.
THEY HAD TO PUT A LADDER ALL IN FOR THE FINISHED WORK ON WHERE THE LATERAL IS.
IT'S ACTUALLY SUNKEN AND IT WAS JUST PUT IN PROBABLY LAST WEEK.
UH, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FINISHES WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH FINISHING IT BECAUSE IT WAS MOBILE AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT MOBILE NOW.
SO WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT? YEAH.
EVERYBODY IN CON WHAT'S THE ADDRESS AGAIN? 5 72 OLD STATE ROAD BECAUSE OF THE SEWER WAS YEAH, THEY PUT A LATERAL, LATERAL CONNECTION WAS PUT IN, BUT IT WAS NEVER FINISHED.
HERS WAS NEVER GRADED ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND REFILL THOSE DITCH HOPE.
SO WHAT I FIGURED I'D BRING THIS TO THE BOARD.
I CAN LOOK INTO THAT PROPERTY, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.
UM, SO IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE IS ONLY A TEMPORARY RESTORATION OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
THE CONTRACTOR STARTED ON FRIDAY PERMANENT RESTORATION.
UH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S PERMANENT OR NOT.
I KNOW THERE ARE A CROSSROAD DIGGING UP THE, WHAT THE, UH, UH, NEW CURBING IN FOR THE HANDICAPPED, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH THE OTHER.
THE, THE CURB IS BEING RESTORED.
UM, THEY ARE CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE PERMANENT TRENCHER REGISTRATION STARTED ON FRIDAY.
THEY WILL ALSO BE REMOVING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS OUT THERE.
THE CLEANUPS GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK, THE PERMANENT PAVING PERMANENT TRENCH RESTORATION WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
UM, WE DO HAVE INSPECTORS OUT THERE ON SITE DAILY, AND WE WILL BE INSPECTING THAT PERMANENT TRENCH RESTORATION AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO GRADE PRIOR TO ANY MELANOMA OUT THERE ON, OH YEAH.
I KEEP HEARING ABOUT IT FROM WHAT IT'S MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
SO I FIGURED I'D ASKED, ASKED TONIGHT.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, IN JANUARY RIGHT NOW, THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS THEY ARE, THEY ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
WELL, I JUST THOUGHT HE'D BRING IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
WELL, YOU CAN TELL YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW YOU BROUGHT IT TOWARD.
KIND OF, UH, TONY PATRICK FOR 10 DARLENE X, UM, ONE, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING UP IN TAXES AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO START CHARGING US STORM RUNOFF FEES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOU GUYS OR THEM TOO, BUT IF THERE'S A TAX
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REBATE OR SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS COULD GIVE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON LIMITED INCOME, I'D APPRECIATE IT.UM, SECOND THING IS A SUGGESTION FOR YOU.
UM, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR, SOME OF OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE HERE IN OUR TOWNSHIP, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS SEND OUT ONE OF THESE SOMETIMES PAPER, BUT I'M DEALING WITH THIS SCHOOL TOO.
AND I CAN'T FIND A LOT OF STUFF.
THAT'S ON THE INTERNET ON YOUR HOME PAGE, TRYING TO FIND YOUR TAXES, WHAT MY TAXES WENT UP, YOU KNOW, I GET THIS LITTLE THING FROM MOLINE AND FIND OUT IT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGURE THAT ALL OUT.
UM, BUT MY, I I'VE TALKED TO MY ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL OR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOU GUYS.
SO THE SCHOOL WOULD PUT A FOCUS GROUP TOGETHER FOR THE STAFF, THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PARENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND DO LIKE A LINK.
CAUSE I SUGGESTED TO THEM TO PUT A LINK OR HAVE ONE OF YOU GUYS GO THERE.
AND ONE OF THOSE GUYS COME HERE SO WE CAN LIKE GET TOGETHER AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON UP AT LIMERICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOMETIMES, OR EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IF THEY'RE HAVING LIKE A FAIR OR SOMETHING WE WANT, WE WANT OUR PEOPLE LIKE GRANDPARENTS TO GO TO IT.
AND IF OUR PARENTS AREN'T TELLING ME, LIKE, I'M A GRANDPARENT, I DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL THAT IF WE COULD GET SOMETHING, A LINK, LIKE SOMETHING THAT SAYS THE COMMUNITY, UH, SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY LINK ON OUR WEBSITE TO GO TO THEM AND THEY PUT SOMETHING ON THERE TO COME TO OUR PROVIDENCE OR LIMERICK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO HERE, THEN THERE IN THERE AND THERE.
AND NOW YOU HAVE TO GET TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
WE'RE UPDATING OUR WEBSITE AREN'T WE HOPE SO.
IT WAS A LITTLE PUTTING A LINK.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF WEIRD TODAY WHEN I WAS PULLING UP, IT WAS WEIRD.
SO, SO WE COULD, WE COULD CONTACT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PUT A LINK.
THAT'S THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY ME, SO I'M GOING TO GO THERE AND WE'LL TAKE YOUR SEAT.
WE'LL TAKE YOUR SUGGESTION WHEN WE REDO THAT.
