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POTTER TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

MEETING OF MAY 9, 2005

 

The second monthly meeting of the Potter Township Board of Supervisors was held on Monday,

May 9, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. at the Township Building, 124 Short Road, Spring Mills, PA with Supervisors Paul Zerby, Monty Strouse, Bob Corman, Richard Poorman and Tom Sharer present.  Also attending were Road Superintendent Budd Brooks, Zoning Officer Jeff McClellan, Solicitor Robert Rayman and Secretary Brenda Burd. 

 

Also attending were Alan Decker, Sandra Rishel, Ann Glaser, Mike Clitherow, Carl Bankert and Mr. and Mrs. John Dutrow.

 

Chairman Zerby called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.

 

Minutes of the May 2, 2005 meeting and the Financial Report were approved as presented on a motion by Bob C. and seconded by Rich.  Motion carried unanimously.

 

Citizens Concerns – none.

 

Planning Commission Report

  • Monty reported they reviewed the S & A plan for Mt. View Estates and worked up a comment letter to the Supervisors which was received from Brooks and distributed to the Board just prior to the May 9th meeting. 

 

Zoning Officer’s Report

·         Presented March and April 2005 permit reports.

·         Reported that most of the calls he receives are for Rick Hampton.  The Board told Brenda to ask Rick to attend the June 6th worksession.

·         Tom asked Jeff if the Shaner Complex sewer system is okay.  The sewer is in and inspected.  One concern had always been the installation of additional bleachers causing it to be over its capacity.  

 

Subdivision

·         Carl Bankert with S & A Homes presented the Sewage Planning Module for Mt. View Estates signed by our Planning Commission.  Monty made a motion to sign the Planning Module, seconded by Tom, motion carried unanimously. 

·         As part of the Planning Module, Resolution #6-2005 was presented.  Paul made a motion to approve Resolution #6-2005, seconded by Bob C., motion carried unanimously.  Both the Planning Module and Resolution were signed.

·         He said the first issue is the Stormwater Management; according to the County Subdivision ordinance they cannot start construction under a preliminary plan.  They must have a final plan of the first phase which would address Stormwater Management issues in detail.  The second issue is the traffic study.  They did a peak hour study and both the Township engineer (HRG) and Penn Terra approved this study.  He said they had to do a calculated study because this development traffic does not yet exist.  Paul asked if they studied the current traffic and he was told no because PennDOT already has that data.  The other issue he discussed was he would like 14 lots in this first phase instead of the 27 proposed.  Stormwater management, detention ponds, sumps, affordable housing and sidewalks were discussed.  Mr. and Mrs. Dutrow were present to discuss concerns about run-off across their property.  Paul told Mr. Bankert the Planning Commission’s concerns must be addressed to the Planning Commission until they are satisfied enough to sign the plan.

 

Old Business

·         Bob C. asked to discuss the status of Willard Muthersbaugh as the Township Emergency Management Coordinator since he no longer resides in Potter Township.  The Supervisors agreed to keep Willard in that position.  Bob C. made a motion to keep Willard Muthersbaugh as Township Emergency Management Coordinator, seconded by Monty, motion carried unanimously.  Brenda was asked to write a letter to Willard regarding this action.

 

Solicitor’s Report

·         Received a copy of a letter from John Sepp asking the Supervisors for sewer capacity for Cedar Run Subdivision from the CCP treatment plant.  Supervisors asked Bob to respond to John that CCP has no available capacity.

·         Asked if Butlers have signed the Escrow Agreement yet.  No.  Brenda was asked to pursue.

·         Reported that John Miller has not yet responded on the Cooperative Agreement with the Sewer Authority for CCP.  He asked when the next sewer meeting will be and he was told it should be May 17 but with that being Election Day, the Township Building is unavailable.  Brenda was asked to find out when and where the sewer meeting will be held.

                                                                           

Secretary’s Report

·         Presented bills to be paid list for review and approval.

·         Pointed out the large SEO bill on the bills list and asked for discussion.  It was suggested we handle the SEO like the Engineer’s Memorandum of Understanding.  Bob C. made a motion to have the Memorandum of Understanding signed by a developer/owner before the SEO does any work, for any piece of land with over 1-residence proposed on the land, seconded by Paul, motion carried unanimously.  Brenda was told to add it to the present Memorandum of Understanding.

·         A phone call from Chuck Herr was distributed.

·         Maps of Penns Valley Regional Planning were delivered and placed on the bulletin board.

 

Correspondence

·         Township Code Cumulative Supplement #1 (distributed)

·         Centre County Planning Office about 2005 West Nile Virus surveillance

·         Adelphia executed Contract

·         Adelphia sold local cable system (copied to Bob R.)

·         PSATS Multi-Municipal Planning Seminar

·         Centre County Solid Waste Authority Recyclables Report for April

·         Penns Valley Conservation Association

·         Centre County Planning Office – March and April issue of Housing Centre County (distributed)

·         Potter Township Planning Commission minutes of 4/4/05

·         Governors Center for Local Government Training Catalog

·         Larry Campbell

·         Local Emergency Management Association Newsletter

·         Upcoming DCNR workshop

·         Brooks Harris comment letter e-mail (distributed)

 

Road Superintendent’s Report

  • Reported he is in the process of updating the Road Standards, when completed he will give to the Planning Commission and Bob R. for review.
  • Brush collection was very large this Spring.
  • Presented the Larson Design Contract for not-to-exceed $65,000 to design the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at CCP.  Bob R. has reviewed the contract.   Paul made a motion to approve the Engineer contract to design the CCP WWTP, seconded by Tom, motion carried unanimously.  Budd said he will send it after we know the grant is extended. 
  • He told the Board they need to discuss all these new developments and taking over the roads.  We will need to set a policy or start assessing an impact fee.  Supervisors agreed this would be a good  worksession discussion. 

 

 

 

 

Penns Valley Regional Planning Commission

·         Tom said the chapters are all done and are being reviewed.  Harry Roth’s Contract ends the end of June so everything needs done by then.

 

New Business – none.

 

Open Discussion

·         Budd announced riff raff collection is this Friday and Saturday, May 13 and 14.

·         Monty asked if the Supervisors have a problem with the Planning Commission signing the Mt. View Estates plan.  He was told if they are not 100% satisfied not to sign.  The Planning Commission needs to be completely happy with the plan to sign it.  The Planning Commission was commended for the outstanding job they do.

 

Adjourn

·         At 7:57 P.M. Chairman Zerby adjourned the meeting.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Brenda K. Burd

Secretary/Treasurer

 

 

CCP – Country Club Park

SEO – Sewage Enforcement Officer

DCNR – Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

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