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OCCASION.[Board of Supervisors on May 17, 2021.]
SWEAR IN OUR BRAND NEW POLICE CHIEF LIEUTENANT MARK FREEMAN IS GONNA BE PROMOTED TO CHIEF OF THE POLICE, CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE UPPER PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.AND, UH, WITH NO FURTHER ADO, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT STARTED.
IT WAS INDEED AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
I KNOW THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOU, BUT IT, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL.
AND I'M DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH YOU.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON THE BIBLE AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
ULYSSES, MARK FREEMAN, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND, THAT I WILL SUPPORT, OBEY, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE, AND THAT I WILL DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
I WON'T EVER BE CONFUSED AGAIN.
AND I ASK YOUR WIFE TO DEPEND ON, YOU KNOW, WHY I WON'T DO IT.
GOT A COUPLE OF DRY RUNS HERE, SO SHE SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.
WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS NEXT MONTH WHEN WE, UH, SAY GOODBYE TO, UH, CHIEF TOOMEY.
BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IN UPPER PROVIDENCE.
THEY'VE RE THEY'VE, THEY HAVE SOUGHT AND WON MANY ACCREDITATIONS IN RECENT YEARS, AND THEY'RE JUST A FINE GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS.
AND, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, LIKE I SAID, NEXT MONTH.
BUT, UH, AS I TOLD MARK, I, I SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT A LOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN HERE, THE, THE, THE HIGH STANDARDS.
BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S NOT ALONE, AND I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS WILL SUPPORT HIM 100% IN THAT.
AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
UH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE I NEED TO THANK.
IF YOU JUST BEAR WITH ME, IT'LL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD.
UH, I'M VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED, UH, FOR YOUR DECISION, UH, TO ALLOW ME TO, UH, LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT INTO THE FUTURE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, TOWNSHIP MANAGER, TIM TEPERMAN.
UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES DURING THIS, UH, TRANSITION WHERE, UH, ONE OF HIS COMMENTS WAS, MARK, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE THIS A NICE EVENT FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK FONDLY ON.
IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT YOU AND, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, AND YOU'VE SUCCEEDED.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A LITTLE AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, SARAH, CHERYL, AND, UH, RICH, WE KIND OF PUT THIS TOGETHER.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UH, CHIEF TOY, ALTHOUGH CHIEF TOY'S ONLY BEEN WITH OUR AGENCY FOR ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OUT OF A 44 YEAR CAREER.
UM, MAKING NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT FROM DAY ONE, HE WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT INVESTED IN UPPER PROVIDENCE AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS, UH, SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS OF LEADERSHIP, UH, HIS GUIDANCE.
HE'S A GREAT BOSS TO WORK FOR, AND ULTIMATELY, UH, NOW A GREAT FRIEND.
I WANT TO THANK ALSO, UH, MY FAMILY AND, AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE
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TODAY.NO ONE REACHES ANY LEVEL OF SUCCESS, UH, WITHOUT HELP AND SUPPORT, AND I AM NO DIFFERENT.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN THERE, UH, ALL THE WAY, UM, WITHOUT QUESTION.
UH, WE ARE MISSING ONE FAMILY MEMBER TODAY, OR ACTUALLY TWO.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW AND MY FATHER WHO PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR, ONE OF MY BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS.
BUT, UH, HE, I'M SURE HE IS WITH US IN SPIRIT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, AND RECOGNIZE THE OFFICERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS, UH, IS A CHALLENGE IN REGULAR TIMES.
AND THEN YOU THROW A PANDEMIC ON TOP OF IT.
IT MADE THE, UH, THE JOB THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC WHEN THEY COME TO WORK, AND THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH THAT SAME PANDEMIC, UH, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SO, BUT THEY CAME TO WORK EVERY DAY AND THEY CONDUCTED THEMSELVES IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WAY.
THEY PUT OTHERS BEFORE THEMSELVES.
AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE MY, MY WIFE.
ALL THESE SPOUSES, UH, THAT IN THE ROOM THAT HAVE HUSBANDS, IT'S POLICE OFFICERS, KNOW THAT IT'S NO EASY TASK BEING MARRIED TO A POLICE OFFICER.
UH, MISS HOLIDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, SHIFT WORK, UH, YOU NAME IT.
BUT THE ULTIMATE, UH, DIFFICULTY IS WHEN YOU KISS YOUR SPOUSE GOODBYE AS A LETHAL WORK, BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT THAT DAY'S GONNA BRING.
AND, UH, FOR 30 YEARS, UH, SHE STOOD BY ME WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY AND LITERALLY MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THIS WITHOUT HER, ESPECIALLY MY MASTER'S DEGREE.
UH, AND SHE WAS MY PROOFREADER FOR A LOT OF MY PAPERS.
UH, BUT, UH, I LOVE YOU, HONEY.
THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES TO ME.
I'M TRYING TO THINK THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHIEFS AND EVERYONE THAT CAME.
MAKE SURE I'M NOT, UH, FORGETTING ANYBODY HERE.
UH, HONORABLE JUDGE ALSTON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP AND, UH, PERFORMING THE CEREMONY.
I, I GUESS EVERYONE'S FIGURED OUT THAT WE HAVE FULL PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AT OUR MEETINGS, AGAIN,
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY FOR THE MEETING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON THE REGULAR
HAVE FUN, MEET, GREETING EACH OTHER IN THE PARKING LOT.
AND WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE AND JOIN ME IN SAYING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE RAW.
AND, UH, I ASSUME EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD AGENDA.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE BOARD'S AGENDA, SAY AYE.
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THAT CARRIES.NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE SHOULD BE OPEN FOR ZOOM.
ARE WE OPEN FOR ZOOM TONIGHT TOO? YEAH.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE LI HERE IN PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? OKAY.
AND FOR THE NEXT MEETING, UH, IN, IN JUNE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE THE ZOOM LINK OPEN FOR THE MEETING SO THAT FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET VACCINATED CAN COMMENT THAT WAY.
BUT BEGINNING IN JULY, IT'S GONNA BE ALL IN PERSON AND, AND NO ZOOM FORMAT FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETINGS.
UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HAD THE SWEARING IN CEREMONY FOR, UH, UH, OUR NEW CHIEF MARK FREEMAN AS OUR POLICE CHIEF.
AND, UH, IT WAS DONE BY THE HONORABLE CHERYL AUSTIN.
WE APPRECIATE HER COMING TO DO THAT AND GOOD LUCK TO, UH, CHIEF FREEMAN AND TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE WERE NO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS CONVENED THIS EVENING OR SINCE THE LAST BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.
AND NEXT WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST.
I ASSUME EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MONTH'S BILL LIST? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST, UH, FOR APRIL 16TH, 2021 THROUGH MAY 10TH, 2021 FOR $1,326,949 AND 33 CENTS.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FROM THE PERIOD APRIL 16TH THROUGH MAY 10TH.
AND WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES THAT WERE IN OUR PACKET.
WE HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 19TH, AND WE HAVE THE WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 3RD.
SO IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES, IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL 19TH, 2021 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES AND THE MAY 3RD, 2021.
WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 19TH, 2021.
OUR NEXT I AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, CONSIDERING ACTING ORDINANCE FIVE 90, CHANGING THE ZONING DISTRICT OF THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 180 3 KLEIN ROAD FROM R ONE TO R TWO.
AND, UH, I WILL LET THE TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR TAKE IT FROM HERE.
THIS IS A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING HELD PURSUANT TO THE PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPALITIES PLANNING CODE, UH, WHICH REQUIRES A FORMAL HEARING WHENEVER A ZONING ORDINANCE IS CHANGED.
UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU'LL RECALL THE, UH, THE ORDINANCE AND PROCEDURALLY WHERE WE ARE BECAUSE THE, UH, PARTY, THE APPLICANT WHO REQUESTED THE ZONING CHANGE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY WHICH ARE BEING HELD IN ESCROW, PETTING THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND THEN ASSUMING YOU DO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, THEN WE, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND RECORD THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH THEY'VE ALREADY, UH, GIVEN TO THE TOWNSHIP, WHICH INCLUDES LESS DENSITY THAN THEY COULD HAVE UNDER THE R TWO.