HI, KRISTIN TROUTMAN, 1320 BLACKROCK ROAD TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE SAID.
I HEAR ABOUT AT FIRST WITH THE DITCH, MY MOM'S FRONT YARD, SHE'S 84, CUTS HER OWN GRASS, AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO PICK HER UP FROM HER FRONT YARD.
UM, MY MAIN REASON FOR SPEAKING TONIGHT IS I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EVERYBODY, I THINK APPRECIATES THE ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AND THE SHREDDING EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, YEARS AGO.
AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY, PROBABLY A COUPLE OF DECADES, UM, THE TOWNSHIP HAD A TIRE COLLECTION EVENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE CONSIDERED DOING THAT AGAIN.
UM, WE GOT RID OF 25 TIRES UP AT CHUCKS AUTO SALVAGE UP IN YELLOW HOUSE.
THEY DO AN EARTH DAY THING EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR, BUT I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'D BE SOMETHING MAYBE YOU'D CONSIDER FOR ONCE A YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR OR SOMETHING, JUST SO PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF, INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM OFF THE MONTCLAIR BRIDGE OR THROWING THEM ON SECOND AVENUE OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE EVEN IF THE TOWNSHIP HAS TO GO PICK THEM UP, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO PAY TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THEM.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN THE FALL, WHATEVER, BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW WITH TIRES AND STANDING WATER IT'S MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUNDS AND NASTY STUFF.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, SO, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST.
I ASSUME EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT MR. CHAIRMAN, I I'M TRYING TO DO A PIE GRAPH FOR MOST OF OUR BILLS.
SO EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN ABOUT 32% OF THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND.
UH, ABOUT 20,000 EVENT IS ESCROW SEWER CAPITAL.
A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS OUR ATTENDEE RUN PROJECT.
AND THE SEWER OPERATING COSTS IS WE'VE HAD SOME BILLS DUE TO THE LOWER, THE EDU BILL TO THE, UH, TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY.
AND THEN THE GENERAL CAPITAL AND RECREATION, UH, 67.
I THINK PART OF THAT IS GOING TO OUR DECK HOCKEY APPROVAL.
RICHARD'S ALSO GIVEN ME A, IS GIVEN ME A STATEMENT OF REVENUE UPDATE.
WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 90% OF OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, UH, PRETTY MUCH MOSTLY DURING THE DISCOUNT PERIOD.
THINK I'VE REPORTED THAT OUR REAL ESTATE TRANSFER
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TAX IS ALREADY EXCEEDED BUDGETED AMOUNTS, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PUT THAT EXCESS AND TO, AND TO CAPITAL THROUGH OUR CAPITAL POLICIES.AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING A GOOD SHARE OF OUR EIT REVENUE TO BE COMING IN, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.
[APPROVAL OF BILL LIST ]
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE BILL LIST.UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FROM APRIL 15TH TO MAY 11TH, 2022, AND THE AMOUNT OF $2,673,539 AND 35 CENTS.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FROM THE PERIOD OF APRIL 15TH, 2022 THROUGH MAY 11TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,673,539 AND 35 CENTS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MINUTES TO APPROVE TONIGHT THAT WE'RE ALSO IN OUR PACKETS.UH, THE REGULAR MEETING FROM APRIL 18TH AND THE TWO WORKSHOPS, UH, POLICE AND FIRE FROM APRIL 21ST AND APRIL 28.
UH, SOMEONE, IF SOMEONE COULD DO ONE WHOLE MOTION WITH I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE ALL THREE MINUTES FROM APRIL 18TH, 2022 FOR THE REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 21ST, 2022 FOR THE WORKSHOP MEETING OR THE POLICE AND APRIL 28TH, 2022 WORKSHOP MEETING FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
A SECOND, THAT, ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION SECOND TO APPROVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES, ONE FOR THE APRIL 18TH, 2022 MEETING, REGULAR MEETING ONE FOR THE APRIL 21ST, 2022 WORKSHOP MEETING ON POLICE.
AND ONE FOR THE APRIL 28TH, 2022 WORKSHOP MEETING ON FIRE SUPERVISOR CALCI.
SUPERVISOR HIGGINS, SUPERVISOR PEARSON, SUPERVISOR JAEGER.
AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED THIS EVENING, UH, UNDER
[OLD BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]
OLD BUSINESS.UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET A UPDATE FROM MS. SUSAN MAZZA TELLY ON THE FEMA BUYOUT RELATED TO HURRICANE HAIDA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
UM, SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FEMA ACQUISITION PROGRAM FOLLOWING HURRICANE IDA IN SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 1ST AND, UM, AUGUST 31ST.
SO, UH, I SUBMITTED TWO APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP ON JANUARY 21ST.
UM, IT WAS BROKEN INTO TWO APPLICATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 43 HOMES THAT WERE INTERESTED AND COMMITTED TO THE BUYOUT PROGRAM.
PEMA HAD SUGGESTED WE PUT THEM INTO TWO APPLICATIONS BECAUSE UPON APPROVAL IT'S EASIER TO MANAGE TWO APPLICATIONS.
