[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE UPPER PROVIDENCE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AS YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
[MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD AGENDA]
AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BOARD'S AGENDA.UH, I'LL UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
[CEREMONIES]
AND THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA, OUR CEREMONIES, AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE SWEARING IN OF MIKE RUSSELL AS CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS, PLEASE.
I'M LIKE RUSSELL HAVING BEEN DULY APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP ABOVE OUR UPPER PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, UPPER PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
I WILL SUPPORT OBEY AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT A BAY AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ORDINANCES OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ORDINANCES OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
AND I WILL PERFORM AND DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY THAT I WILL PERFORM AND DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY.
AND I WILL REPRESENT MYSELF IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE MANNER AT ALL TIMES.
AND THEN I WILL REPRESENT MYSELF IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE MANNER AT ALL TIMES.
YEAH, IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I NEVER PINNED THE BADGES ON NO, NO, NO.
AND YOU CAN SEE SHARE, I'LL GIVE A STAR SIGN AFTERWARDS.
OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO SWEAR IN TOM DEMMER, LING AS FIRE MARSHALL AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
I THOMAS EMERLING I THOMAS DIMMER LINK, I HAVEN'T BEEN DULY APPOINTED AS FIRE MARSHALL, DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
HAVING BEEN DULY APPOINTED AS FIRE MARSHALL, DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP ABOVE OUR UPPER PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF UPPER PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT OBEY AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT OBEY AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ORDINANCES OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ORDINANCES OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
AND I WILL PERFORM A DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY THAT I WILL PERFORM AND DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE WITH FIDELITY AND THAT I WILL REPRESENT MYSELF IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE MANNER AT ALL TIMES.
AND THAT I WILL REPRESENT MYSELF IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE MANNER AT ALL TIMES.
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YEP.[PUBLIC COMMENT]
OKAY.NOW'S THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING ON OUR AGENDA OR ANY MATTER OF BUSINESS, UH, WITH THE TOWNSHIP, I WOULD INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME STREET ADDRESS, AND PLEASE TRY TO CONTAIN YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? COME ON DOWN.
YOU CAN ADJUST THAT MICROPHONE TO WHEREVER YOU NEED IT TO BE.
I JUST NEED YOUR NAME AND STREET ADDRESS AND KIERSTEN SMITH.
UM, I DID RESIDE AT 7 0 2 PORT PROVIDENCE ROAD.
SO, UM, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING.
IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO, PROBABLY FOR EVERYBODY.
EXCEPT IF MR. PEARSON IS HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
UM, BUT LIKE PEOPLE ARE STILL RECOVERING AND STUFF AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT ADDRESSED.
I HAVE CALLED I'VE LEFT VOICEMAILS.
I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF GENTLEMEN.
I ASKED FOR LIKE ITINERARIES FROM MINUTE TO MINUTE OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
WE GOT THE EVACUATION NOTICE TO GO TO HIGHER GROUND FOUR HOURS AFTER MY HOUSE WAS SUBMERGED.
I HAVE A 16 YEAR OLD, MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVED BEHIND ME, HER IN THEIR ATTIC WITH NO WINDOWS TO GET OUT, HAD A TWO YEAR OLD.
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST BEEN LIKE KIND OF EVER LOOKED.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE HAVE LIVED THERE, THE WHOLE LIVES.
THEY JUST HAD TO DUMP THEIR WHOLE SAVINGS TO GET OUT OF THE BASEMENT.
AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE TAKING THERE'S NO TSUNAMIS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
LIKE I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS WHAT, LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT DAY AND NO ONE'S ADDRESSING IT.
AND I JUST, CAN'T NOT ASK WHY, WHAT HAPPENED TO DROP THE BALL.
AND I FEEL LIKE I JUST WANT ANSWERS FOR LIKE MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS.
AND ACTUALLY THE FIRE CHIEF THAT I JUST SWORE IN IT JUST LEFT.
HE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OUT, WE'VE GOT THE RIVER WORKING NOW, RIVER GAUGES WORKING, THEY'RE WORKING ALL UP AND DOWN THE SCHOOL AT THIS POINT.
AND OVER ON THE PERKIOMEN CREEK TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IDA AND SAY, AGNES BACK IN THE SEVENTIES IS IDAHO HAPPENED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD.
WE, THE GROUND WAS ALREADY SODDEN.
WE HAD SEVEN TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN IN AUGUST, AND THEN WE GOT 12 TO 13 INCHES OF RAIN IN 12 TO 13 HOURS.
AND THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER DOES NOT NORMALLY FLASH FLOOD THAT WAS CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF HOW FAST THE WATER CAME UP, A FLASH FLOOD.
