29 January 2014
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 32 subject tags
The Moon Township Board of Supervisors held a workshop meeting on January 29, 2014, with all five members present. The board heard a presentation from an attorney, representing Tri-State Plastics, which is seeking to expand its factory onto a site in the M-X zoning district that currently does not permit light manufacturing. The attorney requested that light manufacturing be added as a conditional use in that district, noting the company uses only about two semi-truck deliveries per week and stores nothing outside. The board expressed support for the project and directed the attorney to work with township staff on the zoning amendment. The board approved three action items: appointing an employee to the Zoning Hearing Board for a five-year term; approving a performance security reduction of $119,653.57 for Building 210 at Pittsburgh International Business Park, reducing the total security from $1,508,155.83 to $1,388,502.26; and approving change order No. 3 for $6,135.00 to R.E. Yates Electric for the Moon Park Field Lighting Project, with Verizon reimbursing the township for the cost overrun related to delays. In community development reports, the board discussed a meeting with PennDOT regarding the Moon Township Transportation Authority project, noting optimism but concerns about Harrisburg changing its position. Staff requested updated plans from the traffic engineer. The board also discussed the Speedway conditional use hearing scheduled for the following week, the Robert Morris University traffic impact study under review, and a joint well pad application review with Findlay Township for Consol's Well Pad No. 5. The board reviewed the final draft of the Historic Preservation Plan and the comprehensive plan RFP. The engineer reported on the Crosswinds development, noting ongoing issues with stormwater infrastructure and a missing sidewalk not on approved plans. The board discussed the updated stormwater ordinance being drafted to meet the March 9 MS4 permit deadline, the 2014 road improvement program with 37 roads on the paving list, and approved a substitution of clear glass windows for opaque windows at the Walmart Garden Center. Regarding parks, the board discussed a potential $600,000 brownfields grant and directed staff to prioritize restroom facilities and new basketball courts in Moon Park. The finance report showed $1.47 million in capital reserve recommendations and $1.4 million remaining in the 2012 bond fund, with the board agreeing to award both available Lamar scholarships this year. The board also discussed codification progress, the Moon-Findlay border survey, and Grant Drive pothole issues before entering executive session on legal and personnel matters.The Moon Township Board of Supervisors held a workshop meeting on January 29, 2014, with all five members present. The board heard a presentation from an attorney, representing Tri-State Plastics, which is seeking to expand its factory onto a site in the M-X zoning district that currently does not permit light manufacturing. The attorney requested that light manufacturing be added as a conditional use in that district, noting the company uses only about two semi-truck deliveries per week and stores nothing outside. The board expressed support for the project and directed the attorney to work with township staff on the zoning amendment.
The board approved three action items: appointing an employee to the Zoning Hearing Board for a five-year term; approving a performance security reduction of $119,653.57 for Building 210 at Pittsburgh International Business Park, reducing the total security from $1,508,155.83 to $1,388,502.26; and approving change order No. 3 for $6,135.00 to R.E. Yates Electric for the Moon Park Field Lighting Project, with Verizon reimbursing the township for the cost overrun related to delays.
In community development reports, the board discussed a meeting with PennDOT regarding the Moon Township Transportation Authority project, noting optimism but concerns about Harrisburg changing its position. Staff requested updated plans from the traffic engineer. The board also discussed the Speedway conditional use hearing scheduled for the following week, the Robert Morris University traffic impact study under review, and a joint well pad application review with Findlay Township for Consol's Well Pad No. 5. The board reviewed the final draft of the Historic Preservation Plan and the comprehensive plan RFP.
The engineer reported on the Crosswinds development, noting ongoing issues with stormwater infrastructure and a missing sidewalk not on approved plans. The board discussed the updated stormwater ordinance being drafted to meet the March 9 MS4 permit deadline, the 2014 road improvement program with 37 roads on the paving list, and approved a substitution of clear glass windows for opaque windows at the Walmart Garden Center. Regarding parks, the board discussed a potential $600,000 brownfields grant and directed staff to prioritize restroom facilities and new basketball courts in Moon Park. The finance report showed $1.47 million in capital reserve recommendations and $1.4 million remaining in the 2012 bond fund, with the board agreeing to award both available Lamar scholarships this year. The board also discussed codification progress, the Moon-Findlay border survey, and Grant Drive pothole issues before entering executive session on legal and personnel matters.
Summarised by AI from the linked minutes, with some details withheld for privacy. The document is the record — check anything that matters against it.