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Apolacon Twp..
Bridgewater Twp.
Choconut Twp.
Forest Lake Twp.
Franklin Twp.
Jessup Twp.
Liberty Twp.
Middletown Twp.
Rush Twp.
Silver Lake Twp
Friendsville
Little Meadows
Montrose

Meeting Minutes - May 2008

Thursday, May 15 2008

Roll call 9 twps present.
Bob Templeton, Art Donato, Bill Dovin, Tom Swan, Bill Stewart, Bob Boyanowski, Charlie Pierson, Kendall Mitchell, Dave McGuigan, Harvey Rosenkrans, Bill Goodrich, Ted Plavinsky, Marvin Small, Beverly Way, Dave Darrow
Guests:Francis Fruehan, Paul Adams, Earl Raub Jr., Lori Raub, Eric Wilber, Elmer Bloun, James Lindsey, Donald Rifenbury, Tom Frisbee, Clifford Reid, Sharon Rosenkrans,
Secretary pro-tem Linda Dovin

Tom Swan made motion to approve minutes, McQuigan seconded? ( Not sure )minutes approved.

Treasurer's reported accepted.  McQuigan corrected spelling of his last name in the previous meeting's minutes, ends in an not en.  Sorry didn't get who did the motions.

Report of officers:  None

Old Business:  Zoning, put ad together for zoning officers, there are some applicants, none have been interviewed yet.  Must adapt a schedule to review ordinance.

Carson:  There have been four hearings on the zoning ordinance,  comments from hearings are posted on the website, except for those from Rush.  There are two sets of written comments, Bob Wert and Eugene Famolari, two drafts, summary of hearing comments and issues.  A response to comments of Eugene Famolari are posted.  Gas leases discussed, drilling must be allowed everywhere.  Be prepared to discuss gas leasing at next meeting.  Carson will meet with townships individually  on zoning comments and ordinances.  He would like a separate work session for zoning, date of June 10, 6:30 at Silver Lake was decided upon.

Bob Tepmleton:  Under the  county plan adopted in 2003 the  mandatory size for building lots in the county has been 2 acres to keep it rural and to prevent sprawl.   Under the right circumstances 1/2 acre  or 3/4 acre lots can accommodate septic systems  and could be acceptable.  The average lot size in the county is 14-16 acres, with many parcels being in the 20-30 acre size.  There have been only 3 or 4  one or two acre lots sold in the past year.

Dave stated they they will be working on 1st grant closeout.  Terry is working on lease agreement.  Bob and Dave met with concerned citizens.

Carson:  Sub division ordinance--draft copies next month, will start with county ordinance, will meet regionally.

Art Donato:  released Susquehanna zip code and new addresses for 911, will see how it works out.

Bob Templeton:  Responses on the review of the  Flood Mitigation Plan  need to be sent in from  Apolocan, Bridgewater, Choconut, Forest Lake, and Jessup.  Bill Dovin stated that the forms are basically the same as the Hazard Mitigation Plan  and asked if the same information could  be used.   Bob stated that it can.

No public questions.

Bill for fuel for Montrose $312 approved to pay.

Next meeting June 19, 7:00 or 7:30 will check with Jessup Twp. on the time.

Bill Stewart made motion to adjourn, Nate seconded.

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