AND IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME, UM, MUZZLING UP OF THE PUMP STATION THAT'LL GO IN SO THAT THERE COULD BE FUTURE CONNECTIONS, UH, FOR THE TOWNSHIP'S, UH, BENEFIT.
UM, OTHERWISE IT'S VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT'S SIMPLY TAKING THIS PARCEL AND MOVING IT FROM THE ONE DISTRICT TO THE, TO THE OTHER DISTRICT.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE ZOOM AUDIENCE OR THE LIVE AUDIENCE THAT HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGE? I HAVE ONE PERSON RAISING THEIR HAND, UH, MS. SHANNON DAVIS.
UM, HOW MANY HOUSES ARE THEY PLANNING TO PUT IN NOW? THE, THE, THE APPLICANT'S ATTORNEY
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IS HERE AND HE'S JUST COMING UP TO THE PODIUM NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, MS. DAVIS? YES.
HI, THIS IS ANTHONY MA FROM P R D C.
OUR PROPOSAL IS FOR A MAXIMUM OF 30, UH, NEW HOME SITES, UM, IN THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 180 3 KLEIN ROAD.
UH, BY DENSITY CALCULATIONS, IT WOULD BE A HIGHER DENSITY ALLOWED, BUT THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION AS A SOLICITOR NOTED, INDICATING THAT WE WILL CAP THAT AT 30 UNITS.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, HE CAN ONLY PUT IN HOW MANY HOMES UNDER THE CURRENT R ONE ZONING WILL BE ABOUT 17 OR 18 HOMES.
IS THAT AT ONE ACRE PER LOT? UM, I THINK IT'S ONE ACRE PER THAT.
AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE, UM, ON LOT WATER AND ON LOT SEWER AS TO ACHIEVE THE 30 UNIT DENSITY, WE WOULD BE EXTENDING PUBLIC WATER.
UM, AND AS THE SOLICITOR NOTED, WE, THE PUMP STATION WE WOULD BUILD WOULD BE LOCATED AT A SPOT AGREED BY US AND THE TOWNSHIP TO SERVICE OTHER HOMES IN THE AREA.
UM, THAT, UM, WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SUBJECT TO A, ANY SORT OF RECAPTURE AGREEMENT.
THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO MAKE THEIR CONNECTIONS.
BUT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE AREA, UH, A NEW DEVELOPMENT CAME ALONG, THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE RECAPTURE TYPE OF AGREEMENT.
BUT IT'S REALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TOWNSHIP IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY FUTURE FAILING SYSTEMS IS WHY THIS, THE PUB STATION'S BEING UPSIZED, THAT'S THE SEWER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? CORRECT, MA'AM, SISTER, SORRY.
YOU'RE HERE WITH LA LAUREN BRACO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE SEWER'S GONNA BE COMING IN FROM THE ADDRESS? THE ADDRESS, MS. DAVIS, CAN WE GET YOUR ADDRESS REAL QUICK JUST SO WE HAVE IT FOR THE RECORD? IT'S FOUR 11 EAST LINFIELD TRAP ROAD.
HER ADDRESS IS, UH, MY, MY ADDRESS IS 1 91 CLIMB ROAD.
I, UH, AM RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROPERTY.
HIS PROPERTY BUTTS UP AGAINST MINE.
THE, THE SEWER CONNECTION WOULD BE ACROSS, GO UNDER LINFIELD TRAP ROAD.
AND THE PROPOSED LOCATION IN ORDER FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WOULD BE A LOCATION ON THE TAYLOR FARM.
UM, AND THEN IT WOULD PUMP BACK OUT AND GO UP THE HILL TO, UH, PROVIDENCE CORNER WHERE THERE IS A, THERE IS AN EXISTING GRAVITY CONNECTION THAT WAS EXTENDED OUT WHEN THAT SUBDIVISION WAS DONE, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.
WHO'S PROVIDENCE CORNER? UM, UP ACROSS FROM, UH, POPE JOHN PAUL HIGH SCHOOL.
THE TOWN HOMES UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL UP ON, ON TOWN.
UH, THE RECORD WILL INDICATE THAT THERE NOBODY IN THE LIVE AUDIENCE HAS INDICATED ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. BSN? WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON THAT RAISE THEIR HANDS.
THEY WILL KEEP YOU ON CUZ THEY'RE, THAT'S STANLEY'S.
ZACH, UH, STAN, SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OH, YES, YES, WE CAN.
IF YOU COULD SPELL YEAH, I'M LOCATED AT, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU, KLE ROAD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
COULD YOU SPELL YOUR NAME AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? SURE.
AND THE ADDRESS IS 180 4 KLEIN ROAD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, WHERE ARE THE PROPOSED, UH, LIKE, LIKE WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE GOING IN AND OUT OF THE, THE, THE PROPERTY AS FAR AS WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE BUILDING AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED, WHERE ARE THE MAIN ROADS, UH, ENTERING AND EXITING THE, UH, PROPERTY IN GENERAL TERMS? THERE WOULD BE AN ENTRANCE ACROSS ROUGHLY FROM THE DRIVEWAY TO THE TAYLOR FARM.
UM, AS YOU CAN, THERE'S A, I DUNNO IF YOU CAN SEE ON THE ZOOM, THERE'S A PROPOSED MAP AND THEN OUT ON KLEIN ROAD IT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE PICO, UH, POWER LINE EASEMENT AND THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
BUT THERE'S BUFFER OF OPEN SPACE AROUND EACH OF THE LOTS, UM, IN THIS PLAN.
AND THAT WAS, UM, AS WE WORKED THROUGH THIS, ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS TO TRY TO PROVIDE A BIGGER, A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER BUFFER OF OPEN SPACE.
THOSE LOT SHAPES MAY MOVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY CAN'T EXCEED TH THE NUMBER OF 30.
UM, AND THE REASON, ONLY REASON I'M SAYING EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS, WE'VE HAD THE SITE SURVEYED, BUT THE EXACT ROAD ALIGNMENT HAS TO BE TOWNSHIP STANDARDS FOR SAFE SITE DISTANCE AND, AND TRAVEL DISTANCE AND, AND ACC SAFE ACCESS.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WOULD BE VETTED IN THE LAND
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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THE PROJECT.UM, SO THOSE ARE APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS, BUT THEY MIGHT BE OFF BY A COUPLE FEET.
AND HOW BIG ARE THE LOTS GOING TO BE THAT YOU'RE, UH, PROPOSING WITH THE 30 HOSE? THE LOTS WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET TO COMPLY WITH THE R TWO ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, WE DO NOT HAVE 25, UH, MINIMUM ACRES, SO WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE CLUSTER ORDINANCE.
UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE SAME CO CONCEPT OF A LAYOUT.
INSTEAD OF LOTTING EVERYTHING OUT, WE WOULD STILL DO IT AT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND PROVIDE A BAND OF OPEN SPACE AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
THE OPEN SPACE IS SET ASIDE, IS THAT MAINTAINED BY THAT DEVELOPMENT? IT WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA UNLESS THE TOWNSHIP HAS TO INDICATE THAT YOU WANTED IT FOR SOME REASON.
THERE IS A, UH, TRAIL THAT WE WOULD PROPOSED.
SO I THINK WE, THERE WOULD BE SOME COORDINATION FOR HOW THEIR INTERCONNECTIVE THE INTERCONNECTIVITY OF THAT WOULD BE.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT ASPECT FOR THE TOWNSHIP, BUT THAT'S ALL PART OF LAND DEVELOPMENT.
AND REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY CHANGING THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THERE'S NO LAND DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION IN YET.
SO YOU'LL, THEY'LL BE BACK WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS WHEN CONNECT THE TRAIL WHEN THEY ACTUALLY START TO BUILD.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE PRICE POINT TO BE? WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT HOMES BEING IN THE MID FIVES TO MID SIXES.
UM, BY THE TIME I GOT THROUGH APPROVALS, I HOPE I COULD BE BACK SOMEWHERE IN THE SIXES.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY, LUMBER HAS GOTTEN CRAZY.
WE USED TO PAY ABOUT $12 A FOOT, UM, TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR JUST THE LUMBER PIECE.
THE STICK FRAMING LUMBER ON AN EQUIVALENT HOUSE NOW IS $34 A FOOT.
UM, IT'S THREE TIMES THE COST.
UM, AND THERE'S THIS FALLACY OUT THERE THAT CHEAP MORTGAGES ARE LETTING PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BUY HOMES, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT THAT TABLE WILL TURN.