UM, IN APPLICATION NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE 22 HOMES, WHICH WERE ALL DECLARED SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.
AND THAT APPLICATION IS ABOUT $9.5 MILLION.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL COSTS, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE PRICE, CLOSING COSTS, UM, DEMOLITION LEGAL, IT COVERS EVERYTHING CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT COST APPLICATION.
NUMBER TWO WAS 21 HOMES, ALSO ALL SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED HOMES THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER $9.5 MILLION.
SO IT'S ABOUT A $19 MILLION, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS.
AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD APPLICATION WHICH WAS SUBMITTED JUST FOR ONE HOME.
UH, IT WAS ONE 15 WALNUT STREET THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN FEBRUARY.
THEY KIND OF CAME INTO THE GAME A LITTLE BIT LATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP WAS VERY KIND TO SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST SUBMIT ANOTHER APPLICATION THAT WAS $228,000.
UM, SO IT'S ABOUT A 19,200,000 PROJECT.
IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BASED ON PAYMENTS ADJUSTMENT OF THE BUDGETS.
UM, SO I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH PIMA A LOT SINCE THE MISSION OF THE APPLICATIONS, JUST TO CROSS ALL THE T'S DOT, ALL THE I'S, UM, THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T READ, THINGS THAT WERE NOT ATTACHED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICATIONS WERE BASICALLY PERFECT TO GO TO FEMA, UH, PAYMENT HAS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ALL THE APPLICATIONS TO FEMA.
FEMA HAS THE APPLICATIONS NOW ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS.
UH, PIMA SAID THAT IT SHOULD TAKE FEMA APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS STARTING FROM APRIL 1ST TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND A DECISION WOULD BE FORTHCOMING BY ABOUT AUGUST.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY RECEIVING GRANT DOCUMENTS SOMETIME IN THE EARLY FALL.
SO WE'RE, HOPEFULLY THIS I'D BE VERY PLEASED WITH FEMA IF THEY CAN STAY ON THIS TIMELINE.
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AND THIS WAS THE TIMELINE FROM THE FALL WHEN TOM HUGHES FROM PIMA CAME TO SPEAK.AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE STICKING WITH THAT.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING HOMEOWNERS AS THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT EMAILS TO THEM, KIND OF KEEPING THEM UPDATED, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN VERY KIND, VERY APPRECIATIVE, VERY PATIENT.
SO, SO QUICK, SO FALL, WE WOULD GET WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR FALL.
YOU GET THE MONEY AND THE SETTLEMENTS WOULD START.
SO S SO SAY, FEMA SAYS AUGUST 1ST, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT IS APPROVED.
UM, I THINK THE MOST, THE SMARTEST THING TO DO WOULD ACTUALLY BRING IN THE HOMEOWNERS AND SAY, WE JUST WANT TO REGROUP.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMMITTING AND HAVE EVERYBODY SIGN.
WHAT IS CALLED A FINAL OFFER? THE FINAL OFFER IS LIKE A SALES AGREEMENT.
SO IT WOULD SAY YOUR APPRAISED VALUE IS 300.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE OFFERING YOU.
IT'S HELPFUL TO THE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S REPRESENTS A SALES AGREEMENT.
THEY CAN NOW TAKE THAT AND THEY CAN START LOOKING AT HOMES SAYING THAT I'M NOW COMMITTED TO THIS, AND WE CAN GET A BETTER IDEA FROM THE TOWN'S PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A TIMELINE.
THERE'S A THREE YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.
SO TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO SAY, I WANT TO GO, AS SOON AS THAT GRANT AGREEMENT IS SIGNED BY BOTH PARTIES, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN DO THAT.
THERE COULD BE PEOPLE WHO SAY, I CAN'T FIND A HOUSE.
THERE COULD BE OTHER PEOPLE WHO I HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL.
I'M NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT SUMMER UNTIL SUMMER OF 2023.
SO NORMALLY IN THESE PROGRAMS, THE MINUTE I KNOW THE GRANT AGREEMENTS ARE COMING, I ASKED FOR AN ADVANCEMENT.
FEMA WILL ALLOW A 50% ADVANCE ON EVERY GRANT.
SO I COULD ASK FOR 4.7, 470, NO, I'M SORRY TO DO THE MATH $4.7 MILLION ON EACH PROJECT THAT THEY WILL DEPOSIT IN OUR BANK THAT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 60 DAYS TO GET.
SO WE COULD START WITH THAT CHUNK OF MONEY AND JUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND AS IF WE START TO DRAW IT DOWN, I'LL KNOW IN ADVANCE, ASK AGAIN, THESE PROJECTS USUALLY DO TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S LEVEL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE THAT IF YOU CAN'T FIND A HOUSE, WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT TILL YOU FIND A HOUSE.
IF WE NEED AN EXTENSION, WE'LL GET AN EXTENSION, BUT IT'S WORKED REALLY WELL IN OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD, THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY WENT CLOSE TO THE END, BUT WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY FINDS WHAT FITS FOR THEM FINANCIALLY AND, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR FAMILY SITUATION.
