{"id":9104,"date":"2015-02-03T16:27:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2015-02-03T16:28:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:28:14","slug":"birmingham-supervisors-want-historic-home-maintained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=9104","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham supervisors want historic home maintained"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 road program goes out for bid\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Birmingham Township Supervisors approved construction of a new home on a 10-acre lot, but with the condition that this 1837 structure on the property be preserved and maintained as part of the plan, Monday night.<\/p><\/div>\n

BIRMINGHAM \u2014 Sometimes it\u2019s easier to build a house on historic land than deal with the old house already there!<\/p>\n

At Monday night\u2019s meeting, the township Board of Ssupervisors approved the location of a new house on the 10-acre lot at 1301 Birmingham Road.\u00a0 But they expect the new landowner to maintain the accompanying Wylie House, an 1837 historic serpentine home.\u00a0 A bank barn is also located on this perpetually eased historic open space.<\/p>\n

Bill Mullray, of Mullray Builders and representing the potential buyer, presented ways to use the historic house, including office space, and removing the kitchen and plumbing to create a storage space.\u00a0 However, the Historic Commission did not like the storage idea.\u00a0 Mullray added, \u201cMy client is also willing to donate the building to the township.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supervisor Chairman John Conklin, who was \u201cloathe in taking the donation option,\u201d acknowledged that the buyer is in a difficult situation.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve seen many historic structures go into disrepair and then have to be demolished.\u00a0 This property is in the heart of our historical district and the town\u2019s history. I encourage you to be creative. We want you to use the building and<\/i> we want to protect it at the same time. We are here to work with you.\u201d Conklin explained.<\/p>\n

Supervisor Scott Boorse added, \u201cYou need to choose an idea that fits within the township zoning laws and also meets the easement requirements.\u00a0 Look hard at the legal requirements and come back with your formal concept.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both supervisors agreed that they will need a maintenance agreement to ensure that the structure does not fall into disrepair inside and out.<\/p>\n

Mullray and his client will work to create a development plan for the new home and determine how they want to maintain the old structure.<\/p>\n

In other topics, Roadmaster Dave Rathbun reviewed the upcoming 2015 road program that includes seal coating, patching, and miscellaneous repairs.\u00a0 According to Rathbun, \u201cThe slurry seal coating process will extend the life of the roads at about one-third the cost of paving.\u201d \u00a0Roadwork costs are estimated to be $90,000.\u00a0 Supervisors approved advertising bids for the program.<\/p>\n

The supervisors also approved advertising bids for the Nitrogen Removal Upgrade Project.\u00a0 \u201cThis is a mandated upgrade to our wastewater treatment facility to reduce effluent total nitrogen to very low levels,\u201d said Boorse.<\/p>\n

For the record, Conklin restated his prior quote, calling it, \u201ca useless project required by the DEP (the state Department of Environmental Protection) to impact nitrogen that we breathe every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other township business, supervisors approved two Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB) recommendations: the addition of a shed at 1360 Brinton Run Drive, and exterior renovations at 935 Stoney Run Drive.<\/p>\n

Also, the Radley Run Country Club will celebrate its 50th<\/sup> anniversary this summer.\u00a0 According to Jim Rosenthal, Festivities Committee member, \u201cRadley Run opened July 4, 1965.\u00a0 Radley will be celebrating this milestone all year, with various activities through the July 4th<\/sup> weekend.\u201d\u00a0 General Manager Joe Mendez announced that on Sunday, July 5th<\/sup>, they will offer a Community Day for residents as well as the community.\u00a0 Various activities will be provided, culminating in a fireworks display.\u00a0 Mendez and Rosenthal shared preliminary information, and asked supervisors and Chief Thomas Nelling for guidance.<\/p>\n

In his November report, Chief Nelling cited 981incidents, 7435 police miles logged, and six criminal arrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2015 road program goes out for bid\u00a0 By Kris Firey-Poling, Correspondent, The Times BIRMINGHAM \u2014 Sometimes it\u2019s easier to build a house on historic land than deal with the old house already there! At Monday night\u2019s meeting, the township Board of Ssupervisors approved the location of a new house on the 10-acre lot at 1301 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[95,101,5376,5377],"class_list":["post-9104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-birmingham","tag-board-of-supervisors","tag-historic-home","tag-radley-run"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104","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=9104"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9106,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions\/9106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}