SO WE, WE ARE BEING VERY CONSCIOUS IN TERMS OF LOT SIZE AND PART OF THE REASON WE'RE NOT MAKING THE LOTS OVERLY BIG IS CUZ WE WANT TO FIT THE RIGHT SIZE HOUSE SO WE CAN APPEAL TO THE BROADEST SEGMENT OF SOCIETY AND PRICE POINT.
BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S GONNA BE, AT SOME POINT, A LITTLE BIT OF A RETRENCHMENT.
UM, AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT AS WELL, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING BIG ONE ACRE LOTS THAT THEN KIND OF COMMAND THESE SUPER HIGH PRICES.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO LAND SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE STICK WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE R TWO ZONING DISTRICT, STICK WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, BUT UM, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S BUILDING RIGHT NOW, UM, AFFORDABILITY IS A REAL CONCERN FOR EVERY BUILDER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REAL ISSUE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT EASES AS BY THE TIME WE GET BUILDING HERE.
AND, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, BY THE TIME YOU GET APPROVAL, IT'S A YEAR OR MORE RIGHT? YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING AS THE MILLS REOPEN AND THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE NORMALIZED, YOU CAN GET GLUE FOR PLYWOOD.
UM, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE RESIN IS A BIG ISSUE.
BUT HOPEFULLY PRICES CAN ADJUST.
UM, NO ONE, NO ONE FORESAW THIS COMING, SO HOPEFULLY THERE, THERE'S NO OTHER SURPRISES.
I I WANTED TO REITERATE, UM, JUST FOR A RESIDENCE, THE PUMP STATION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN ON THE TAYLOR FARM, WHAT'S THE PRICE POINT FOR THAT? IT'S ROUGHLY A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AGAIN, LAST TIME MY JOB COSTED IT, IT WAS OVER THE, IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF, UH, LAST SUMMER.
IT'S PROBABLY GONE UP A LITTLE BIT, MAINLY BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS HAVE GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT IT'S ABOUT A $500,000.
ON THE UPSIZE, UH, VERSION OF IT, IT WOULD BE ABOUT A 350,000, $400,000.
UM, CAUSE IT'S AN, IT'S AN EXPANSION OF THE WET WELL, SO THE PUMPS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE DESIGNED.
WE TALKED ABOUT ROUGHLY HOW MANY EDS BEYOND THE 30 THAT WE WOULD NEED HERE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA SIZE THE STATION FOR APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED EDUS.
UM, WHICH WOULD ALLOW NOT ONLY FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT, BUT ALSO IF THE TOWNSHIP EVER DEVELOPED A TAYLOR FARM IN A WAY, AND I KNOW THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION ON IT.
WHEN I SAY DEVELOP, I DON'T MEAN, I MEAN IN, IN INCONSISTENT IN CONFORMITY WITH THAT RESTRICTION IN TERMS OF PASSIVE RECREATION.
BUT IF YOU EVER WANTED TO HAVE BATHROOMS THERE OR, OR PARKS OR SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN USE, THERE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY AND IT WOULD BE LOCATED AT A SPOT THAT WOULD NOT ONLY SERVICE THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE, THE TAYLOR FARM.
SO, UM, WE JUST HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME, SOME THINGS WITH MR. DINGMAN EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS.
I GOTTA FIND THE RIGHT LOW POINT CUZ THAT'S WHERE IT ALL HAS TO GO.
I WILL, UH, TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. STARLING FOR THE CALL OF A VOTE.
UH, HAVING HEARD THAT PUBLIC HEARING, WHAT DO WE NEED? UH, OKAY, SO I'LL UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ENACT
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ORDINANCE FIVE 90, WHICH WOULD, UH, CHANGE THE ZONING DISTRICT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 180 3 KLEIN ROAD.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE FIVE 90, CHANGING THE ZONING LOCATED AT 180 3 KLEIN ROAD FROM R ONE TO R TWO, WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE, UH, UPON PASSAGE OF THIS, UH, ORDINANCE.
SECOND TO ENACT ORDINANCE FIVE 90.
NOW WE'RE AT THE OLD BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
AND, UH, MR. TUCKERMAN SAYS THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB,
UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSS THE MEETING FORMAT FOR ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ANTICIPATED LIFTING OF THE COVID 19 MITIGATION MEASURES.
WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING LIVE, UM, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE ZONING HEARING BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WHETHER WE CAN KEEP THE ZOOM OR NOT DEPENDS ON WHAT ROOM THEY MEET IN.
I MEAN, WE WILL BE LIVE, BUT IF WE HAVE, WE'RE WORKING OUT THE OKAY.
PARAMETERS OF A ZOOM COMPONENT.
THERE'S GONNA BE ONE MORE MONTH OF THAT THROUGH JULY WHEN WE WERE A LAO ZOOM OPTION.
I I, I WOULD IMPLORE EVERYBODY GET VACCINATED WHEN YOU CAN.
EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY, THAT'S NOT JUST MY NUCLEAR FAMILY, MY EXTENDED FAMILY, INCLUDING A 91 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER AND A 79 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER HAVE GOTTEN THE VACCINE.
I WAS THE BIGGEST WINE ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY ELSE DID FINE
MY WIFE SAID SHE COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE, BUT
BUT IN ANY EVENT, PLEASE GET YOUR VACCINE AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU CAN'T, UH, CON CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR MASK, BUT, UH, WE ARE GONNA BE LIVE.
AND, UH, PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESS IN, UH, BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THEIR WAY OUT OF THIS TOO.
BUT I'M DELIGHTED THAT WE'RE BACK LIVE AND THAT WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO NORMAL LIVING.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDER SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING FOR THE PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK.
THREE, UM, FOR THE PD HOME AND GARDEN CENTER, UH, THIS WAS IN OUR, THIS WAS BEFORE OUR, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, MR. GRACE, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE APPLICATION, UM, I ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY SLIDES FOR IT.
IT REALLY IS JUST APPROVING THE ADVERTISING AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE, THEY WILL COME IN FOR A HEARING LIKE WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS CONDITIONAL USES.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND, UM, GRANTING THE HEARING AND RECOMMENDED A OKAY.
AND SUGGESTED ON HERE JULY 19TH AT SEVEN.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THEN TO, UH, TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING FOR, UH, THE PD HOME GARDEN CENTER AT PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK.
THREE FOR JULY 19TH AT 7:00 PM DOES SOMEONE WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL DO THAT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, HERE.
JULY, MONDAY, JULY 19TH, 2021 AT 7:00 PM FOR A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING FOR THE PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK.
WELL, IT SAYS TWO DOWN HERE, BUT THREE, THIS HAS PARK THREE, THREE IS IT THREE PD, HOME AND GARDEN.
SO I'M GONNA RESET, I'M GONNA RESTATE THE MOTION.
UH, MAKE A MOTION TO SET MONDAY, JULY 19TH, 2021 AT 7:00 PM FOR A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING FOR PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO GRANITE CONDITIONAL USE HEARING FOR THE PD HOME AND GARDEN CENTER IN PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK.
THREE JULY 19TH AT 7:00 PM UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDER APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TRAFFIC PLANNING AND DESIGN INC.
FOR THE MONTCLAIR ALIGNMENT PROJECT.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE MR. BOK, UH, EXPLAIN IT TO THE BOARD AND TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE, UH, GREG RICHARDSON FROM TRAFFIC PLANNING AND DESIGN ON BY WAY OF ZOOM.
UM, I'LL INTRODUCE IT BRIEFLY AND IF HE HAS ANY DETAILS, HE'S WELCOME TO, UM, WELCOME TO SPEAK.
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UM, IF YOU RECALL, WE, WE HAD TO COMPETITIVELY BID THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE MONTCLAIR ALIGNMENT PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED.UM, TRAFFIC PLANNING DESIGN WON THAT AND, AND WAS AWARDED, UM, THE BID FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, UH, MR. RICHARDSON IS IN ASKING FOR A, AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 HE OUTLINES IN THIS LETTER, AND I'D WELCOME HIM TO GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT.
UM, I WOULD ONLY ADD THAT WE MET MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES WITH RESIDENTS, UH, BOTH THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE, UM, AND IN LIGHT OF TWO ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED, UH, FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS AFTER PICO GOT INVOLVED IN RELOCATING UTILITY POLLS.
