Author: Bob Yager

Safety Paths and Trails July 7, 2021 Meeting

Bob Yager

Sentinel Comments

The take-away is that SPTC is now starting in earnest to consider what their next trail or path construction project will be. So this is the time to attend meetings and lobby for your favorite trail or path to be built. Recording Secretary Courtney Wahnefried (township employee) did an excellent job summarizing what the SPTC individual members are favoring at this time in the minutes below.

My comments at the meeting were that in light of a personal survey I did of most paths, I thought SPTC needs to consider how to make professional safety inspection and maintenance of HOA owned paths mandatory. To me, without that, the entire SPTC effort is questionable value. Consider the desire to have paths down Rochester Road. How can that ever come about if sections like the boardwalk just south of Blue Heron Environmental Area are allowed to deteriorate to an unusable state?

Agenda

Click to access 610895962.pdf

Meeting Packet

None (usual for SPTC)

Video – 90 minutes

https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/KGL-y_dHhCluQTy7c6YoVBzzQ5eHj7Lr/media/654164?autostart=true&showtabssearch=true

Minutes

Click to access 612960698.pdf

Board of Trustees June 18, 2021 Special Meeting – Birch Grove “Out of Court Settlement Agreement”

Bob Yager

Sentinel Comment

The main outcome is a signed agreement where Birch Grove agrees to tear down the school building and restore the land if Special Land Use approval is not obtained from the Board. See the agreement at the link below This was obtained by FOIA #2127 (not available on township website).

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Agenda

Click to access 608607412.pdf

Meeting Packet

None

Video – 15 minutes (open session portion only)

https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/KGL-y_dHhCluQTy7c6YoVBzzQ5eHj7Lr/media/650097?autostart=true&showtabssearch=true

Minutes

Click to access 612847069.pdf

In Court Document, Birch Grove Maintains it is OK to Start Construction without Special Land-Use Approval and to Ignore our Buildng Department STOP WORK Order

Bob Yager

See their nine page summary ($11.50) to the Township’s 98 page complaint. Although I have not chosen to pay $98 for the township complaint; the Birch Grove summary and response summarizes the case as it stands. As a layman I will resist the strong urge to make editorial comment. See the document below. Birch Grove is finally tyring to rush Special land-use approval at Planning Commission 6/1 after not being ready in Feb, March, April, May.

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