{"id":8227,"date":"2014-11-20T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8227"},"modified":"2014-11-20T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T20:35:05","slug":"pennsbury-oks-purchase-23-acres-of-open-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8227","title":{"rendered":"Pennsbury OKs purchase 23 acres of open space"},"content":{"rendered":"

No property tax increase in 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pennsbury Township supervisors discuss a purchase of 23 acres of land for open space preservation. From left, Scotty Scottoline, Wendell Felton and Aaron McIntyre.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Kris Firey-Poling<\/strong>, Correspondent, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The township\u2019s Board of Supervisors approved to purchase 23 acres of land at Wednesday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

Supervisors Chairman, Scotty Scottoline explained that \u201cThe three parcels include 11 acres east and 9 acres west of the township building on U.S. 1, and 3 acres at the corner of U.S. 1 and Hickory Hill Road.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been working on this since Toll Brothers bought the property, and must act now before it goes away.\u201d<\/p>\n

This purchase prevents 116 new homes, and eliminates the need for a new sewage plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m overjoyed that you were able to pull this off.\u00a0 It is a win for open space.\u201d exclaimed resident Susan Mackey Kallis.\u00a0 The audience agreed and responded with applause.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Aaron McIntyre thanked the many residents who were involved in this effort.<\/p>\n

The Board approved a loan not to exceed $4,875,000.\u00a0 Township Solicitor Tom Oeste plans to close the deal before the end of this year.<\/p>\n

Supervisors also approved the construction of a new storage building at a cost of $97,783.\u00a0\u00a0 CB Structures of New Holland will build the structure next to the township\u2019s maintenance garage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis lowest bid came close to our $100,000 estimated amount.\u00a0 Capital account funds will be used to cover the cost.\u201d said Scottoline.<\/p>\n

In other township business at the meeting, Manager Kathleen Howley announced that the 2015 Budget has been posted and is online.\u00a0 The budget will be formally discussed and adopted at next month\u2019s December 9th<\/sup> meeting at 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Chairman Scottoline bottom-lined it by saying, \u201cNo property tax increase in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planning Commission Chair Dennis Smith reported that his group is currently studying aquifer protection.\u00a0 Smith cited New Garden Township\u2019s recent challenge of a Delaware water company and landowner wanting to pump water from its property to sell.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be proactive, so we working to learn township rights and laws to ensure that our water is protected,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n

Also, Donna Murray, Director at the Bayard Taylor Memorial Library, reported on recent library activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not just a warehouse of books,\u201d Murray explained, describing Friday\u2019s Tween Videogame Night and a recent wine and cheese party.<\/p>\n

Murry invited residents to bring in their IPad or other electronics to receive staff assistance on how to use them.\u00a0 She also reinforced how library members can download eBooks and online magazines to their tablets.<\/p>\n

Resident and Library Board member Susan Mackey Kallis thanked the township for its 2015 pledge of $35,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cPennsbury always pays its fair share and more.\u00a0 With increased technology, libraries are reinventing themselves.\u00a0 There is something here for everyone.\u201d said Kallis.<\/p>\n

Also on the agenda, resident Tina Brunetti discussed her frustration with getting onto U.S. 1 from her residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe traffic and vehicle speed has significantly increased!\u00a0 The posted change from 45 mph to 55 mph, then back to 45 mph doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d said Brunetti.<\/p>\n

The supervisors agreed and will look into getting the speed limit 45 mph throughout this area.\u00a0 They also recommended that residents contact Pennsylvania State Representative Steve Barrar and explain the problem.<\/p>\n

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No property tax increase in 2015 By Kris Firey-Poling, Correspondent, The Times The township\u2019s Board of Supervisors approved to purchase 23 acres of land at Wednesday\u2019s meeting. Supervisors Chairman, Scotty Scottoline explained that \u201cThe three parcels include 11 acres east and 9 acres west of the township building on U.S. 1, and 3 acres at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[4910,101,4748,1021],"class_list":["post-8227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-2015-budget","tag-board-of-supervisors","tag-open-space","tag-pennsbury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8229,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8227\/revisions\/8229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}