AND THERE'S NOBODY WAITING TO MOVE INTO THESE HOMES.
SO I KNOW CONGRESSMAN DEAN'S OFFICE CONTACTED US TO SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING AND THEN CONTACT.
THEY'RE STAYING IN TOUCH WITH YOU, BRIAN.
I'VE, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES.
UM, THEY OFFERED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO REACH OUT, UM, TO FEMA, UM, NOT TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEM, TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION, SO TO SPEAK, BUT TO, UH, PUT PRESSURE ON THEM, TO EXPEDITE THE REVIEW.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE PART.
AND SO YOU MIGHT GET HALF OF FROM EACH BUCKET AND THEN AS PEOPLE ARE READY TO MOVE, THEY DRAW OUT OF THAT BUCKET AND SETTLE.
SO THE TOWN, THE MONEY WOULD BE DEPOSITED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
YOU'LL CREATE A GRANT ACCOUNT HERE, SO THAT MONEY WILL GO INTO THE GRANT ACCOUNT.
SO WE WILL, THE TOWNSHIP WILL HAVE THE MONEY READY TO GO TO SETTLEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, SO IF WE SCHEDULED SOMEONE FOR SETTLEMENT ON NOVEMBER 15TH, AND THEY'RE THREE, SAY $310,000 WITH CLOSING COSTS, THE TOWNSHIP WILL WRITE THE CHECKS TO THE TITLE COMPANY.
THE TITLE COMPANY WILL DISPERSE EVERYTHING SO THAT NOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH $310,000.
AND THEN THE NEXT PERSON COULD BE TWO WEEKS LATER, WE COULD GO THROUGH ANOTHER $250,000.
I'M VERY GOOD AT WATCHING AND COORDINATING WITH THE TOWNSHIPS TO SAY, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH YOUR MONEY? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GETTING CLOSE? YOU KNOW, SHOULD YOU WANT ME TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY AND I'LL DO THAT.
BUT WE'VE, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD ENOUGH TIME THAT WE'VE MADE IT.
AND, AND HOMEOWNERS ARE REALLY PRETTY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'LL TAKE THEM SOMETIMES 60 DAYS TO SAY, OH, I, I HAVE A NEW HOUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE, I'VE MADE IT WORK.
I'VE ALWAYS MADE IT WORK WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
JOHN AND I WALKED DOWN THERE AND KNOCKED ON A COUPLE OF DOORS AND SOME PEOPLE SEEM STILL KIND OF, IF HE, AT WHAT POINT DO THEY HAVE TO SAY I'M IN OR OUT, UM, BEFORE THE GRANT CLOSES OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, IN THREE YEARS, THEY'RE LIKE, NAH, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR CHOICE, THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
AND THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE PEOPLE IN THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE WHO SAY, I JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE.
I REALLY WOULD RATHER THAT NOT HAPPEN.
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I ALWAYS SAY, PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT PAYING A REALTOR'S FEE.YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT PAYING A REALLY TRANSFER TAX.
SO, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, I'VE HAD ONE HOME IN UPPER SOUTH HAMPTON, THEY DROPPED OUT, THEY HAD A 25% SHARE.
THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP.
IT'S UNUSUAL TO FIND HUNDRED PERCENT BUYOUTS THAT PEOPLE WALK AWAY FROM.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE TOO MANY BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO SEE THE TOWNSHIP NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.
LIKE I CAN IMAGINE BECAUSE HOUSING PRICES ARE SO HIGH RIGHT NOW AND NOT A GOOD IDEA WHEN THE MARKET'S HIGH TO BUY BY THE WAY.
UM, AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE YEAH, I'VE HAD PEOPLE CALL ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME THE APPRAISED VALUE FROM NOVEMBER.
I'M LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU AGREED TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY W THERE IS THREE YEARS TO GIVE PEOPLE THAT TIME TO HOPEFULLY FIND SOMETHING.
SO HOPEFULLY I THINK, I THINK FEMA HAS BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH THEIR APPRAISALS ON MOST OF THE PROPERTIES DOWN THERE.
SO IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD TIME BECAUSE OF, UH, HOUSING PRICES BEING UP, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY GETTING THEIR DOLLARS WORTH FROM, AND IT'S NOT A FEMUR APPRAISER.
THIS IS AN APPRAISER I WORKED WITH IN UPPER SOUTH HAMPTON.
HE DID 49 APPRAISALS AND HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND I ALSO DO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU'RE IN A FLOOD PLAIN, IT DEVALUES YOUR HOME ACTUALLY BY 10% AND APPRAISERS KNOW THIS, AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL PUT IT IN THE REPORT AND PEOPLE GET VERY UPSET.
SO YOU CAN'T DO A COMPARABLE TO A STREET.
THAT'S NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE, EVEN IF IT'S A BLOCK AWAY.
SO THAT I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, IF YOU GO TO SELL YOUR HOUSE, YOU MIGHT HAVE A NEW APPRAISER WHO COMES AND TAKES THAT 10%.
SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
AND IT IS, IT'S HARD WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S THEIR PERSONAL DECISION AND I RESPECT THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT THEM TO BE SAFE, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION FOR THEIR FAMILY.
IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST NOT A FINANCIAL DECISION TO, AT SOME, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S AN EMOTIONAL DECISION FOR SURE.
CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GO BACK TO THEIR HOUSES.
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GO BACK, SOME DIDN'T FIX THEM.
SOME THEIR HOUSES ARE FIXED AND NOW THEY'RE CALLING ME, CAN I ELEVATE THEM? LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, I, IT'S HARD.
I GET IT IT'S AND THEIR HOMES ARE FIXED UP.
AND THEN NOW ALL THESE THINGS, BUT IT REALLY IS THE BEST, YOU KNOW, FOR NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL CALL YOU AGAIN AT THAT FLOOD HAPPENED TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE HERE.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF OUR TIME TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING ME WITH THIS.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, SIX AND SEVEN, UM, ARE BOTH RELATED.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE EMINENT DOMAIN TAKINGS, BUT THEY ARE FRIENDLY TAKINGS WHERE THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE TOWNSHIPS, OFFER THE BUY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, EXECUTE EMINENT DOMAIN TO SAVE THEM ON PAYING A TRANSFER TAX.
SO IN ANY EVENT WE'LL NEED TO TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OF THE SOLICITOR ABOUT THIS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 20 AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A FRIENDLY, TAKING AN EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT OF SALE TO ACQUIRE 7 3 9 PORT PROVIDENCE ROAD, PARCEL 61 0 0 0 4 2 9 4 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ONE.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION.
2022 DASH 20, AUTHORIZING A FRIENDLY, TAKING AN EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT OF SALE TO ACQUIRE 7 39 PORT PROVIDENCE ROAD, PARCEL 61 DASH OH OH DASH OH 4 2 9 4 DASH OH DASH ONE.
SUPERVISOR CALCI, SUPERVISOR HIGGINS.
SUPERVISOR PEARSON, SUPERVISOR JAEGER.
THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, ON THE PERKIOMEN SIDE, BUT IT'S THE SAME SITUATION IN THE FLOOD, PLAIN, NO STRUCTURE.
AND THEY'VE AGREED TO SOLVE A LOT TO US.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IS, UM, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 21, AUTHORIZING A FRIENDLY, TAKING AN EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT OF SALE TO ACQUIRE A 100 SLASH 1 0 2 NORTH RIVER ROAD PARCELS SIX ONE DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 4 3 9 0 DASH FIVE ZERO DASH 8 6 1 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 4 3 9 0 DASH
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SIX ZERO DASH SEVEN AND SIX ONE DASH ZERO ZERO DASH 0 4 2 3 1 DASH ZERO ZERO DASH ONE.I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION, 2022 DASH 21, AUTHORIZING A FRIENDLY, TAKING AN EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT OF SALE TO ACQUIRE 100 SLASH 1 0 2 NORTH REBA ROAD PART STATED PARCEL NUMBERS BY SUPERVISOR HAGAN'S SUPERVISOR CALCI TO SUPERVISOR HAGEN'S SUPERVISOR PEARSON, SUPERVISOR JAEGER.
AND NEXT IS TO A, WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT A COUPLE MORE MEMBERS TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.
UH, WE HAVE MARIA, WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT THE PARKS AND REC BOARD AND MR. ROBERT GILLINGER IS GOING TO BE AN AT-LARGE REP ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION, OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPOINT THOSE TWO.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, WHICH I CAN JUST SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT MARIA SADLER AND ROBERT
[NEW BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]
NOW WE'RE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEM.NUMBER NINE ON OUR AGENDA IS TO APPROVE A MASTER TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH PENN DOT.
AND I THINK THIS MEANS SOME THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO ADOPT ONE EVERY MEETING FROM NOW THE ALTERNATIVE KIND OF LIKE OUR MASTER CASTING AGREEMENT YOU DO AT ONCE.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FIRST.
WHERE IS THIS ONE? WHERE IS THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL? SO IT ISN'T FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO WHAT THIS DOES IS, UH, CENTRAL OFFICE OF PENN.IN 2020 CREATED THIS MASTER AGREEMENT IS FULL 30 PAGES THAT YOU PROBABLY FELL ASLEEP.
BUT ANYWAY, I ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT I FELL ASLEEP READING IT EXACTLY.
IT'LL LET ME, IT DOES ELIMINATE THE NEED TO PASS INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS FOR EVERY SIGNAL PLANTS.
LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY THE TOWNSHIP, UM, DID A SIGNAL, TIMING CHANGE AT AN INTERSECTION TODAY.
THAT'S GOT TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD HAVE A RESOLUTION.
NOW, IF THERE'S A NEW SIGNAL OBVIOUSLY, OR THERE'S A MAJOR CHANGE THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD.
UM, BUT THIS IS LIKE FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE THINGS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BEFORE YOU.