UM, TON FROM TPD WAS GRACIOUS IN EVERY, IN EACH OF THOSE MEETINGS, UH, AND WHAT WE EXPECT OUT FROM ALL OUR CONSULTANTS, I WILL SAY THAT THEY WENT THE EXTRA MILE.
AND I KNOW LATER TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS AND HAVE TO PASS SOME, UH, AND ACT A RESOLUTION RELATED TO THOSE.
THIS IS JUST, UH, SOME MONEY THEY DIDN'T EXPECT TO SPEND.
THEY'VE HAD TO ATTEND A LOT OF EXTRA MEETINGS.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S WELL JUSTIFIED.
WELL, I'M SORRY, JOHN'S NOT HERE TO DO THIS.
THIS IS THIS PROJECT, ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW, I'LL CONS, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SUPPLEMENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TRAFFIC PLANNING AND DESIGN INC.
FOR THE MONTCLAIR ALIGNMENT PROJECT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO, UH, APPROVE A SUPPLEMENTAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH TRAFFIC PLANNING DESIGN AND INC FOR THE MONTCLAIR ALIGNMENT PROJECT.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS, UH, GREG RICHARDSON.
UH, I MAYOR, I THOUGHT MIGHT AS WELL SAY SOMETHING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CONSIDERATION.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THE TOWNSHIP AND STAFF ON THIS PROJECT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD, UH, AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE STARTING SOON AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
UH, I DRIVE THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION QUITE A BIT, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING REALIGNED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING A MORE EFFICIENT AND SAFER INTERSECTION.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION AND, UH, EVERYONE STAY SAFE.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDER AWARDING A BID FOR ROAD PAVING PROJECT A TO H AND K GROUP FROM SKIP ACT, PENNSYLVANIA IN THE AMOUNT OF 728,009 OR $913.
UM, MR. MR. DINGMAN? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
UH, YOU RECEIVED, UH, SIX BIDS ON THIS PROJECT AND THE LOW BID WAS H AND K GROUP AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO H AND K, UH, IN THE MOUNT.
AND I'D LIKE TO GET THE PROJECT GOING IF WE COULD.
IF THERE'S ANY QUE IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
CAN I ADD WHEN, WHEN WILL THIS START THEN BILL? UM, PROBABLY ABOUT A MONTH.
BY THE TIME YOU GET BONDS AND INSURANCE IN, THEY GET THE PROJECTS ON THEIR SCHEDULE, I SUSPECT ABOUT A MONTH.
AND IT'LL TAKE THROUGH THE SUMMER, OR, UM, SHOULD TAKE THEM SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
ALL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD A BID FOR ROAD PAVING PROJECT A TO H AND K GROUP FROM SKIP BACK PENNSYLVANIA IN THE AMOUNT OF $728,913.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AWARD ROAD PAVING PROJECT A TO H AND GAY GROUP FROM SKIP ACT, PENNSYLVANIA.
OPPOSED? CAN WE, ALRIGHT, CAN WE LIST THE STREETS? I'M SORRY.
CAN WE NAME THE STREETS THAT ARE GETTING DOWN? GO AHEAD.
JUST FOR A, ANYBODY LISTENING SO THEY KNOW ROAD A IS HAFNER ROAD.
WENDY NOEL DRIVE, HIDDEN VALLEY DRIVE, ASCHEN FELLER ROAD.
AMANDA LANE AND SCARLET OAK DRIVE.
SO ASCHEN FELLOW, THE CULVERT WILL BE REPLACED AND THEN REPAVED.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS OPPOSED NO, THAT PARTICULAR, THE BASE PAVING AND EVERYTHING, UH, WILL BE DONE IN THE TIMEFRAME I STATED, BUT THE WEARING COURSE, THE FINAL WEARING COURSE ON FELDER IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CULVERT IS COMPLETE FIRST.
AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO ADD BACK IN FOR THIS YEAR, UH, THE PAVING PROJECT B, WE NORMALLY HAVE AN A AND A B EACH YEAR, AND WE HAVE DROPPED B OUT OF OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW COVID WAS GOING TO AFFECT OUR REVENUES.
BUT, UH, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE NOW TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE BOTH OF THOSE AND TO STAY ON SCHEDULE, WHICH
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IN OUR SCHEDULE IS TO REPAVE ALL OF OUR ROADS EVERY 20 YEARS.SO, IN ANY EVENT, UH, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WELL, HOW ABOUT A LIST OF THOSE ROADS? OKAY, THOSE ROADS ARE PITMAN ROAD, DOROTHY CIRCLE, GRASSHOPPER LANE, NORTH MENNONITE ROAD, TERRA DRIVE, NORWOOD STREET.
I WILL, UH, MOVE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 27 AMENDING THE 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET TO FUND ROAD PROJECT B.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 27 AMENDING THE 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET TO FUND ROAD PROJECT B.
ITEM 10, CONSIDER AWARDING A BID FOR ROAD PAVING PROJECT B
AND WE JUST HEARD THE LIST OF ROADS AND, UH, I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN FIVE, FIVE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING A WAR TO ALAN MEYERS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD A BID FOR ROAD PAVING PROJECT B TO ALAN MEYERS LP FROM WESTCHESTER PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $547,398.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO, UH, AWARD ROAD PAVING.
B PROJECT ROAD PAVING PROJECT B TO ALAN MYERS.
ALL OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THAT CARRIES.
UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 28, AMENDING THE 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET TO FUND A LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND, UH, JUST A WORD ABOUT THIS.
WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE STUDYING IS THE FEASIBILITY OF FUNDRAISING WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP, BOTH WITHIN THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY AND AMONG OUR RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TOWNSHIP BUILD A LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, THAT'S WHAT THIS STUDY IS GOING TO BE.
THAT THAT'S THE FEASIBILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DETERMINE.
SO, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 28, AMENDING THE 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET TO FUND A LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 27 AMENDING THE 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET TO FUND A LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
LORI, I'M SORRY, I THINK IT'S 20.
IT'S 20 21, 28 TYPO NUMBER TWO.
I WAS READING FROM THE YELLOW THAT MAKE THAT DASH 28.
UH, CONSIDER TERMINATING A SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AND THE ROYERSFORD BOROUGH.
THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED AT A PRIOR, UH, SUPERVISOR'S MEETING.
UH, THE AGREEMENT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE UNDER THAT SIDE AGREEMENT ARE NOW PROTECTED BY THE P U C BECAUSE THEY ARE, IT, IT'LL BE A PART OF THE TERRITORY FOR THE NEW PROVIDER, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS NOW SUPERFLUOUS.
ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION DETERMINING A SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AGREEMENT BETWEEN UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AND ROERS FORT BURROW.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TERMINATE THAT OLD AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UM, UH, RS FOR BURROW AND, AND UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
AND THE OPPOSED? THAT CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDER APPROVING UTILITY POLL G WIRE EASEMENTS FOR 1 0 9 JACOB STREET AND ONE 20 JACOB STREET FOR THE MONTCLAIR LINE PROJECT.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE LATE IN THE GAME TYPE OF THINGS THAT, UH, CAME UP WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THE UTILITY POLES HAD TO
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BE RAISED IN HEIGHT AND PICO REQUIRES A G WIRE OVER A CERTAIN HEIGHT.SO WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE TO OBTAIN SOME ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT.
I WAS JUST ASKING YOU HOW QUICKLY YOU WANT ME TO SUMMARIZE IT.
PICO NEEDS INSTALLED TALLER UTILITY POLES.
THEY WON'T INSTALL THEM UNLESS WE GET AN EASEMENT SO THEY CAN BE TETHERED BACK.
THOSE TETHERS HAVE TO FALL WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, MS. HORN AND, UH, MS. LEVINSKY, WERE VERY GRACIOUS AND AGREEING TO GRANT THOSE EASEMENTS TO THE TOWNSHIP.
UH, THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UM, POLL GUIDEWIRE EASEMENTS FOR 1 0 9 AND ONE 20 JAKE STREET FOR THE MONTCLAIR ALIGNMENT PROJECT THAT'S PREPARED BY THE TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE POLL.
GUIDEWIRE EASEMENTS FOR 1 0 9 AND ONE 20 JACOBS STREET.
ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 29 AND AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A GREENWAYS TRAILS AND RECREATION PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION REQUESTING $231,000 FROM THE COMMONWEALTH FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR THE TROUTMAN ASHKIN ASHTON FELTER TRAIL PROJECT.
I THINK THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE APPLIED FOR BEFORE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT ANOTHER THAT IS A 15% MATCH FOR THAT GRANT.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE OUT ANOTHER TRY THEN.
WHAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT THIS TIME? IS IT JUST TRYING AGAIN WITH THE SAME WELL, IT TOOK US THREE APPLICATIONS BEFORE WE GOT THE MONTCLAIR GRANT, SO HOPEFULLY TWO'S A CHARM.
IF I COULD JUST SAY THAT THE CFA AWARDS REALLY REQUIRE YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS TO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS, THEY'RE VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, SO, OKAY.
THE MORE YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THEM, IT'S PEOPLE ARE ALL BUYING FOR THE BUYING FOR THE DOLLARS.
SO PLEASE DO SO NOW, WHEN YOU PUT IT IN.
CASEY, WOULD YOU LET US, YOU'LL LET US ALL KNOW WE CAN START BUGGING THEM.
ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS ONE.
I THINK IT'S, UH, BILL, SO BILL'S THE TRAIL, BILL'S THE TRAIL GUY ON THIS ONE.
SO, UH, JUNE ONE, YOU CAN START CALLING
I'LL MOVE TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 20 21 29 AND AUTHORIZING SUBDIVISION OF A GREENWAYS TRAILS AND RECREATION PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION REQUESTING $231,000 FROM THE COMMONWEALTH FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR THE TROUTMAN ASCHEN FILTER TRAIL PROJECT.
I HAVE A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 29, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THE REST OF IT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE AVERAGE ITEM 15.
CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR THE TINDI RUN SANITARY SEWER MAIN PROJECT.
MR. DINGMAN? YEAH, THIS IS THE ONGOING PROJECT.
UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHERE WE'RE AT HERE.
UM, WE NEED THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT APPROVAL YET, UH, WHICH IS, WE'VE MADE THE SECOND REVISION BACK TO THEM, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR LESS.
AND THE PART TWO PERMIT, UH, FOR THE PUMP STATION HAS BEEN DOWN AT D E P NOW FOR ABOUT 60 DAYS.
THEY HAVE 90 DAYS, SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS ALSO.
AND THERE'S JUST ONE, UH, EASEMENT SLASH LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT IT'S CROSSING THE PICO, UH, RIGHT AWAY, POWER LINES, HIGH TENSION LINES, AND BRIAN SAID HE'S GONNA BUG THE MIS MR. AND MRS. PICO SOON, I GUESS, ON THAT ONE.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE ALL THAT BEFORE YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO BID IT AT THIS TIME.
WE MAY NOT HAVE IT ALL, BUT WE'RE HOPED TO HAVE IT ALL BY THEN.
WE JUST DON'T WANNA WASTE ANY TIME.
WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND NONE OF THOSE ITEMS WOULD, UH, CHANGE THE DESIGN SIGNIFICANTLY.
NOW THERE SAYS POSSIBLE PUMP STATION.
IS THAT PROBABLE OR WHAT? WHY IS IT POSSIBLE? ARE YOU IT'S IN THE PUMPS LEFT SIDE.
LET'S GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE UNTIL WE BUILD IT THERE, THEN IT'S,
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THEN IT'S REALSO THEN IT SHOULD BE PROBABLE
THAT'S REALLY DEEP FOR A PUMP.
THAT'S WHERE THE PUMP STATION WILL BE.
AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE HOOKING UP? BRIAN, I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
THIS IS ALWAYS THE TRICKY PART.
I'VE MAINTAINED A LIST THAT THE PRIOR SANITARY SEWER FOREMAN, UH, THAT I INHERITED FROM HIM WHEN, WHEN HE LEFT THE TOWNSHIP A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
I, I WANNA SAY MAYBE THERE'S 30 TO 35 PEOPLE IN, IN THIS SERVICE AREA THAT HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT SEWER OVER THE PAST, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS, I MEAN, A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE DEFINITELY SEEMS TO BE INTEREST IN CONNECTING HOW MANY TOTAL HOMES? 117 IN TOTAL, CORRECT? YEAH.
IT, IT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
I BELIEVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S JUST RIGHT AT THE SWEET SPOT FOR THEM TO START GOING SIDEWAYS, RIGHT? YEAH.
THIS, OR A LOT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IN HERE.
THE, UH, THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT IT, UH, ENCOMPASSES BOTH ARE PROBABLY 20 TO 25 YEARS OF AGE AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN YOU GOT THE OLDER EXISTING HOMES THAT, UH, HAVE THE FRONTAGE LOTS ON, UM, FRUIT FARM ROAD AND OLD STATE ROAD THAT ARE MUCH OLDER THAN THAT GENERALLY, EXCEPT FOR DR.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR THE TENDI RUN SANITARY SEWER MAIN PROJECT.
SECOND THAT I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO AUTHORIZE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE TENDI RUN SANITARY SEWER MAIN PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THIS ITEM 16, THE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR THE RAISING OF THE BARN HOUSE AND TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE TAYLOR PROPERTY AT 4 32 EAST LINFIELD TRAP ROAD.
PLEASE DISREGARD THE CRYING AND SOBBING YOU WILL HEAR DURING THE NEXT PART OF THIS MEETING.
UM, THE, THESE STRUCTURES AS I THINK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS KNOW ARE, ARE NOT IN THE BEST OF SHAPE.
UM, OUR INSURANCE CARRIER HAS BEEN AFTER US TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, WE DO BELIEVE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION IS TO RAISE THOSE STRUCTURES, UM, AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UM, PLANNING A WILDFLOWER MEADOW OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, TO MEMORIALIZE, UH, THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY WERE AND PERHAPS FOR THE BAR, AND EVEN LEAVE A PORTION OF THE FOUNDATION WALL THERE.
THAT'S STILL STRUCTURALLY SOUND.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE, WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THAT WE VOTED IN, IN, UH, RECENT PARKS AND REC THROUGH THE PARK MASTER PLAN.
AND, UH, WE'VE, UH, WE, WE'LL GET STARTED ON THAT SOON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
MY, I MEAN, AND ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THAT IS GONNA BE COMMUNITY FARMING.
I SAW A TREMENDOUS PROJECT TO THAT DOWN WHEN I WAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND, UH, THEY ACTUALLY USED THE EASEMENT UNDER POWER LINES TO DO IT, BUT THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF LITTLE LOTS OUT THERE AND FOLKS WERE OUT WORKING ONE SATURDAY MORNING.
AND SO ANYWAY, SOMETHING WE, SOMETHING WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GIVE A TRY.
IS THERE, SO, QUESTION, UM, TO MS. HIGGIN'S POINT, THIS IS A, NOT TRYING TO MAKE YOU CRY, BUT I KNOW WHEN THEY BID THIS, AND, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA WORK ON SOME SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES, THERE'S, THERE COULD BE THINGS IN, THERE COULD BE BEAMS INSIDE THIS, THIS BARN THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE RECLAIMED PROPERLY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THEM, BUT I ASSUME THAT THE FIRM GOING TO, THAT'S GOING TO DO THIS TYPE OF DEMOLITION THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S GONNA BE BAKED INTO THEIR PRICE, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT THAT STUFF'S WORTH, RIGHT? OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
I, AND BILL AND I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS YET, BUT WE WILL IN CRAFTING THE, UM, UH, BID ADVERTISEMENT IF, IF THE BOARD AUTHORIZES TO PROCEED TONIGHT, MY THOUGHT IS TO GIVE SOMEBODY AMPLE TIME TO GET IN THERE AND REMOVE HARDWARE HINGES, DOORKNOBS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE OF PARTICULAR VALUE IF YOU'RE TRYING TO RESTORE A HOME OR, OR OF THAT PERIOD, OR, UM, CONSTRUCT SOMETHING SIMILAR.
I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY COMPONENTS WITHIN THERE THAT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF VALUE TO, TO THE RIGHT PERSON.
SO, MS. HIGGINS IS GONNA PUT ALL KINDS OF DOORKNOBS AND THINGS ON THE WALLS IN HERE.
