Board of Supervisors’ Meeting
Monday, 8:45 a.m., November 10, 2003
Sellers opened the meeting with the pledge of
allegiance at 8:45 a.m. Supervisors Brutscher and Hubbard were in
attendance. Also present was Bill Harwood, Building and Zoning Officer.
Announcements: The secretary announced there
are two zoning hearing board meetings scheduled for November and
December. Brutscher reported that she had attended a scenic byway meeting
at Pennsbury Township. Brutscher said the secretary and herself would be
completing the application later this week that will designate Route 52 as
a scenic byway.
Open Space Report: Hubbard announced the Open
Space Committee is meeting tomorrow night.
Minutes of October 27, 2003: Brutscher moved,
Hubbard seconded to approve the minutes of October 27, 2003 as amended.
Motion carried with all in agreement.
Scaleby Farm Subdivision Extension: Sellers
moved, Hubbard seconded, to extend the review of the Gilpin tract/Scaleby
Farm Subdivision until January 26, 2004. Motion carried. Yelton
expressed his concern over the storm water management on this plan.
Sellers asked Yelton to document his concerns about storm water in a
letter to the township’s Planning Commission.
Toll Brothers / Sheeder Tract: Chris Shubert
along with Victor Kelly presented the revised village plan for the Sheeder
tract that was developed with the guidance of John Snook, Brandywine
Conservancy, to the Board. Schubert reviewed the placement of the various
homes and facilities on the tract. Sellers said the township would prefer
a two-pond design for the sewage management facility. Shubert said the
additional homes and businesses that would tie into the facility total
about 11,000 gallons a day. Schubert said the wastewater management
system for the community would be designed to handle its own waste water.
There was a general discussion about the necessity to properly handle the
storm water coming off of this property. Schubert said there are 46
single family homes, 67 village homes, 42 carriage homes, for a total
density of 155 units. Yelton asked about typical lot size for the homes.
Kelly and ? addressed his question. Harwood asked if the common grounds
would be maintained by the homeowners’ association. Kelly said yes except
the village homes and single family homes would be maintained by the
homeowners. The next executive session will be on November 20th
at 8:45 a.m. to review the revisions to the horizontal and vertical
alignment of the southern units on the tract. Shubert said he had
received the sewage facilities management agreement from Ross Unruh.
Pennwycke Subdivision: Sellers reported that
the township engineer, Hubbard, and himself had met with Mr. Cappie, his
solicitor, and his bank in an executive session to discuss solutions to
the various issues on the Pennwycke site. There will be another meeting
next week to continue these discussions. Sellers said the two year storm
water retention on the site is still an issue.
Courts at Longwood: Brutscher asked if the
guide rail had been replaced with the correct guide rail. Harwood said he
had met with David D’Agostino on several occasions and informed him that
the guide rail is not correct. It was agreed the guide rail must be
corrected to the specifications that are on the plan. A resident in
Courts at Longwood has requested that his two building lots be joined as
one building lot. Sellers said this would be a minor subdivision plan,
and the property should be deed restricted from another dwelling being
built on this property. Harwood said he would advise the resident.
Brutscher said the secretary will call Ross Unruh to have him advise the
township how best to handle the seizing of the escrows at Brandyridge and
Courts at Longwood.
Budget 2004: The Board reviewed and made
comments and changes on the proposed 2004 budget. The Board discussed
implementing an earned income tax and asked the secretary to contact
Pennsbury township for a copy of the study that was done in Pennsbury
Township.
Brutscher moved, Hubbard seconded to approve $7.00 an
hour to hire Ashley Eckard to assist Bill Harwood with clerical work in
the township garage office for approximately 15 hours per week. Motion
carried with all in agreement.
Treasurer’s Warrants: The warrants were
approved and signed as submitted.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at
11:02 a.m.
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Karen J. Eckard, Secretary
H. William Sellers, Chairman
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