SO IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS EXPECTED.
UM, WE'RE PUTTING A NEW COMMUNICATION PLAN IN PLACE AND THE CONDITION IS WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.
WE'RE MONITORING THOSE RIVER GAUGES.
AND WE HOPE TO GET THE NOTICE OUT SOONER.
THE OTHER PIECE OF IT, OF COURSE, AND KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING ON.
BEMA IS ATTEMPTING TO BUY OUT AS MANY OF THOSE HOMES THAT ARE IN THE WORST PART OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
NOBODY'S GOING TO EVER LIVE THERE AGAIN.
SO THAT IS ONE WAY TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN LIVING MEMORY
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THAT WE'VE HAD A FLASH FLOOD ON THE SCHOOL.THAT'S HOW QUICK THE WAR CAME UP.
I'M I'M AWARE, UM, IN ALL RESPECT WITH THE FLASHLIGHT THOUGH, I'VE NEVER SEEN WHERE THE WATER HAS GONE, LIKE A TSUNAMI, BUT THE TSUNAMI, THE WATER ACTUALLY RECEIVED, RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO GO, WE KNOW HOW TO GAUGE IT LIVED THERE 41 YEARS.
LIKE I SAID, I LIVE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
SO ONCE IT HITS THE TOP OF THE HILL, IT'S JUST LIKE, I KNOW THE HOUSE IS DONE.
AND YOU GAVE HER THE ROCK EVERY 20 TO 30 MINUTES, WE'RE GOING OUT AND CHECKING.
I WENT TO SLEEP, MY BOYFRIEND WENT OUT AND HE MOVED THE ROCK.
THE WATER WENT DOWN 10 TO 20 FEET FROM THE ROCK.
HE WENT OUT 20, 30 MINUTES LATER, COULDN'T EVEN GET TO THE ROCK.
HAS YOU STEPPED OFF OF MY DECK INTO THE SCOOPABLE? YEP.
SO THAT IS LIKE THAT'S HOW DID THE WATER RECEDE AND THEN LIKE, IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
LIKE THE FI LIKE ONE OF THE FIREMEN CAME DOWN AND REMOVED THE CONE, TURNED DOWN CANAL STREET.
LAST TIME THAT HAPPENED, YOU HAD A PERSON FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT WAS AT A HOTEL AND FOLLOWED, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR SIRI OR WHATEVER.
AND THEY TURNED RIGHT DOWN CANAL STREET NEAR THE RIVER.
SO IF THEY KNEW IT WAS FLOODED, WHY WOULD THEY COME DOWN AND MOVE THE CONE? LIKE IT WAS OKAY TO DO THAT AND LEAVE AND NOT SAY ANYTHING.
AND MY SON SAW THAT, LIKE, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVEN'T, I FEEL LIKE THE NO DRESS.
AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T SAY SOMETHING, I JUST LIKE, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ADDRESSED AGAIN.
BUT FOR PEOPLE DOWN THERE, LIKE, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT HOME.
THAT WAS GONNA BE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.
I DON'T EVEN CAME TO LIVE WITH MY SON RIGHT NOW.
LIKE I JUST, I FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED MORE THAN I USED TO BE.
I, YOU KNOW, FEMA IS KIND TO HAVE THE NEAR ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
AND LIKE I ASKED FOR LIKE AN ITINERARY OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, LIKE SIX MONTHS AGO, OR ARE YOU IN THE FEMA PROGRAM? ARE YOU GOING TO, I AM A RENTER.
SO I CAN'T, I HAD, I LIVED IN THE INLAND HOUSE BEHIND MY PARENT'S HOUSE.
THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN, UM, IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST STORE IN PORT PROVIDENCE.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE UNDER INSURANCE.
UM, I WAS A RANCHER, SO IT WAS JUST DOWN IN THE STUFF IS DONE.
WELL, ALL I CAN SAY IS WE'RE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL NOW.
AND, UH, IN THE LAST 50 YEARS TO, TO SHOW YOU HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, WE'VE HAD TWO, 500 YEAR EVENTS AND THREE, 100 YEAR EVENTS.
AND, UH, IF YOU JUST SAW THE FLOODING FROM YELLOWSTONE WHERE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE WEST IS IN DROUGHT, BUT THEY JUST HAD A THOUSAND YEAR EVENT, A NO, NO LIVING MEMORY OF A FLOOD EVER THAT DEEP.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE WEATHER IS CHANGING, THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND, UM, IT MAY DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE PLACES ARE SAFE TO LIVE AND NOT ANYMORE.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOU'RE LISTENING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT?
[EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON.UM, WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS, UH, PERSONNEL AND REAL ESTATE MATTERS AND, UH, AND LITIGATION.
[APPROVAL OF BILL LIST]
ALL RIGHT.AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THE APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST.
I KNOW WE ALL GOT THAT EARLIER TODAY ON OUR EMAIL.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FROM MAY 12TH, 2022 TO JUNE 14TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $358,900 AND 24 CENTS.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BILL LISTS FOR THE PERIOD.
MAY 12TH, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 14TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION, $358,900 AND 24 CENTS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HEY, AND, UH, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES THAT WERE IN OUR PACKET.UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH SETS OF MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 16TH, 2022.
AND THE WORKSHOP MEETING OF MAY 26TH, 2022.
I THINK THAT ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 16TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING AND OUR MAY 26TH, 2022 WORKSHOP MEETING ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
NO, YOU GUYS ARE HAVING TO WORK HARD TONIGHT WITH FULL HERE.
[OLD BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]
ALL RIGHT.WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING.
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UM, UNDER OLD BUSINESS CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 25, APPROVING THE GREENWOOD AVENUE, SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PLANNING MODULE.I MOVED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 25, APPROVING THE GREENWOOD AVENUE, SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PLANNING MODULE A SECOND.
THAT ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE GREEN WOOD AVENUE, SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PLANNING MODULE.
AND NEXT IS CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 26, GRANTING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL TO 1 68 BECHTLE ROAD, MINOR SUBDIVISION.
I SAW THIS REAL STRAIGHTFORWARD SPLITTING A LOT INTO TWO.
AS EASY AS IT GETS SHORT RESOLUTION.
THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT ULTIMATE RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'LL STILL HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE RECORDING.
I'LL UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 26, GRANTING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL.
2 1 6 8 BECHTLE ROAD, MINOR SUBDIVISION.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 26, GRANTING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL TO 1 68 BACKDOOR ROAD, MINOR SUBDIVISION.
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 27, DESIGNATING ASSISTANT TOWNSHIP MANAGER, BRIAN ORTON TO CHUCK AS THE AGENT TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS FOR A, YET TO BE ANNOUNCED 2020 FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE BRAND AWARD FOR THE ACQUISITION OF 2 0 1 AND 2 0 5 CANAL STREET.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT.
IS THIS THE ONE WHERE THEY COULDN'T FIND THE SECOND THE TWIN? THIS IS THE LAST TIME I THINK IT IS.
AND WE PROBABLY WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AND SIGN ALL OF IT.
[NEW BUSINESS (ACTION/DISCUSSION ITEMS)]
ALL RIGHT.NEW BUSINESS, CONSIDER APPOINTING A NEW MEMBER TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO FILL THE BALANCE OF A VACANT TERM THROUGH 2023.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAD, I HAD A RESUME THAT, UH, OR SOMEONE WHO, UH, CONTACTED SU UH, DIRECTLY WILLIAM GREEN.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE.
HE'S FILLING THE SLOT FOR THE LATE CATHY BRENNAN, OUR FRIEND, AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE SADLY LOST LAST MONTH.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, ASSIGN UPT PRESIDENT WILLIAM GREEN OF 1 0 6 SUMMIT DRIVE TO FILL A SLOT LEFT BY THE LATE CATHY DRENNAN.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT RESONANT, WILLIAM GREEN TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
AND CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE 5 94 REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 180 2 ZONING ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE 5 95 REGARDING CLEANUP UPDATES TO CHAPTER 180 2 ZONING.
UM, AND THERE'S A SUGGESTED DATE OF AUGUST 15TH, 2022 FOR THIS.
UH, THIS IS JUST TO ADVERTISE THE HEARING 110 EMOTIONAL ON THAT.
AND SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 15TH, 2022 ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE 5 94 REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 180 TWOS ZONING ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE 5 95 REGARDING CLEANUP UPDATES TO CHAPTER 180 2 ZONING, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE, VERY MUCH.
AND, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS PORTION.
[MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS]
M YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE B UH, BORDER SUPERVISOR, FAST TRACKER THINGS ARE KIND OF A, UH, A NEUTRAL STATUS ON SOME OF OUR TRACKER ITEMS. UH, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE, UM, THE CONDITIONS OF THE FLOOD GAUGES THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT ON AS AN ACTIVE ITEM, CAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RECONCILE SOME[00:20:01]
ISSUES WITH THE GPS, GP, GPS TRACKER, BUT THEY ARE FUNCTIONING.UM, WE HAVE, UH, RESOLVE SOME ISSUES REGARDING TRASH AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
UM, I THINK, UH, CHIEF, YOU HAD, UM, UH, YOUR TRAFFIC COORDINATOR GO OUT ON PENNYPACKER ROAD ON, UM, DO SOME CHECKS ON THAT COMPANY.