YOU'RE GIVEN PERMISSION TO TIM AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 22, APPROVING A MASTER TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH PENN DAWN OFF SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION, 2022 DASH 22, APPROVING A MASTER TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH PENN DOT SUPERVISOR, CALCI SUPERVISOR HIGGINS, SUPERVISOR PEARSON.
AND, UH, THE NEXT IS TO REVIEW THE DRAFT POLICY ON PRIORITIZATION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE TOWN, TOWNSHIPS FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BY DECEMBER MR. CHAIRMAN, I SUBMITTED A DRAFT, UH, APRIL 21ST DRAFT THAT I THINK I'VE INCLUDED INTO MANAGER REPORTS AND A COUPLE OF OUR WORKSHOPS.
WE GOT SO TIED DOWN WITH SOME OF OUR POLICE DISCUSSIONS AND, AND PUBLIC WORKS DISCUSSIONS.
WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION IN THE POLICY.
UM, THIS WAS DONE, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH PFM.
UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN, UH, DO CAPITAL POLICIES, DIFFERENT WEIGHT FACTORS.
UM, THE ONE THAT I USE IS THE ONE THAT THEY RECOMMENDED FROM A TOWN IN MINNESOTA AND IT'S BASED VARIOUS WEIGHT FACTORS, UM, ASSIGNING CERTAIN WEIGHT FACTORS BASED ON, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, REGULAR TO WHETHER A PROJECT HAS A REGULATORY MANDATE, UH, THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE ABILITY TO FINANCE, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES,
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UM, MAINTENANCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECTS.UM, THE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO FORMALIZE THIS PROCESS.
SO AS WE GET INTO THE CAPITAL SERIOUS CAPITAL DISCUSSIONS, WE HAVE ONE MORE WORKSHOP WITH, UH, PARKS AND REC AND THEN PLANNING, AND THEN WHAT RICH AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY AS EARLY AS JULY IS TO START COMPILING ALL THESE PROJECTS AND RANKING THEM, UM, BASED ON EACH BOARD MEMBERS, INDEPENDENT RANKING BASED ON THESE CRITERIA.
UM, AND WE'RE AT A POINT I, I REALLY AM LOOKING FOR THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK, UM, ON WHETHER WE'VE HIT THE MARK.
IF THERE ARE ANY TWEAKS YOU'D LIKE US TO MAKE.
UM, I KNOW TOM JAEGER AND I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND, UM, TOM, FEEL FREE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, IDEAS, UH, ON WHETHER THIS CAN BE ENHANCED IN ANY WAY, UH, WE STILL HAVE A, UH, ONE MORE WORKSHOP ON THAT ONE, GOOD WORKSHOP ON CAPITAL STUFF NEXT THURSDAY WITH PARK AND REC, WE CAN CONTINUE TO THE, UH, THE DISCUSSION THEN, BUT, UM, I'VE GOTTEN, I'VE GOTTEN LIMITED FEEDBACK.
I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS ON THIS.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, GO AHEAD, TOM.
UH, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT INTERESTED IF WE LOOK OUT FOR THE FIVE THERE'S INCREASED TAXES OR I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE AND, AND IT STARTS WITH GETTING, UM, NUMBERS ON A PAGE AND STARTING TO ACT IT OUT.
WE'RE NOT ALL GONNA AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE SOME TO, UM, WE HAVE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS SOMEHOW WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF THE TOWNSHIP ARE AND WHERE W WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST NOW AND WHAT WE INVESTIGATE.
AND IT WILL BE GOOD JUST TO HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED A MULTITUDE OF THINGS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT FIRE AND POLICE ARE ALWAYS TOP PRIORITY SAFETY FOLKS IS, BUT WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY ON OTHER THINGS TOO.
AND WE NEED TO KIND OF TETRIS THINGS IN, WE CAN'T GOT TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S SUSTAINABLE YEAR AFTER YEAR, SO SUSTAINABLE AND FLEXIBLE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
SO, YEAH, MAYBE WE, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT OR NO? IT'S, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT FINALIZED AT SOME POINT.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING US ON TIME.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 11, CONTINUE OUR CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF SUE LAPINSKI FROM ME IN THIS BULLET FROM THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND APPOINTING A NEW MEMBER, THE FILL OF THE BALANCE OF THE TERM.
AND WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER THAT SOMEONE HAS STEPPED FORWARD, UH, DR.
KELLY AND FORNEY STEPHENS TO FILL THAT POSITION ON THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY.
AND, UH, WE'RE, UH, THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS GO TOGETHER.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATION OF WALLA PENSKE FROM A ZONING HEARING BOARD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T RECRUIT THIS WAY, BUT A MARRIED COUPLE IS GOING TO REPLACE MARY COUPLE.
I JUST HAPPENED TO WORK OUT SERENDIPITOUSLY LIKE THAT, DR.
BENJAMIN, UH, STEVEN, UH, TO THE, UH, ZONING HEARING BOARD.
AND I JUST, BEFORE WE VOTE ON, ON APPOINTING THOSE TWO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO WALTON.
