BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting

March 12, 2008

Revised Agenda posted 3/12 4:15 p.m.  This agenda contains the tentative scheduling of items.  The information on this page may be modified up to 4:00 p.m. on the meeting day. We try to keep the information as current as possible but we cannot control individual system responses. If you have a particular concern about a scheduled project, please feel free to call us up to 4:30 p.m. for verification.

Call to Order 7:30 p.m.

Presentation of Proclamation honoring Parker McWilliams Rushworth for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.

1. Public Comment (Maximum 30 minutes)

2. Board's Announcements:

• The Buckingham Township Civic Association’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place Saturday, March 15th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m., at Holicong Park, raindate Sunday, March 16th at 11:00 a.m.

• “Family Fun Friday” sponsored by the Buckingham Township Park and Recreation Commission continues with the following upcoming event: John Cassidy Magic and Balloon Show, Friday, April 4th, 7 p.m., Buckingham Friends School – tickets are required – they are free and available starting March 17th at the township building.

• “Keep Buckingham Beautiful” – April 26 & 27, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. bring your household trash to the Township Maintenance Building located at 4991 Upper Mountain Road.

• Bucks County’s Household Hazardous Waste and Old Computer Collection will be July 19, 2008 at the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology located at 2740 Old York Road.

• Volunteers are needed year-round to sell tickets at various events for the 1957 White Thunderbird being raffled during the Annual Concours D’Elegance. Contact Al Pincus or Ralph Tompkins for information.

   

3.. Consideration of approving Resolution No. 2042 affirming a proposed settlement contribution by Buckingham Township of $75,000.00 toward a $400,000.00 settlement negotiated by the Township's insurer and special counsel to the Township of all claims of Max Weisman against Buckingham Township, The Buckingham Township Board of Supervisors, Raymond Stepnoski, Henry Rowan and Janet French, which claims were brought by Weisman in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania at number 04-CV-471

4.. Consideration of approving the Payroll for the week ending March 2, 2008 and the Bill List for the meeting of March 12, 2008.

5.. Consideration of approving Supervisor's Minutes of the February 27, 2008 Regular Business Meeting.

6.. Consideration of accepting various Departmental Minutes and Advisory Body Minutes.

7.. Consideration of approving Revised Preliminary/Final Plan of Major Subdivision (plan dated “Rev. 3/7/08”) of “Victoria Park”, Township File SA 2001-16, submitted by Gilmore and Associates, Inc., on behalf of DeLuca Enterprises, T.P. 6-23-8, New Hope and Smith Roads, 112 + acres, 3 Lots, located in the AG-1 Zoning District, with a 90-day review expiration date of June 3, 2008.
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Consideration of approving Act 537 Plan Revision for “Victoria Park”, Township File SA 2001-16, T.P. 6-23-8, 112+ Acres, 3 Lots, in the AG-1 Zoning District.
 

8.. Consideration of approving Revised Preliminary Major Subdivision Plan (plan dated Rev. 1/10/08) of the “McKernan Tract”, Township File SA 2007-01, submitted by Andersen Engineering Assoc., Inc. on behalf of Joseph McKernan and Chance Worthington, T.P. 6-18-91-2, New Hope Road / Durham Road, 16.35 acres, 3 lots, in the AG-1 Zoning District, with an extended 90-day Review Period Expiration Date of May 3, 2008.
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     Consideration of approving Planning Module Exemption Request for “McKernan Tract”, Township File SA 2007-01.

9.. Consideration of accepting Request for Extension to the allowable review time under the provisions of the PA Municipalities Planning Code to May 31, 2008, as submitted by Timothy Barnard on behalf of Natural Lands Trust, Inc., for "Natural Lands Trust", Township File LD 2007-02.
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    Consideration of approving Revised Preliminary Plan of Land Development (plan dated Rev. 11/14/07) of “Natural Lands Trust”, Township File LD 2007-02, submitted by Horizon Engineering on behalf of Natural Lands Trust, Inc., T.P. 6-6-48 and 6-6-57, Holicong Road, 99.23+ acres, proposed Conservation Resource Center and One Single Family Residence, in the AG-2 Zoning District, with an extended 90-day Review Period Expiration Date of April 1, 2008.
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    Consideration of approving Resolution No. ___ Act 537 Plan Revision for “Natural Lands Trust”, Township File LD 2007-02 AND Consideration of accepting On-Lot Sewage Management Agreement.

10. Consideration of accepting the Agreement to Extend the Residential Development Contract to March 26, 2009, covering the “Funk Tract”, Township File SA 2001-13.

11. Consideration of accepting the Agreement to Extend the Residential Development Contract and Water and Sanitary Sewer Development Agreement to April 9, 2009 from William C. Briegel of Orleans Corporation, for the “Devonshire Estates, Phase IV” Subdivision, Township File SA 97-01.

12. Additional Business / Manager’s Items:

• Consideration of request submitted by Loretta Jenkins, on behalf of Doylestown Athletic Association, to waive the George M. Bush Park usage fee set forth in Resolution 2002 for the second “season” of field usage.

• Consideration of request submitted by Anne Irwin, on behalf of Bucks County S.P.C.A., to waive the Holicong Park pavilion usage fee set forth in Resolution 2002.