ERIC WARD, SERGEANT SOLORIO, UM, UH, WENT OUT AND MET WITH THE COMPLAINANT ON THIS, AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTOR.
UH, JUST TO KIND OF REHASH A LITTLE BIT THE COMPLAINT.
UM, I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT WAS COMING FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE OFF OF LINFIELD TRAPPE ROAD.
UH, SO SERGEANT HILORIE SPOKE TO BOTH, UM, WHAT WE DISCOVERED WAS ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACTOR, THE REASON HE CHOSE THAT ROUTE, UH, IT WAS A, BASICALLY A SAFETY MEASURE FOR HIS DRIVERS OF MAKING CERTAIN TURNS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE EASIER IN THE RIGS THAT THEY WERE DRIVING AND IT IS GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY, UH, ISSUE.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LONG LASTING, UH, SHORTER THAT, UM, THERE'S REALLY NOT A, UH, POLICE OPTION HERE.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT IT'S TEMPORARY AND NOT PERMANENT.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GO FROM THERE.
DID WE GET BACK TO THE GENTLEMEN WHO CAME FORWARD, LET THEM KNOW THAT.
SO JUST LOWER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM WITH ALL UPDATES.
WHAT OTHER PENDING ITEM WAS THE JOYCE PROPERTY LEASE, WHICH WE DISCUSSED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OTHER STUFF THAT'S KIND OF IN ADVANCE, WE'LL UPDATE IT AS NEEDED.
THE OTHER ITEM, UM, IS WE HAVE TWO FINAL WORKSHOPS.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A PLANNING, LIKE KIND OF A PLANNING ONLY WORKSHOP AND THEN A WRAP UP TIME.
AND I KNOW WE'RE RAPIDLY GETTING INTO VACATION CALENDARS.
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY I TOUCH BASE WITH, UH, MR. MR. JAEGER, UM, AND, UH, REACHING OUT TO JOHN.
I'D LIKE TO GET SOME GOOD DATES FROM EVERYBODY.
SO IF YOU COULD LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS IN JULY AND AUGUST, UH, CHERYL AND I WILL BE FOLLOWING UP.
[CONSULTANT REPORTS]
YEP.DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM ENGINEERING? I HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE.
THE 2022 ROAD PAVING IS ONGOING.
THE TINDI RUN CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING.
THERE ARE SOME GENERAL PERMITS OUT FOR REVIEW WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
CURRENTLY THE TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD, SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION PRELIMINARY DESIGN IS BEING PREPARED AS WELL AS GREENWOOD APP, WHICH YOU APPROVED.
THE TAYLOR FARM PUMP STATION IS ONGOING.
WE'RE PROVIDING EXHIBITS FOR PREPARATION OF THE PLANNING MODULE BY THE APPLICANT AND CONTINUING ON WITH GREENWOOD AVENUE, SIDEWALK AND ITEM.
UM, I DID NOTICE THAT OLD STATE GOT REPAVED ALREADY.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS BAD MESSAGE.
I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN ON ALL THOSE REPAVE THEM.
I WAS ASKING FOR THIS HEAD WORK.
SO GO AHEAD, JEN, TELL US ABOUT IT.
UH, DID YOU HAVE THE MEMO FROM A WEEK AGO, TOUCHED ON THE ITEMS IT'S IN THE PACKET WHERE IT TOUCHED ON THE, THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR PUTTING IN THE SIDEWALK AND THE ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE SIDEWALK? YEAH.
THE ISSUE OUT THERE IS THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY IS CURRENTLY 33 FEET AND UTILITY POLES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WHICH EITHER SIDE, YOU WOULD PICK, YOU NEED A RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION.
WE CONCENTRATED ON THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE CHURCH, THE ROAD.
UM, YOU'RE HAVE STORMWATER ISSUES WITH PENNDOT.
YOU ALREADY NEED AN HOP FOR THE SANITARY SEWER INSTALLATION, RIGHT? THAT'S A GIVEN, UM, THAT'S A PRETTY FAST ONE.
THERE WOULD BE AN EFFECT ON THE TIMING OF THE SANITARY SEWER CONSTRUCTION WHILE YOU WERE WAITING FOR THE PENN DOT APPROVAL FOR THE SIDEWALK, IF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION ACQUISITION, YOU WOULD NEED A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT BEYOND THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE TALKING PROBABLY MINIMUM 20 FEET TOTAL THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 10 AND BREAK CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT 10 FEET BEYOND THAT.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF LARGE CALIPER TREES OUT THERE, BIG DIAMETER TREES.
