Minutes September 11, 2017 Monday, 4:30 p.m. Chairman Donald Bowman called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.

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1 Minutes September 11, 2017 Monday, 4:30 p.m. REGULAR MEETING Commissioner s Board Room UNION COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION 155 North 15 th Street I. Call to Order: Chairman Donald Bowman called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. Planning Commission Members Present: Susan Benfer Sally Farmer Tony Mike Donald Bowman Allan Grundstrom Ben Ranck Jeff Thompson Planning Commission Members Absent: Jeff Koppel Others Present: Shawn McLaughlin, Planning Director II. Approval of Minutes: Being no additions or corrections to the minutes there was a motion by Tony Mike to approve the July 10, 2017 meeting minutes as mailed. Second by Ben Ranck. Motion carried. III. Committee Reports: A. Subdivision Report July 2017 Commission Actions None Staff Actions 1. Marvin Reiff West Buffalo Twp., (1 lot), comm., 0.23 acs., final, cell tower. Municipal Reviews 2. Bob & Darlene Derr Buffalo Twp., (1 lot), res., 3.62 acs., add-on, final. 3. Silver Moon Hills White Deer Twp., (44 lots), res., acs., final. August 2017 Commission Actions - None

2 Meeting Minutes September 11, 2017 Page 2 Staff Actions 1. Andrew Hoover - Hartley Twp. (1 lot), res., 2.00 acs., final. 2. Margaret Duncan Hartley Twp. (1 lot), 1.14 acs., final. Municipal Reviews 3. Timothy Yoder White Deer Twp., (2 lots), res., 2.64 acs., add-on, final. 4. Alan Ard Buffalo Twp., (2 lots), res., 2.00 acs., final. 5. John Shirk Union Twp., (2 lots), res., 3.16 acs., final. 6. Randy Keister Union Twp., (1 lot), res., 2.84 acs., final. 7. Country Comfort Property White Deer Twp., (1 lot), comm., 0.69 acs., final, land development. There was a motion by Ben Ranck and second by Allan Grundstrom to ratify the staff actions and municipal reviews. Motion carried. IV. Correspondence and Information: A Meeting Schedule The 2018 meeting schedule was approved with the October and November meetings being held the first Monday. Motion by Allan Grundstrom and second by Tony Mike to approve the 2018 meeting schedule as presented. V. Director s Report: Mr. McLaughlin reported he had the final public meeting on the housing study in July; spent several meetings with the director of FOCUS and talked about marketing on the business park and strategic planning for the upcoming year; spent a lot of time with staff on updating the economic development website content layout; met with PennDOT District 3 on multiple bridge projects that are either under construction or getting ready to go to construction; attended FOCUS Central PA board meeting; met with the website service providers; attended MPO meeting; met with PennDOT and their consultant about the historic Iron Trust bridge in Allenwood; attended meeting with Housing Authority staff to discuss affordable housing; met with the commissioner s; attended a Lewisburg Borough council meeting with Commissioner Showers; met with the director of the Bloomsburg KIZ and with Northumberland County Economic Development person; attended the commissioner s work session; coordinated with the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership MPO on a bike/pedestrian project for Kelly Township, East Buffalo Township and Lewisburg Borough. VI. Old Business: A. Comprehensive Plan Follow-up We are going to publish advisory guidelines for the municipalities on the agriculture and forest conservation districts. When that is completed we will move onto the next item. The next comprehensive plan should be done in Mr. McLaughlin s recommendation is to wait until the next census comes out and then we will have the new data to use, the new data will be out in 2021.

3 Meeting Minutes September 11, 2017 Page 3 There was a motion by Sally Farmer to wait until we have the 2020 census information until we proceed to do an update. Second by Allan Grundstrom. Motion carried. B. Vacancy Chairman Bowman is hopeful we will have a replacement by next month but if any member knows of anyone that may be interested have them give Mr. McLaughlin a call. VII. New Business: A. Fiscal Year 2018 Budget We are in the process of preparing a budget for next year, if there is anything out of the ordinary the planning commission would like to do let Mr. McLaughlin know. VIII. Public Comment: None IX. Adjournment: Being no further business there was a motion by Tony Mike and second by Ben Ranck to adjourn the meeting at 5:30 p.m. Motion carried. Jeff Koppel, Secretary Date

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