6 March 2019
Moon Township Board of Supervisors and its boards · 41 subject tags
The Moon Township Board of Supervisors held a lengthy regular meeting March 6, beginning with a proclamation recognizing a Boy Scout of Boy Scout Troop 198 for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. The board unanimously approved the minutes from the Jan. 30 workshop and Feb. 6 regular meetings. In the main business, supervisors continued to April 3 a public hearing on the Village at Marketplace LLC’s conditional use application for planned non-residential development, after hearing the applicant outline nine requested modifications and waivers regarding steep slopes, water course disturbance, parking, street frontage, street grades and sidewalks. The board closed a separate public hearing and unanimously approved Ordinance No. 683, amending the zoning code to clarify applicability of environmental performance standards. Supervisors approved the major land development plan for Robert Morris University’s School of Engineering, subject to conditions in a planning director memorandum. Several appointments were made: three residents to three-year terms on the Military Banner Committee; four residents to two-year terms; and a resident to the Moon Industrial Development Authority, filling an unexpired term. The board approved the OLSH Rally for McNally Endowed Scholarship 5K race on June 15, with a Woodcrest Avenue closure conditional on PennDOT permits and public safety recommendations. Resolutions passed included R-12-2019 and R-14-2019, deeming acquisition and disposition of vacant Mooncrest properties in accord with the comprehensive plan; R-13-2019 recognizing Moon Township Library Friends as a civic association under the Small Games of Chance Act; and R-15-2019 authorizing sale of the Community Services Building while committing the township to pay utilities and operating expenses for the library, MCA-TV and tax office for 10 years. Supervisors approved a license agreement with JSF Park Manor LLC for a radio link installation; a $17,560 geotechnical engineering investigation for a slope failure on Pine Drive with Garvin Boward Beitko; a $28,300 contract to Swede Construction for painting at Boggs Run Fire Station; a $5,910 contract to Pittsburgh Glass Block Company for glass block windows at Boggs Run; and a $42,900 contract plus up to $15,000 in alternates to JT Landscaping for a concrete patio at Robin Hill Park. Bills from Feb. 7 through March 6 were paid; a supervisor abstained due to his employer appearing on the register. During audience comments, a resident of Autumn Winds HOA complained about water erosion on Becks Run Road and overnight parking; the township engineer agreed to inspect the road. Supervisors thanked public works and volunteer fire departments for storm response. The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.The Moon Township Board of Supervisors held a lengthy regular meeting March 6, beginning with a proclamation recognizing a Boy Scout of Boy Scout Troop 198 for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. The board unanimously approved the minutes from the Jan. 30 workshop and Feb. 6 regular meetings. In the main business, supervisors continued to April 3 a public hearing on the Village at Marketplace LLC’s conditional use application for planned non-residential development, after hearing the applicant outline nine requested modifications and waivers regarding steep slopes, water course disturbance, parking, street frontage, street grades and sidewalks. The board closed a separate public hearing and unanimously approved Ordinance No. 683, amending the zoning code to clarify applicability of environmental performance standards. Supervisors approved the major land development plan for Robert Morris University’s School of Engineering, subject to conditions in a planning director memorandum. Several appointments were made: three residents to three-year terms on the Military Banner Committee; four residents to two-year terms; and a resident to the Moon Industrial Development Authority, filling an unexpired term. The board approved the OLSH Rally for McNally Endowed Scholarship 5K race on June 15, with a Woodcrest Avenue closure conditional on PennDOT permits and public safety recommendations. Resolutions passed included R-12-2019 and R-14-2019, deeming acquisition and disposition of vacant Mooncrest properties in accord with the comprehensive plan; R-13-2019 recognizing Moon Township Library Friends as a civic association under the Small Games of Chance Act; and R-15-2019 authorizing sale of the Community Services Building while committing the township to pay utilities and operating expenses for the library, MCA-TV and tax office for 10 years. Supervisors approved a license agreement with JSF Park Manor LLC for a radio link installation; a $17,560 geotechnical engineering investigation for a slope failure on Pine Drive with Garvin Boward Beitko; a $28,300 contract to Swede Construction for painting at Boggs Run Fire Station; a $5,910 contract to Pittsburgh Glass Block Company for glass block windows at Boggs Run; and a $42,900 contract plus up to $15,000 in alternates to JT Landscaping for a concrete patio at Robin Hill Park. Bills from Feb. 7 through March 6 were paid; a supervisor abstained due to his employer appearing on the register. During audience comments, a resident of Autumn Winds HOA complained about water erosion on Becks Run Road and overnight parking; the township engineer agreed to inspect the road. Supervisors thanked public works and volunteer fire departments for storm response. The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
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