NOW,
THAT WAS DETERMINED JUST ON THE PAINT.
UM, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO SAVE THE, UM, THE OVEN, THE BEEHIVE OVEN, THAT WAS ANOTHER CONVERSATION WE HAVE WITH, WITH BILL.
UM, MAYBE INCLUDE A BID ALTERNATE THAT,
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THAT TO GET A PRICE FOR SOMEONE TO DEMOLISH AROUND THE BEEHIVE OVEN AND, AND PLACE THAT SOMEWHERE WITHIN A, YOU KNOW, PRESCRIBE RADIUS OF THE JOB SITE JUST TO GET A PRICE FOR IT.THE BOARD WANTS TO, IS INCLINED TO DO THAT OR NOT.
UH, THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAD WAS, UH, CONTACTING MATT WIMMER, MAYOR OF TRAPP TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO SAVE THE MANTLE PIECE THAT HAS HIS ANCESTOR'S INITIALS CARVED INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW, MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT IT.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE WANTS TO, WANTS THAT.
CONSIDER AUTHORING THE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR THE RAISING OF THE BARN HOUSE AND TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE TAILORED PROPERTY AT 4 32 EAST LYNNFIELD TRAP ROAD.
I HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS FOR THE RAISING OF THE BARN HOUSE AND TWO ACCESSORY STRUCTURES ON THE TAYLOR PROPERTY OF 4 23 EAST LINFIELD TRAP ROAD.
ITEM 17, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 30 FOR THE 2020, UH, R AACP GRANT AWARD FOR THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY.
THIS IS, UH, OBLIGATION OF THE R AACP GRANT THAT WE WERE AWARDED.
UH, EFFECTIVELY THE BOARD'S ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, UH, THAT YOU'LL, AND THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO FURTHER FUNDS THAT WILL THEN BE REIMBURSED, UM, BY, BY THE GRANT.
SO FORMALITY TO, TO FURTHER THE APPLICATION AT THIS POINT WHERE IT IS.
SO THEY'RE JUST, THEY JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN THEY'LL REIMBURSED IT.
IT, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, UM, THE BOARD'S ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEND MONEY, SPEND THOSE FUNDS BEF AND THEN BE REIMBURSED BY THE GRANT.
YOU WON'T RECEIVE THEM IN ADVANCE OF THE EXPENDITURE.
ANY HOMEWORK QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 30 FOR THE 2020 R AACP GRANT AWARD FOR THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY.
I HAVE, UH, I'LL SECOND I HAVE, I'M SORRY, I, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 30 FOR THE 2020, UH, R AAC P GRANT AWARD FOR THE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FACILITY.
UH, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS, AND, UH, I HAVE AN ITEM UNDER HERE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GET AN UPDATE FROM THE I F P I FP ON THE FITNESS CENTER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS LAUREN SHELLEY, AND I'M, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS OPERATIONS WITH I F P.
WE'VE BEEN WITH UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP AND COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR JUST UNDER TWO YEARS.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT.
I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYBODY, OR ALMOST EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TOUR THE FACILITY SINCE ITS REVAMP.
WE HAVE A, THE TOUR, WE'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK VIRTUAL TOUR IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO VISIT.
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SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE INSIGHT OF WHAT HAS CHANGED AND RE THE REVAMP OF THE SPACE, JUST LIKE EVERYONE HAS HAD TO, WE HAVE REIMAGINED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN USE, HOW WE CAN RE REUSE, REVITALIZE, AND REVAMP, UM, OUR AREAS.JUST, JUST LIKE WE HAVE WITH OUR STAFF.
WE'VE REIMAGINED REALLY HOW WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, UH, AN INTEGRAL PART OF, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE JUST GAVE YOU A QUICK MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE LARGER IN THIS, IN THIS VIEW, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIPS WAS BA BASICALLY IS JUST GONNA BE A ROLLOVER MEMBERSHIP FROM MONTH TO MONTH, WHEREAS IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS SIGN UP EACH MONTH AND RE-SIGN UP EACH MONTH.
SO NOW THE SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIP ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE MEMBERSHIPS MONTH TO MONTH ON THAT BASIS.
AND WE CAN SEE SINCE FEBRUARY.
UM, AND ALONG WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS, CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS, WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A 27% INCREASE INTO APRIL.
UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOW OPEN TO ALL COMMUNITY, UH, RESIDENTS.
UM, SO WE CAN SEE THAT IS ALSO BEEN, UM, INCREASING.
WE'VE SEEN SINCE FEBRUARY, THE WORD HAS BEEN GETTING OUT, UM, WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN USE, UH, DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR, UM, FREE OF CHARGE.
UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT 250% INCREASE UP AND THROUGH IT TO APRIL.
AND WE, WE, WE FEEL THAT'S WITH THE CURRENT MANDATES AND RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN LIFTED, THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
UM, SILVER SNEAKERS, WHICH IS OUR, UM, OUR, UH, SENIOR COMMUNITY THAT HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN STEADY SINCE WE'VE BEEN OPEN.
AND THAT'S, UM, THAT'S TYPICAL IN THE TRENDS OF THE MARKET.
SILVER AND FIT IS, UM, RELATIVELY, IT'S RELATIVELY NEW.
SO THAT'S JUST A SMALLER, IT'S VERY SIMILAR SILVER SNEAKERS, BUT IT'S A SMALLER, SMALLER PORTION OF THOSE, THOSE USERS.
UH, UTILIZATION SCANS, UH, THIS IS TYPICAL TRENDS, UH, THAT WE SEE IN FITNESS AND, AND IN RECREATION CENTERS.
UH, WE ADD ABOUT A THOUSAND CHECK-INS, UH, AND WE INCREASE IN MARCH TO 1500, AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF DIPPING A LITTLE BIT INTO APRIL.
AS THE WEATHER GETS NICER, WE DON'T SEE AS MANY CHECK-INS, UM, IN KIDS' CORNER, KIDS' CORNERS NEW, UM, THAT WE, UH, SINCE INCEPTION OF FEBRUARY, UM, WE'VE SEEN AROUND 50 TO 53 IN MARCH AND APRIL, AND WE WERE OFFERING IT TWO TIMES A DAY.
WE ARE NOW, UM, NOW WE'RE OFFERING IT JUST AT ONE POINT IN THE DAY JUST BASED OFF OF USAGE AND UTILIZATION.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES SO THAT IT'S, IT WORKS FOR EVERYONE'S BUDGET.
UM, THIS IS JUST GONNA GIVE YOU JUST SOME INSIGHT OF THE UTILIZATION.
THIS Q1, MONTHLY UTILIZATION ON THE LEFT, UH, BASICALLY WE'RE HOVERING AROUND, YOU KNOW, 30, 30% FOR EACH MONTH.
SO THERE REALLY WASN'T MUCH CHANGE SINCE WE OPENED.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSTITUTES THE MARKETING AND HOW WE ARE, WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON THE WEEKDAYS IN THE MONTH, SO WE MIGHT SEE, YOU KNOW, APRIL'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, LOWER THE MARCH CUZ THERE WERE LESS, UH, DAYS THAT WE WERE OPEN.
BUT TYPICALLY IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EQUAL.
UM, IN Q1 WEEKLY UTILIZATION, YOU CAN SEE WHICH DAYS, UH, ARE TYPICALLY MOSTLY FREQUENTED AND WE'RE SEEING MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, UH, EVEN FRIDAY.
FRIDAY HAS, UM, HAS A PRETTY, UM, SUBSTANTIAL CHECK-IN TIME.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST A, A GREAT GRAPH TO JUST KIND OF VISUALIZE WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK WE'RE SEEING THE MOST, MOST USAGE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN NOT FORCED TO, BUT WE'VE BEEN, UM, ENCOURAGED TO INCLUDE SOME MORE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY SINCE COVID.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAD TO REIMAGINE AND RETHINK HOW WE'RE OFFERING DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS HERE.
WE HAVE OUTDOOR GROUP EXERCISE IN SUMMER 2020.
THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE WERE ALLOWED WITH CAPACITY AND WITH, UM,
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THE COVID 19, UM, RESTRICTIONS.THIS IS, UH, ABOUT 18 PARTICIPANTS WE WOULD SEE.
SO PEOPLE STILL WANTED TO UTILIZE, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO OFFER.
