Minutes June 11, 2018 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: Donald Bowman Allan Grundstrom Jeff Koppel Jim Murphy Ben Ranck Jeff Thompson Planning Commission Members Absent: Susan Benfer Sally Farmer Tony Mike Others Present: Shawn McLaughlin, Planning Director Pam Mabus, Planner Janice Wagner, Staff II. Approval of Minutes: Being no additions or corrections to the minutes there was a motion by Jeff Koppel to approve the May 14, 2018 meeting minutes as mailed. Second by Jeff Thompson Grundstrom. Motion carried. III. Committee Reports: A. Subdivision Report June 2018 Commission Actions Dollar General Hartleton Borough, commercial (1 lot), final, land development. Staff has received the facade drawing for Dollar General and it appears to be what the planning commission wanted. The two tinted windows on either side of the front door both taller than wide to be placed lower on the building than what the original called for has been done. The exterior elevation on the western side of building is being done with wainscoting. The eastern exterior side of the building will be painted to match the front and western side of the building. The goose-neck lighting is a no as it is too cost prohibitive. The question by Allan is why doesn t everything run horizontal on the sides the public will see? Pam will ask Mike Swank about this. Dollar General has requested a ninety (90) day time extension to go October 4 th. The only thing they are in need of is the plan to be approved and an Improvements Guaranty
Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Page 2 along with a letter of credit. The meeting for October is scheduled for October 1 st, so we will take it to then. There was a motion by Jeff Koppel to grant the time extension to expire October 1 st. Second by Allan Grundstrom. Motion carried Staff Actions 1. Chris Camac/Judith Clark West Buffalo Twps., res., (2 lots), 4 acs., add-on, final Camac/Clark - Lewis Twp., res., (1 lot), 2.00 acs., add-on, final. Municipal Reviews 2. Farnham/Russell Gregg Twp., (1 lot), res., 1.99 acs, final. 3. Jeff Snyder White Deer Twp., (1 lot), agr., 81.72 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. V. Correspondence and Information: None VI. Director s Report: Mr. McLaughlin reported he attended a FOCUS Central Pennsylvania Board meeting in State College; participated in a bridge maintenance meeting with our engineer and commissioners staff; attended an Economic Development event; met with the Union County library director and board member to follow up on discussion at the last planning commission meeting; met with Eriq Mulberger from the Workforce Development Board and Allie Grill of Susquehanna University; did a webinar on public involvement on planning projects; corresponded with Attorney Tom Boop regarding a property in Lewis Township that was owned by a private individual that had numerous code violations and various issues, the Township took over the property and proceeded to clean it up. The township may want to sell it however the previous owner created an illegal deed conveyance so they are trying to determine a way to bring it into compliance. This brings us back to how do we deal with add-ons in future discussions, when we amend our ordinance we may to implement something. White Deer is looking at re-zoning the property south of the GAF plant between old and new Rt. 15 this is a 30 acre parcel. VI. Old Business: None VII. New Business: None
Meeting Minutes June 11, 2018 Page 3 VIII. Public Comment: None IX. Adjournment: Being no further business there was a motion by Jeff Koppel and second by Jeff Thompson to adjourn the meeting at 5:10 p.m. Motion carried. Jeff Koppel, Secretary Date