Board of Supervisors’ Meeting
7:30 p.m., Monday, March 22, 2004
Sellers opened the meeting at 7:35 p.m.
with the pledge of allegiance. Supervisors Brutscher and Hubbard were in
attendance.
Announcements: Brutscher announced that herself and the secretary
had attended a Woman’s Conference in Lancaster, and Brutscher announced
she did not attend the KARPC this month due to inclement weather.
Sellers said the Board had met with Frone Crawford,
Gary Burcham, and Jim Brandolini on March 10, 2004 to discuss several
outstanding issues with the Corrine Village subdivision.
Open Space Committee: Alan Johnson, OSC Chairman, presented a
program developed by U.K. Elite for the Board’s consideration to host a
soccer camp at Pocopson Park from 9:00 a.m. through noon, July 19 thru
23. The Board discussed the different issues involved with operating such
a camp. The Board felt that the township residents should have first
consideration for camp attendance. Brutscher said that 10 of the campers
should come from Pocopson Township and receive a $10 deduction on the $125
camp fee. The Board unanimously agreed that the soccer brochures should
be mailed to our residents by U.K.Elite Soccer, 20% of campers should come
from Pocopson Township, and the township will be reimbursed for the cost
of mailing labels ($61.74).
Tom Bierl discussed the possibility of implementing a GIS system. Bierl
said the OSC is going to oversee this project. Bierl said they are
applying for a grant from DEP approximately $3,000 to offset the costs of
the software and training two people to run this GIS system. Hubbard said
the township had budgeted to purchase a new computer to host the GIS
system. The Board agreed to reimburse the two people who attend the
training conference for hotel, food, and mileage expenses. The secretary
will email the grant application for the committee.
Constable: Michael S. Balsama is petitioning the Court of Common
Pleas for Constable and seeking the Board’s signatures for his
application. The Board signed his petition.
Scaleby Farm Preliminary Plan Extension: Sellers moved, Hubbard
seconded to grant an extension of the Scaleby Farm subdivision review
until May 30, 2004. Motion carried.
Winterwood Final Plan Extension: Sellers
moved, Hubbard seconded to grant an extension of the Winterwood plan
review until April 27, 2004. Motion carried.
William Waddington Minor Subdivision Plan
Extension: Brutscher moved, Hubbard seconded to grant an extension of
the Waddington minor subdivision plan until May 30, 2004. Motion carried.
Hipkins Property: Ricki Stumpo was present to discuss Mr. Hipkins
and gave the Board copies of the Hipkin’s agreement dated March 21, 2002.
Stumpo discussed the fact that Hipkins is in violation of the agreement he
signed with the township. Stumpo said she is tired of the constant noise
pollution coming from this property and reviewed a record she had kept of
his activities. Stumpo said they would like to see the court order redone
consistent with the new noise ordinance, removal of junk vehicles and
trailers from the residential property, and zoning officer making weekly
inspections of the property. The Board and Harwood discussed the
problem. Harwood said he would contact Andy Rau and John Fenn to see what
else can be done. Brutscher said once the noise ordinance is adopted, it
would be easier to site Hipkins for the noise he is creating running his
commercial equipment on his property. Harwood said he would contact Andy
Rau this week to discuss citing Hipkins for the next violation of his
agreement with the township.
Dedication Ceremony: Brutscher said that
MaryBeth Drobish has requested that the dedication ceremony for the tree
in the park planted in memorial to her husband, Robert G. Drobish, be
rescheduled to May 29th so her children could attend. The
Board agreed to this request.
Brutscher reported that Bernard Baily said he was not happy about the
location of several of the houses on the new Corrine Village plan.
Brutscher said the Board would need to see the new plan to review and
discuss the location of these houses.