SO FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE TOWNSHIP AND FOR BEING HERE AT SO MANY MEETINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COLD WINTER AND THE RAINY WEATHER, YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS HERE AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, AND I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS THE TWO OF THEM.
AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM LEAVE, BUT I GUESS I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT POWER, SO WE WILL ACCEPT YOUR RESIGNATIONS.
AND, UH, I'LL TAKE A MOTION ON APPOINTING, UH, DR.
KELLY M FORNEY STEVENS TO, UH, THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO A POINT, KELLY M FORNEY STEVEN'S PHD TO THE UPP, TO THE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY SUPERVISOR CALCI, SUPERVISOR HIGGINS.
AND, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, FOR THE ZONING HEARING BOARD AND, UH, IT'S TO, UH, TO A POINT, UH, DR.
BENJAMIN STEVENS TO THE ZONING HEARING BOARD, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 23, APPOINTING DR.
BENJAMIN D. STEVENS TO THE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD.
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ALL RIGHT.I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPOINT DR.
BENJAMIN D. STEPHENS TO THE UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD SUPERVISOR CALCI.
SUPERVISOR PEARSON, SUPERVISOR JAEGER.
AND FINALLY, UNDER NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERED ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 24, AUTHORIZING THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A PA DEP ROWING GREENER GRANT BRAY STREAM BANKS.
SOMEONE CAN JUST SAY, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WHAT IS BY AGENDA IF YOU WANT.
THIS IS FOR A STREAM BANK RESTORATION PROJECT DOWN ON GREENWOOD AVENUE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WB HOMES DEVELOPMENT GOING IN AT 3 57 GREENWOOD IT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK WE SAW A PRESENTATION ON THAT, THAT A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 24, AUTHORIZING THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A P A D P GROWING GREENER PLUS GRANT FOR A STREAM BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT SUPERVISOR, CALCIUM TO ARISE OR HIGGINS.
SUPERVISOR PEARSON, SUPERVISORY HAGER.
[MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS]
TO MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS.UH, TIM, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BOS TRACKER.
UM, UH, AND, UH, WE, THE ONE THAT KEEPS GETTING UP THERE AS FAR AS ACTIVITY IS THE FLOOD GATES REPORT.
ANY UPDATES ON THAT WE CAN MOVE ON.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A THAT'S WORKING, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT TOGETHER.
UM, THE JOYS PROPERTY, UH, WE HAVE A LEASE, UH, AGREEMENT.
WE DID NOT GET TO THAT IN TIME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST, UH, SOON HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT JOE PRESIDENTS, UH, UH, READY TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ON THAT.
AND I THINK ANOTHER THING ON THERE WAS THE HESS PRESERVE SOME OF THE, THE ROADWAYS AND PATHWAYS.
UM, WE GOT REPORTS THAT WE HAD SOME, UH, IMPEDIMENTS THERE THAT'S BEEN SO FAR REPAIRED.
UM, I HAVEN'T CLOSED THESE OUT.
I'M JUST REPEATING THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ISSUES.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS I NEED TO ADD.
UM, BUT, UM, IT'S BEEN KIND OF DORMANT RIGHT NOW, UNLESS THERE'S ANYBODY, IF MISSING ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED THAT I MISSED.
I HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, UH, IF YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE, UH, WE HAVE OUR CAR SHOW COMING UP ON JUNE 19TH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BLACK ROCK, NEW INCLUSIVE PEG PLAYGROUND IN WHICH TOM BROAD BELT TELLS ME, WE'LL BE PRETTY MUCH STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE LIKE TO HAVE THE BOARD START THEIR WORKSHOP ON THE SITE OF THE, UH, PLAYGROUND.
ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER ON THURSDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE, UH, AND WE'LL COME ON IN AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
SO THAT'LL BE THE PARK AND RECREATION SHOW UNTIL THE NEXT, YEAH, IT'D BE NEXT SERGEANT.
AND ALSO THE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH.
AND DURING THE CAR SHOW, WE WILL BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING ON THE NEW PLAYGROUND, THE NEW EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER AND THE NEW TRAIL EXTENSION TO THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER TRAIL.
I HAVE THE SCISSORS READY, BUT WE NEED THREE SCISSORS.
I'M GOING TO BLOW AN AIR HORN ALL AT ONCE.
ONE OTHER THING IS JUST A MOVE ON, UH, COMING UP SHORTLY.
THAT'S JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE, UM, YOU THINK FITS BEST TO MISS MUSIC FEST.
MUSIC FEST IS COMING UP JUNE 4TH, I BELIEVE AT ANDERSON PARK.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONCERTS STARTING AT, UH, AT NOON THROUGH THE EVENING.
AND, UM, IT'S, UH, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD AN OPEN CONCERT SINCE COVID, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.
WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, SOME FEEDS ONTO SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WEBSITE.
SO TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYBODY.
[CONSULTANT REPORTS]
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YEAH.AGAIN, I'M UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
PERMANENT TRENCH REGISTRATION HAS STARTED, UM, SHOULD BE SEEING THAT WRAP UP THE CURB AND SIDEWALK.