SO THE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEIR BUFFER THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALONG GREENWOOD AVENUE, WOULDN'T BE THERE.
UM, THEY'LL NEED TO SHOVEL A SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S A DESIGN THAT CAN HAPPEN.
UM, THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT RAMP RAMIFICATIONS FOR IT.
AND OF COURSE EACH PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO BE ASK IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP SOME OF THEIR FRONT YARD
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IN ORDER TO GET THE SIDEWALK.I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH THE ASK.
WE CAN SEND THAT OVER TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO THERE, BUT NOT BY FOLKS.
UM, NEXT ITEM IS THE REVIEW OF A MONTHLY ESCROW AND, UH, JUST A COUPLE TO ANNOUNCE HERE.
THERE WAS A RELEASE OF 52,983 AND $50.
UH, THAT WAS FOR THE GREEN R FOR GREENWOOD AVENUE 3 95 GREENWOOD AVENUE.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A RELEASE OF 170,000, $170,935 AND 89 CENTS.
AND THAT WAS RELATED TO THE SHEPARD CNS PROJECT PROPERTIES TO OKAY.
THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY VOTING TO APPROVE THOSE RELEASES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RELEASE $52,983 AND 50 CENTS FOR THE OXFORD LEAGUE.
3 95 GREENWOOD AVENUE RELEASE NUMBER TWO, AND, UH, THE RELEASE OF $170,935 99 CENTS FOR SHEPHERD CNS PROPERTIES TO PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK, WEST RELEASE NUMBER SEVEN.
[SOLICITOR REPORT]
ALL RIGHT.THIS IS A AUTHORIZATION FOR ME TO SIGN ONE OF THESE, UH, SETTLEMENT STIPULATIONS FOR A TAX ASSESSMENT APPEAL.
THIS PROPERTY CAME DOWN AS A RESULT OF THE APPEAL FROM, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE STIPULATION FROM ABOUT, UH, 6.3 MILLION DOWN TO 5.9 MILLION.
UM, WE'VE HAD WORST ONES COME THROUGH, SO IT'S NOT A HUGE ONE, A BIGGER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ROUTINE SETTLEMENT THAT THE DISTRICT, YES, THEY HAVE THE LABORING WAR ON ALL OF THESE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A SOLICITOR TO EXECUTE STIPULATION, TO SETTLE PERTAINING TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF APPEAL.
ASSESSMENT APPEAL FILED BY APPLE NINE PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS TRUST FOR POP PROPERTY LOCATED AT 600 CAMPUS DRIVE.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AUTHORIZE OUR SOLICITOR TO EXECUTE A STIPULATION, TO SETTLE PERTAINING TO A MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEAL FILED BY APPLE NINE PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS TRUST FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 600 CAMPUS.
DRIVE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[SUPERVISORS COMMENTS]
NOW WE'RE DOWN TO SUPERVISOR'S COMMENTS.UH, MY ONLY COMMENT IS, UH, AS I TOLD THE CHIEF, I WAS ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO SWEAR IN CHIEF WRESTLE AND TOM DEMMER LINK TONIGHT, TWO OUTSTANDING CAREER FIREFIGHTERS BY RESPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FIREFIGHTING COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT IT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO TOM FOR HIS CLASSIC CAR SHOW YESTERDAY.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND WELL MANAGED AND ORGANIZED.
I KNOW TOM WRIGHT HAD AND THE MEN AS WELL AS SORT OF A LOT OF THE STAFF.
AND MY COMMENT IS I HAVE THREE BOOKS TO RECOMMEND.
ONE IS TRIGGER POINTS BY MARK FOLMAN.
ONE IS THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED AS A DOG BY RUSE, EXCUSE ME, BRUCE PERRY AND MY S LA LOVITZ AND SEEN AND UNSEEN BY MARC LAMONT HILL AND TODD BREWSTER.
[UPCOMING EVENTS]
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.UH, OUR NEXT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING WILL BE JULY 18TH, 7:00 PM.
AND THEN THE ONE IN AUGUST IS AUGUST 15TH, 7:00 PM.
UH, PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MEET ON JULY SIX, 7:00 PM AND, UH, JULY 20TH.
ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT YET AT 7:00 PM, PARKS AND RECREATION MEETS JULY 13TH AT 6:00 PM.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY MEETS AUGUST 4TH AT 7:00 PM.
AND THE ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE AS OF NOW IS JUNE 23RD FOR THEIR NEXT MEETING AT 7:00 PM.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.