Roads / Miscellaneous: Brutscher asked who was going to do the
building inspection for the prison project. Harwood said he would handle
the building inspections for the prison expansion. Sellers pointed out
that there are no building permit fees associated with this project; he
suggested setting a flat rate of $50 per hour with a one hour minimum so
Harwood could be adequately compensated for his time. Harwood agreed with
his suggestion.
Chester County Prison: Brutscher said that Mr. Esh has submitted
an estimate to the County of $6,500 to pull the barn on the county
property back on its foundation and replace the roof. She also said that
because the estimate is over $4,000, the county will have to seek two more
bids on these repairs. Brutscher said she would stay in contact with
County officials to push this project along since Mr. Esh does have time
to do this project this spring. There was some confusion about whether
the County will allow the prison land to be farmed this year. Brutscher
said she had informed the County official that the township would like to
see the property continue to be farmed to prevent multi-flora roses and
excessive weeds from taking over the land. Brutscher also said she knows
a township resident who would be interested in farming the property.
Brutscher said she would find out what the County intended to do about
this issue. The Board discussed and reviewed the final changes to the
County deed restrictions agreement, and agreed that impervious surface
coverage should not exceed three acres.
Noise Ordinance: The Board discussed the noise ordinance and made
several changes. The Board agreed the ordinance is ready for advertising
with the changes made at tonight’s meeting. Harwood said the township
will have to purchase a decimal meter to measure sounds. He pointed out
some of the problems with using the decimal meter and said that it will
have to be calibrated frequently. Sellers said the noise ordinance should
not restrict normal maintenance activities of property owner and asked
Brutscher to have Andy Rau reword this section of the ordinance.
Brutscher agreed.
Chester County Planning Commission: Brutscher reported on the
County Planning Commission review of the new township ordinances and said
they are requesting the Township to make a change to the required open
space in a mobile home park from 25% to 50%. The Board approved the
request from the County Planning Commission. Brutscher said this change
can be made sometime in the future.
Toll Brothers Agreement: The Toll Brothers legal settlement was
discussed. Sellers said that John Fenn prepared an estimate dated March
18, 2004 for the construction of the athletic fields and parking lot on
the Lenape Forge parcel, southeast of Simon Pearce. Sellers said there
should be a conversation with Lenape Forge sometime in the near future
about this matter.
Windy Hill: Sellers said that John Fenn is going to do the survey
for the as-built plan in Windy Hill, and a decision should be made about
the permanent trail location in the community. The Board discussed the
location of the trail and how to link it to existing trails in the
township.
Roads – Bid Opening: Harwood requested the Board to approve the
following bids from the Southern Chester County Municipal Cooperative.
Sellers moved, Brutscher seconded to accept the following bids from the
Southern Chester County Municipal Cooperative for the following road
services and materials and heating oil and diesel fuel:
Diamond Delchester - Diesel Fuel at $1.0559 per gal. & Heating Oil
at $1.0587 per gal.
A-1 Traffic Control, LLC – Line stripping; Double Yellow $ .055
per ft., Single Yellow $.03 per ft.
Martin Limestone, Inc. – Stone (13 categories ranging in price from
$8.58 per ton to $15.94 per ton)
Asphalt Industries, Inc. – asphalt tar at $2.20 per gal.
Motion carried.
Harwood presented a nuisance ordinance to the Board for their
considersation. Brutscher said the Planning Commission will review this
at their next meeting.
Harwood requested the Board to allow township employees to participate in
a 401K program at no cost to the township. The Board agreed to his
request.
Brutscher moved, Sellers seconded to accept Resolution # 4 of 2004 to
establishment a Deferred Compensation Plan (401K) to be made available to
all eligible Township employees and elected officials, pursuant to Federal
legislation permitting such Plans. Motion carried.
Minutes of March 8, 2004: Brutscher moved, Sellers seconded to
approve the minutes of March 8, 2004 as corrected. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Warrants: The warrants were approved and signed as
submitted.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
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Karen J. Eckard, Secretary
H. William Sellers, Chair.
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