AND THE 80 RAMP A RAMPS ARE ALSO CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, NEXT STEP IS TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD, SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION, THAT PLANNING MODULE IS IN WITH DEP COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED.
THOSE ARE BEING ADDRESSED, UH, GREENWOOD AVENUE, SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION.
WE ARE WAITING FOR AUTHORIZATION FROM AN OUTSIDE AGENCY PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THAT FOR DEP TOWNSHIP ROADS PROJECTS.
THE INLET TOP REPLACEMENT IS STARTED, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
SO THAT'S GOOD THAT THOSE HAVE STARTED, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY.
LANDSCAPING'S GOING IN OVER THERE AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND RISING IN THE DISTANCE.
UM, MONTHLY ESCAR REVIEW LIST.
YEAH, WE HAVE ONE REVIEW OR ONE REQUEST FOR MONEY RELEASE FOR 209 FOURTH AVENUE.
IT'S APPROVED FROM THE ENGINEERING STANDPOINT.
MR. SOLICITOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? THANK YOU.
[SUPERVISORS COMMENTS]
ARE AT SUPERVISOR'S COMMENTS.ONE COMMENT I WANT TO BRING UP.
CAUSE I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT JOHN AND I WALKED CLARE SATURDAY, AND A COUPLE COMMENTS AT THE SAME COMMENT KEPT COMING UP, THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE FEMA PROGRAM THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY LIVING IN THEIR HOMES, AREN'T MAINTAINING THEM.
EITHER GRASS IS OVER AND YOU COULD SEE IT CLEARLY SEE ONES THAT ARE PEOPLE AREN'T THERE ANYMORE.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, I WAS DOWN IN MONTCLAIR ON FRIDAY.
AS I WAS DRIVING, I, UH, EMAILED SEVEN PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WERE BOTH IN THE BUYOUT PROGRAM AND WHOSE PROPERTIES APPEARED OVERGROWN.
UM, IF SOMEBODY EVEN CUT THE GRASS, ONCE I GAVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT THEY'RE DOING IT, BUT THESE SEVEN, IT LOOKED LIKE NO ONE HAD DONE IT.
SO I CONTACTED THEM ALL BY EMAIL.
TWO OF THEM HAVE WRITTEN ME BACK, UH, SINCE AND SAID IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE'VE BEEN AT LEAST BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, WITH, UH, SEVEN OF THEM.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BECOME A HEALTH ISSUE FOR OTHER NEIGHBORS DOWN THERE ON GRASS.
I THINK IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE DOWN THERE UNTIL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE BUYOUT PROGRAM OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FINALLY APPROVED BY FEMA AND PURCHASED BY THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, UH, WE WERE IGNORANT OF THE OBLIGATION TO THE PROPERTY WITH A BOARD RECENTLY AUTHORIZED THE PURCHASE OF AT 9 29 PORT PROVIDENCE ROAD SENT TOM BROAD BELT DOWN THERE WITH HIS ARM MOWER TO CUT AT LEAST ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY TO, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAINTAIN THE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN DOWN THERE AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL, UM, THIS ONE GENTLE REMINDER WILL KEEP PEOPLE ON A REGULAR GRASS SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SUMMER.
ONE OTHER QUESTION TO KEEP YOUR, I KEEP BRINGING THAT UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SOLVE ON AT THE TRASH PICKUP.
IS THERE ANY, IS THE PROGRAM BACK IN SWING? BRIAN WAS VERY TRASHY.
I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THE COUNTY THIS YEAR WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THEM.
UM, WE KIND OF COLLECTIVELY, AS STAFF SAID, WE'LL DEFER TO THE, UM, UH, EAC WHEN THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PUTTING A PROGRAM TOGETHER TO SOLICIT, UH, BUSINESSES OR, UH, UM, TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS TO JOIN SUCH A PROGRAM THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF CERTAIN AREAS OR PARKS OR REASON TO THE TOWNSHIP THAT WE ALL IDENTIFY ANNUALLY AS A LITTER PROBLEM.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ROADSIDE TRASH OR ROADSIDE? I MEAN, THEY USED TO HAVE THE LAST YEAR THEY DID.
THAT WAS I THINK 2019 PRE IT WAS PRE COVID.
TOM, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO NOT THIS WEEK.
UH, THE ONLY BOOK I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND, AND I WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
CHERYL IS SHADOW NETWORK BY N NELSON.
[UPCOMING EVENTS]
READING OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS.UH, WE HAVE TWO, OUR NEXT TWO BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETINGS ARE JUNE 20TH AND JULY 18TH.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSION IS CANCELED ON MAY 18TH.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS JUNE 1ST AND PARKS AND RECREATION MEETS JUNE 8TH, UH, AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY.
THEIR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 2ND AND
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THERE'S NO SCHEDULED MEETINGS RIGHT NOW FOR THE ZONING HEARING BOARD.AND THIS BOARD MEETS AND WORKSHOP NEXT THURSDAY FOR PARKS AND REC.
AND, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.