SWAN
Newsletter #17
August 21, 2007
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson. Absent: Bill Hawk.
George Wolfe showed slides of the
Township's web site which is now up an running.
Under old business, a new
(second) lease agreement with the New Love in
Under new business, resolution
07-34, authorizing the submission of a request for reimbursement of police
officer training expenses through MPOETC was approved 4-0.
Resolution 07-35 authorizing the
submission of a Highway Occupancy Permit to Penn DOT for sanitary sewer work on
The Supervisors approved the low
bid of $245,722 for the purchase of vehicle fuels from Petroleum Traders, Inc.
4-0.
Ordinances 07-08 and 07-09
involving changes in the Lower Paxton Township Police Pension Plan and the Lower
Paxton Township Non-Uniformed Employees Pension Plan were approved 4-0. The
changes had to be codified to be included in the plans.
Ordinance 07-11 amending the
International Fire Code: 2006 as adopted through Ordinance 04-08 was approved
4-0. This was made necessary to specifically prohibit the burning of trash and
recyclables per a DEP mandate.
Under the Subdivision and Land
Development portion of the meeting, the preliminary/final subdivision plan for
the Brown Farm (07-10) was tabled since no representative was in attendance to
answer questions. This property is located at 6307 Lyter's Lane.
The preliminary/final re
subdivision of Old Iron Estates, Phase III, Lots 75 &76, (07-17) was approved
4-0. This involved moving a property line slightly to correct a mistake made by
a prior contractor.
Several Boy Scouts were in
attendance at this meeting to obtain credit for various merit badges. Supervisor
Hornung did a good job of explaining the various actions taken by the
Supervisors at this meeting in layman's, terms.
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August 28, 2007
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson.
The item of greatest interest to
SWAN members was a proposal of an option of Agreement of Sale for the Commerce
Park Lot 46 in
The remainder of the meeting
involved items that were straight-forward and non-controversial.
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September 4, 2007
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson.
Under new business the
Supervisors unanimously voted to continue participation in the
Resolution 07-37, making small
changes in the right-of-way plan for the
The Supervisors accepted the low
bid of Kinsley Corporation of $307,835.00 for the reclamation and repaving of
Under subdivision and land
development, the preliminary/final subdivision plan for the Brown Farm, off
Lyter's Lane, was approved unanimously. This involved two lots or about three
acres of the approximately 47 acre property.
The preliminary/final land
development for lot 50,
Resolution 07-36, the planning
module for the Harrisburg Foot and Ankle land development plan, was approved
unanimously.
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September 11, 2007
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP
BUSINESS MEETING (8:00 - 8:10 PM)
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson.
The brief business meeting was
held to review the three bids received for the installation of a water line from
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September 11, 2007
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson.
Mr. Gary Imblum presented a water
shut off plan to facilitate the collection of delinquent sewer accounts in the
township. This plan would be significantly less costly than going through the
lien process. A proper plan will be presented to the Supervisors for approval at
a future meeting.
Apparently the person who bought
the
A number of questions have been
raised by the
The remaining items were
relatively straight forward and of little interest to SWAN.
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September 12, 2007
Attended and reported by Watson
Fisher.
4 Carolyn Street
- Rezoning Request - Ordinance 07-12
The request is for this lot which is located north of Jonestown Road and
just east of Colonial Commons Shopping Center to be rezoned from R-1,
Residential - Low Density to CG, Commercial - General. The property was
previously zoned Commercial and was erroneously rezoned to Residential last
year. The owners requested that the error be corrected. Several neighbors
objected to the rezoning stating concern that a future commercial use could
negatively affect the value of their nearby properties. The owners stated that
they planned to continue their current commercial use of the property and just
wanted the earlier mistake corrected. The commissioners pointed out that the
property was so small that it is unlikely, with the current zoning requirements,
that it could ever become a problem for the neighbors and they felt it was in
the best interest to correct the earlier mistake. The commissioners recommend
approval of the zoning request.
Deluxe Motel Suites
- Preliminary/Final Land Development Plan #07-19
This submission was tabled at the request of the applicant.
