16 December 2015
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 33 subject tags
The Moon Township Board of Supervisors approved the 2016 municipal budget and set the real property tax rate for the year. They also recognized the Moon Aqua Club as an association in good standing. The board approved a temporary construction easement and a development agreement with Voicestream Pittsburgh L.P. for installation of a stealth light pole to house communication antennas. A small development stormwater management application and indemnification agreement for a business owner, doing business as Rozzo’s Razors, was approved for property at the northeast corner of Flaugherty Run Road and Brodhead Road. The board approved Change Order No. 2 to the 2015 road improvement program contract with Youngblood Paving, Inc., reducing the contract value by $114,614.84 to $1,112,730.16 due to lower paving quantities. Pay Application No. 3 from Youngblood Paving in the amount of $398,580.73 was approved, with a 1% retainage held because seeding behind curbs was not completed. A performance security reduction request for the Moon Township Municipal Authority at the MTMA-Creswell Interconnect on Purdy Road was approved, reducing the security from $51,000 to $0. The planning director reported that a zoning ordinance text amendment for solar panels will be considered at the January 4 regular meeting, and a target range text amendment has been presented to the Planning Commission. The Ford Minor Land Development Plan for Moon Township Ford, adding 4,200 square feet, was presented. Final planned residential development approval for Foxwood Knolls Phase 4 is pending posting of a performance bond. The township engineer reported completion of the Thorn Hollow flood event construction, the Moon Park fencing project, and Findlay delineation monuments. The parks and recreation director reported pavilion use time will extend to 11 p.m., and the baseball field light fee will be reduced from $100 to $50. The board discussed property maintenance enforcement, with a judgment of $12,000 plus court costs entered against a resident, who has 30 days to appeal. The manager reported that the township must match funds for a Safe Routes to School grant for sidewalks from Robert Morris University to Beaver Grade Road.The Moon Township Board of Supervisors approved the 2016 municipal budget and set the real property tax rate for the year. They also recognized the Moon Aqua Club as an association in good standing. The board approved a temporary construction easement and a development agreement with Voicestream Pittsburgh L.P. for installation of a stealth light pole to house communication antennas. A small development stormwater management application and indemnification agreement for a business owner, doing business as Rozzo’s Razors, was approved for property at the northeast corner of Flaugherty Run Road and Brodhead Road. The board approved Change Order No. 2 to the 2015 road improvement program contract with Youngblood Paving, Inc., reducing the contract value by $114,614.84 to $1,112,730.16 due to lower paving quantities. Pay Application No. 3 from Youngblood Paving in the amount of $398,580.73 was approved, with a 1% retainage held because seeding behind curbs was not completed. A performance security reduction request for the Moon Township Municipal Authority at the MTMA-Creswell Interconnect on Purdy Road was approved, reducing the security from $51,000 to $0.
The planning director reported that a zoning ordinance text amendment for solar panels will be considered at the January 4 regular meeting, and a target range text amendment has been presented to the Planning Commission. The Ford Minor Land Development Plan for Moon Township Ford, adding 4,200 square feet, was presented. Final planned residential development approval for Foxwood Knolls Phase 4 is pending posting of a performance bond. The township engineer reported completion of the Thorn Hollow flood event construction, the Moon Park fencing project, and Findlay delineation monuments. The parks and recreation director reported pavilion use time will extend to 11 p.m., and the baseball field light fee will be reduced from $100 to $50. The board discussed property maintenance enforcement, with a judgment of $12,000 plus court costs entered against a resident, who has 30 days to appeal. The manager reported that the township must match funds for a Safe Routes to School grant for sidewalks from Robert Morris University to Beaver Grade Road.
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