UM, THE SENIOR OUTDOOR GROUP EXERCISE DID NOT DO AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE IT'S HOT IN SUMMER
SO WE CAN TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, UH, BASKETBALL FALL OVER 2020 OVER SPRING, OVER 2021.
UM, WE HAD A WAIT LIST OF SIX ON THE, ON THE SPRING 2021.
SO THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR OUR PAID PROGRAMS. WE DO A, UH, INITIATIVE CALLED SUPERHEROES, UM, FOR THE CHILDREN.
AND THEN WE ARE STARTING, UM, A RECESS FOR THE KIDS AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME MORE UPCOMING PAID PROGRAMS THEY'RE DOING.
UH, THE ONES THAT ARE DOING FAIRLY WELL.
WE ARE, WE ARE RENEWING AND WE, WE ARE OFFERING TO OUR, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO WE HAVE RECESS, SOCCER, MOVIE NIGHT, UM, WE'RE DOING SOME BUNDLES, TINY TUMBLR SOCCER, AND THEN ALSO POP-UP FITNESS.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER JUST TO KEEP IT FRESH.
UM, KIDS CORNER, THIS, WE STARTED KIDS' CORNER IN FEBRUARY.
UM, WHAT THE IDEA WAS, WAS TO OFFER MAJOR THEMES FOR THE CHILDREN.
UM, SO THINKING STEM ARTS AND CRAFTS LITERACY MOVEMENT RATHER THAN JUST, UM, TAKING YOUR KID AND DROPPING THEM OFF AT A, YOU KNOW, A CHILDCARE CENTER.
THIS WOULD GIVE THEM SOME STRUCTURE AS THE PARENTS WERE ON SITE.
UM, WE WERE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE MORNINGS, UH, AND IN THE EVENINGS DURING THE BUSIEST TIMES, UH, IN MAY, WE ARE JUST GOING TO BE, UH, OFFERING IT IN THE EVENINGS ONLY BECAUSE, UM, THERE WERE NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAVE ADOPTED THAT IN THE MORNINGS.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CHILDREN WERE AT HOME, UH, WITH, UH, HOMESCHOOLING AS WELL AS, UM, PARENTS WERE WORKING FROM HOME.
SO WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, FUELING OUT THE WATERS AND MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WHEN NEEDED.
UM, WE ARE STARTING IN MAY TH THIS MONTH A PRIVATE PLAY.
SO THOSE TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THE MORNING THAT WERE OFFERED ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO PARENTS WHO CAN BASICALLY UTILIZE THE, UM, THE AREA WHERE THE KIDS' CORNER IS, UH, TO HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A MOM GROUP OR, UM, SMALL CHILD GROUP AGES TWO TO 10 WITH A MAXIMUM OF 12 KIDS ARE ALLOWED IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT'S ABOUT, IT'S A, IT'S GONNA BE SEEN AS ALMOST THIS WAS RENTAL SPACE FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSING OUT THAT DID UTILIZE THE MORNING, THEY STILL HAVE THAT OFFERING SO WE DON'T TAKE IT AWAY.
UM, SO OUR VIRTUAL OFFERINGS, UH, THIS WAS ALSO, THESE WERE SOME OFFERINGS THAT WE INCLUDED DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WHEN THINGS WERE FORCED TO BE SHUT DOWN.
UH, WE DO HAVE A SIMPLEX ON DEMAND, IT'S AN ON DEMAND CHANNEL-BASED WORKOUT, TW, UM, OFFERING THAT WE, WE, UH, OFFER TO MEMBERS FOR A LOW COST.
IT'S THINK IT'S 6 99 FOR THE MONTH, AND IT GIVES YOU HUNDREDS OF GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES.
WHEN WE WEREN'T ABLE TO OFFER GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES, THIS WAS OUR SOLUTION TO HAVE OUR MEMBERS STILL, UM, HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT IN THAT GROUP SETTING.
UM, IT'S OFFERED TO ALL MEMBERS, UM, AND, UH, THEY CAN CANCEL AT ANY TIME.
UH, WE ALSO OFFER A FUNCTIONAL FIT 12 WEEK WORKOUT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A DIY WORKOUT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR, UM, SISTER COMPANY, SIMPLEX HEALTH WITH HEALTH COACHING, NUTRITION THERAPY, AND OTHER REGISTERED DIETICIAN SERVICES.
THEY'RE ALL OFFERED TO ALL THE MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST SOME MARKETING, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT.
AND SINCE THE MARKETING THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE, UM, FEBRUARY SINCE WE REOPENED AND REVAMPED THE CENTER.
UH, SO WE HAVE NATIONAL WALKING DAY ON APRIL 7TH, WOMEN'S HEALTH MONTH, SENIOR HEALTH AND FITNESS.
UM, FREE FITNESS ORIENTATIONS ARE ALWAYS ONGOING TRAIN.
WE HAVE PERSONAL TRAINING ON SITE, UM, WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WAS PUT IN AS WELL AS EXERCISE SUPPORT QUESTIONS.
SO OUR STAFF IS THERE, UM, AT ALL DURING, UM, OPEN HOURS TO GIVE THEM ANY OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ANY MEMBER WOULD NEED.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
PARENTS, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MEMBERS ARE SAYING, WE TOOK A COUPLE TESTIMONIALS FROM, YOU KNOW, SENIOR MEMBERS, ADULT MEMBERS, SOME OF THE TEENAGERS WANTED TO ALLOW, UM, WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.
UM, MOST WE DID NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, CHERRY PICK ALL THE POSITIVES, IT WAS MOSTLY ALL POSITIVE REGARDLESS, YOU KNOW, WE SAID LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT SINCE REOPENING THE CENTER WITH ALL THE NEW CHANGES? AND, UM, A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMUNITY PASS, BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COME IN AND PLAY PICKLEBALL OR, YOU KNOW, AT NO CHARGE HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
IT'S JUST GETTING THAT WORD OUT, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PIVOTING THEM TO ANY OTHER TYPE
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OF MEMBERSHIP OR ANY OTHER OFFERING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THAT TIME.SO THE NEW EQUIPMENT, EVERYBODY LOVES IT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU'RE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS TO A SATURDAY MORNING? WE WERE OPEN ON SATURDAYS? WE ARE, WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING.
WE'RE WAITING FOR MORE OF THE GUIDELINES TO COME OUT.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO WAITING TO HEAR ON THE POPULATION AND POPULATION ON THE CENTER RIGHT NOW IS INTERESTED IN WEEKEND HOURS.
UM, PRIOR TO COVID HITTING, WE DIDN'T HAVE A HUGE QUESTION POPULATION COMING IN ON SATURDAY, SO.
UM, WE WERE KIND OF TAKEN FROM A SCAN AND CHECKPOINTING.
UM, SO UNLESS WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, HOPEFUL FOR IT AND SPEAKING OUT TOWARDS IT, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE ASKING AT THIS MOMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS JUST TO COMMENT.
UH, MY GRANDKIDS EVEN COME OVER TO, UM, DO THE SUN.
I THINK IT'S A SUNDAY OUTSIDE RACING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS YEP.
THEY JUST, THE RUNNING PERIOD RUNNING.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD.
THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, A FEW, A FEW MONTHS AGO I GOT TO CUT THE RIBBON DOWN THERE.
WE WERE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID IN, IN THE WINTERTIME, BUT AS I SAID THEN, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, I F P AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND MM-HMM.
BILL WILL ASK BILL
I DIDN'T GET A REPORT BACK AS TO WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PHYSICALLY STARTING, UH, THE WORK OUT THERE.
UM, THE CAROLINE DRIVE PRE-CON MEETING, UH, STORM SEWER PROJECT IS NEXT WEEK, AND THE RIVER CEST TRAIL PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR INDICATED ABOUT A 60 DAY COMPLETION, SO THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY WHAT'S AT THE END OF, END OF JULY OR SO, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MASKED ARM FOR THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON BLACKROCK ROAD.
IT'S DELAYED, LIKE ALL SIGNAL RELATED ITEMS ARE DELAYED.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING BASICALLY END OF THE YEAR FOR THAT AT THIS POINT.
WHO'S, WHO'S TEARING UP, UH, ONE 13 OF BLACK ROCK DOWN HERE.
IS THAT PENDOT? THAT'S PENDOT FOR THE INTERSECTION RESURFACING, YES.