Open Space Overlay
District, Discussion Regarding the Density Bonus
- The commissioners had previously
discussed that the density bonus presently in the ordinance for the Open Space
Overlay in the underlying AR, Agricultural Residential district may be too
large. The bonus, which allows an increase in the number of dwelling units for a
development over that shown on the yield plan, is 50% for the underlying AR
district compared to 10% in the underlying R-1, Residential-Low Density district
and the other residential districts. After a discussion of all the related code
factors it was suggested that possibly the number that was originally decided on
may be the best number but that staff should take some time to analyze that
matter a little closer. The question also came up as to why for the AR district
there was no yield plan required. This will be reviewed.
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September 13, 2007
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson.
A representative of the
Shadebrook Development, the TND located on
Under Old Business, Paxtonia's
and
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*Ted Robertson's view on traffic
impact of Shadebrook Development and other ongoing development in this area:
In light of recent pork projects,
such as Bud Shuster's highway in western PA and the "Highway to Heaven" in
Lackawanna County, and the PA Bridge Report recently released, Federal and State
highway funds are going to become non-existent for local entities. Alternative
funding sources must be strongly pursued by the Lower Paxton Township
Supervisors along the same line of Triple Crown's contribution for the Stray
Winds Farm Development.
I have driven these roads many
times over the past year. Following are what I believe to be minimum
requirements necessary to improve traffic flow:
Intersection of
a.) Signalization.
b.) Left turn lanes East & West
bound on Locust Lane.
c.) Left turn lanes North & South
bound on Fairmont Drive.
Intersection of Locust
Lane & Nye's Road:
a.) Signalization.
b.) left turn lane on Nyes Road
northbound onto Locust Lane.
c.) left turn lane eastbound on
Locust Lane to northbound on Nyes Road.
Intersection of Cider
Press Road & Union Deposit Road:
a.) Visibility looking from Cider
Press Road east on Union Deposit Road toward Nyes Road is poor. Trees, shrubs,
and the guide rail along the north side of Union Deposit Road contribute to this
poor visibility.
Intersection of
Fairmont Drive and Union Deposit Road:
a.) Left turn lane eastbound on
Union Deposit Road to northbound on Fairmont Drive.(Line of sight from Fairmont
coming onto Union Deposit Road is not the best. Not sure what will correct this
situation.
In order to properly preserve
Fairmont Drive, between Locust Lane and Union Deposit Road and Cider Press Road,
adequate berms and drainage must be provided.
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September 18, 2007
(7:30 - 9:00 PM)
LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS MEETING
Attended and reported by Ted
Robertson and Watson Fisher.
The oath of office was
administered to Fire Policeman George E. Bell by Chairman Hawk.
Nine resolutions, providing for
acquisitions of rights-of way for temporary construction easements, drainage
easements and /or slope easements for implementation of the Linglestown Square
Project, were approved. Supervisors Hornung and Seeds abstained on those
resolutions in which they had personal interest.
Resolution 07-39 amending the
procedure for collecting delinquent sanitary sewer accounts to include a water
shut-off option was unanimously approved.
Under new business, a hearing on
the application from Molinari & Ruble to amend the designation of property
abutting Deaven Road (North of Devonshire Heights Road) from AR to an Open Space
Overlay, was held. Several residents in the immediate area spoke in favor of the
zoning change. Apparently the developers did an excellent job of communicating
with the affected neighbors. The zoning change was approved unanimously.
Under Subdivision and Land
Development, Mark DiSanto presented a revised timing plan for the intersection
of McIntosh and Colonial Road. The new plan indicated the time frame for
McIntosh being one way westbound from the intersection with Colonial Road would
be a maximum of 2 years from the date of Triple Crown's receipt of the
highway occupancy permit from PennDOT. Mark then stated that he agreed to Eric
Epstein's request to run this by SWAN at the meeting on September 26, 2007. This
prompted some conversations between the Supervisors and Mark concerning the
reversal of decisions once made by the the Supervisors. Chairman Hawk noted that
there were members of SWAN present, and asked if we would wish to comment.
I stated that Mark had presented
the plan to SWAN group at a prior meeting. Although the time frames were not
pinned down at that time, (16 months to 3 years), and no formal vote was taken,
the general consensus was favorable. I was asked if I thought SWAN would be
agreeable to the 2 year time frame. I said yes. The request for the change was
approved 5-0.
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Eileen Hurley
SWAN Secretary/Treasurer
1610 Elbridge Road
Harrisburg, PA 17112
(717) 545-6368