YEAH, THEY'RE ALSO ADDING, ADDING THE LANE, UH, TURNING LEFT TURN LANES.
NOT SIGNAL, NOT WITH THE LEFT TURN SIGNALIZATION, BUT THE STRIPING WILL BE THERE FOR THE LEFT TURNS BOTH NORTH DOWN AND SOUTH FOR THE LEFT TURN OFF OF ONE 13 ONTO THE BLACKROCK, RIGHT? YEAH, CORRECT.
INTERSECTION IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.
IT COULDN'T COME AT A BETTER TIME.
YEAH, THE PEOPLE TOTALLY AGREE TO, TO AT LEAST USE THE RIGHT LANE AND KEEP GOING STRAIGHT.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE, ANY OF THE OTHER CONSULTANTS HAVE ANY? UH, ALL RIGHT, MR. SOLICITOR, UH, ONE ITEM AROSE TODAY THAT, UH, REQUIRES, UH, A MOTION, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, GAMBONE PROJECT, THE PROVIDENCE BUSINESS CENTER.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WHEN PROJECTS ARE CONSTRUCTED, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PART OF IT IS THEN OFFERED FOR DEDICATION TO THE TOWNSHIP, AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU ACCEPT DEDICATION AND SOMETIMES YOU DON'T.
UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY ARE SEEKING THEIR SEWER PLANNING MODULE FROM D E P, AND THE SAME ISSUE AROSE HERE IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONTEXT THAT WE RECENTLY HAD AT PROVIDENCE TOWN CENTER, WHERE THERE IS A SEWER MAIN THAT D E P IS CONCERNED ABOUT FOR BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL BE MAINTAINED.
SO WHAT THEY'VE SAID IS THERE BILL'S POSITION, AND HE CAN CORRECT ME IF I STATE IT INCORRECTLY, UM, BUT BILL AND I SPOKE TODAY, AND BILL IS OKAY WITH THE TOWNSHIP ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF THAT LINE AS LONG AS THERE'S AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT OBLIGATES THE OWNER, THE GAMBONE LLC, TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN IT.
AND THAT'S THE SAME BASIC ARRANGEMENT THAT WE HAD AT PROVIDENCE TOWN CENTER.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS HOW YOU DEFINE WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE LINE IS FROM WHAT POINT TO WHAT POINT.
UM, TODAY, D E P UM, SORT OF PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THE APPLICANT AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD GRANT THE APPROVAL TO THE PLANNING MODULE AS LONG AS
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THEY GOT SOMETHING IN WRITING FROM THE TOWNSHIP, THAT THE TOWNSHIP WOULD ACCEPT THE, UH, SEWER MAIN.SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, LAST SECOND TO BRING IT UP, BUT IT ISN'T SOMETHING NEW TO US, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF TELLING THEM THEM.
NORMALLY YOU MAKE THE DECISION ON ACCEPTING DEDICATION, YOU KNOW, AT WHENEVER YOU WANT.
BASICALLY, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ACCEPT SOMETHING FOR DEDICATION 30 YEARS FROM NOW IF YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED IT.
IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ASKING THAT YOU COMMIT TODAY THAT YOU WILL ACCEPT IT SUBJECT TO AN O AND M AGREEMENT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, AND BILL DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
AND, AND THE O AND M AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD BE, IT'S NOT A DEED RESTRICTION.
HOW, HOW, UH, IT'S A SEPARATE RECORDED DOCUMENT.
IT ALMOST IS LIKE A DEED IN A WAY.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN THE DEED, BUT IT'S AS EFFECTIVE AS THOUGH IT WERE, AND IT'S WHOEVER OWNS THAT PROPERTY, IT CARRIES FORWARD WITH THE LAND.
SCAN GOING TO AGREE TO MAINTAIN IT.
THEY ALREADY, THEY ALREADY UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO GOT THE EMAIL FROM D E P AND THEY'RE QUITE AGREEABLE.
SO HOW WOULD THIS MOTION? WELL, IT WOULD BE A, A, UM, MOTION TO ACCEPT DEDICATION OF THE SEWER MAIN AT THE 60 K FLEX BUILDING IN THE PTC THREE PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK.
THREE, PROVIDENCE BUSINESS PARK THREE PROJECT.
ARE WE DOING THIS TONIGHT? IF YOU'RE, YES.
THAT'S THE MOTION, WHAT HE JUST SAID.
AND I'LL SECOND THAT AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION IN SOMEBODY HERE.
I THINK THAT THAT'LL WORK ON, YEAH.
I HAVE WE, YEAH, I HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND AND, UH, IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I'VE ALREADY SAID PLENTY NIGHT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ANYTHING TO SAY? IT'S NICE TO ALL GET BACK TOGETHER AND NOT WEAR MASKS AND NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
I KNOW I ASKED THIS A FEW MEETINGS AGO, AND NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK TO NORMAL, CAN WE CHECK IN ON THE TRASH PICKUP ALONG THE ROADS? AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE LEFT THAT.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE WE HAD TO GIVE YOU ROADS TO CHECK, BUT HONESTLY IT'S LIKE EVERY ROAD.
I DID REACH OUT TO, UM, MR. RAIO FROM THE, FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID.
THEY WERE NOT UTILIZING THE, UH, CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FOLKS TO DO ANY ROADSIDE COLLECTION THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THAT THE, UH, PERONE WATERSHED DID SOMETHING A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE, AFTER YOU INQUIRED.
AND I DID SEE A, UH, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, THOUGH IT WASN'T EVERYWHERE IN THE TOWNSHIP, IT WAS JUST AT THE, UH, PARTICULAR SITES THAT THE WATERSHED DID THAT CLEANUP.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE THIS YEAR AT ALL THIS CORRECT.
THE, THE, THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS NOT USING OR OFFERING THAT SERVICE UTILIZING THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
GOTTA GET THE BOY SCOUTS INVOLVED.
YEAH, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE BAD BY 2022
I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, THE TWO BOOKS THAT I'VE READ OR LISTENED TO SO FAR THIS MONTH ARE AIN'T I, WOMAN BY BELL HOOKS AND TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL BY LESLIE MCSPADDEN.
UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO WAS BRING TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION THE, UM, ARTICLE IN THE TIMES HERALD DAY DATED MARCH 6TH, 2014.
IT IS AN ARTICLE ABOUT PARKHOUSE AND I WANTED TO BRING TO ATTENTION ONE PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH, AND THAT IS QUOTE, BECAUSE UPPER PROVIDENCE WOULD NOT SUBDIVIDE THE LAND, THE COUNTY HAD TO USE ITS POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO BUY BACK THE LAND AT MARKET PRICE, WHICH WAS VALUED AT 2 MILLION IN ORDER TO PROTECT IT.
INDEED, IT LEGALLY OPEN SPACE THAT IS REFERRING TO, UH, WHAT IS NOW THE UPPER REGIONAL, UPPER SCHUEL REGIONAL PARK.
BUT IT'S ALSO REFERRING TO THE OTHER PART, THE OTHER PARCEL THAT WAS NOT SUBDIVIDED OFF FROM THE FACILITY.
AND I JUST WANNA BRING THAT TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND TO THINK ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT, TIM, DO YOU WANT TO REVIEW OUR UPCOMING EVENTS? UPCOMING EVENTS? UH, WE HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING OF OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON JUNE 21ST AND JULY 19TH.
I THINK I DID MENTION TO YOU THAT WE MAY BE WANTING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP THE FIRST, UH,
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MONDAY IN, UH, JUNE, AND I'LL, UH, GET BACK TO YOU WITH, UH, WITH A CONFIRMATION ON THAT.I PLAN COMMISSION, UH, MEETING MAY 26TH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
AGENDA ITEMS ARE THE, YOUR KEY STATION APARTMENTS, TENTATIVE LAND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, JUNE 21ST AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
AGENDA ITEMS, UH, LEWIS ROAD TOWNHOUSE HOUSES, UH, THAT'S A TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION, 1 72 HOPWOOD ROAD.
IT'S A CONT CONDITIONAL USE IN TENTATIVE SUBDIVISION PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, MAY 19TH AT SIX O'CLOCK.
OUR QUARTERLY, UH, SEWER AUTHORITY MEETING WILL BE HELD AT JUNE, JUNE 3RD, AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 26TH.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN ADDITION, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THIS EVENING.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.