Updated
6/28/09
Updated
6/28/09
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PLEASE JOIN US . . . We would like to fill the
meeting room on Thursday, July 2, at 7:00 pm, at the New Hanover Township
Building. Gibraltar Rock would like to quarry on 50
acres of “residential land”, and our attorney will be present to prevent this
from happening.
You can help us protect the children at New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School who are one-tenth of a mile from this site. Our concerns are numerous: contaminated or dry wells, horrendous traffic congestion, air quality/health issues, damage to our homes, plummeting property values, to name a few. Please help us with your attendance on July 2 – 7:00 PM – at the township building. Thanks!
JULY 4TH - MEMORIAL PARK –
Fundraiser Update On Saturday, April 13, we sold 101 baked items at Freed’s Market in Gilbertsville. We were amazed at the variety of pastries, from homemade fruit pies and apea cakes, to varieties of muffins, cookies, bundt cakes and specialty cakes such as pineapple-upside-down cake, lemon sponge, and carrot cake with caramel filling. It’s no surprise all was sold-out before noon! |
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6/8/09 Update of June 4 meeting of Zoning Hearing Board If you live on Church Road, Colflesh Road, Houseman, Hoffmansville, or Little Roads, you are probably already aware that your home and/or business is close to 50+ acres of residential-zoned land that was bequeathed to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and intended for construction of a high school. With the threat of a quarry, asphalt plant and concrete plant across the road, the Archdiocese cancelled their plans. You may also be aware that the Archdiocese has made an ‘agreement of sale’ with Gibraltar Rock, Inc. who would like to “mine” all of those 50 acres (minus the required setbacks). Our township now agrees with the area residents and the Paradise Watchdogs that this residential land “should not be handed over to Gibraltar Rock”. The township Zoning Hearing Board resumed meetings on June 4, to discuss this residential land and consider the quarry’s proposal. The meeting only lasted 15 minutes because the quarry attorney, Steve Harris, noted an error in his application and wishes to correct it before proceeding. The next meeting on this GR3 application will be held on Thursday, July 2. The Zoning Board announced this as a “tentative date”. We will call some of you when we have a definite date; you may also check this website for an update, or you may call us for information: 610-754-6788 (Jeanette) or 610-754-6374 (Celeste) If you wish to protect your rights, health, quality of life, and property values, please come out to the July meeting! At the next meeting, we will ask the zoning board to allow residents to sign up for “party status”. That means any resident with property near this land, and within one mile, can sign up as an interested party. Then, during the zoning hearings, you will be informed when you will have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments regarding this proposal, if you wish to do so. If you sign up the township and our Zoning Board will get a clear message that we want this land to remain residential zoning. |
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6/4/09 The Paradise Watchdogs at Court of
Common Pleas On Thursday, May 28, 2009, we traveled to Norristown for a hearing on our “petition to intervene” in the appeal that is pending in that court, which is Gibraltar Rock, Inc. vs. New Hanover Township Zoning Hearing Board. Gibraltar Rock filed the appeal in the Fall of 2007 following the zoning board’s decision on quarry Application #1 (or GR1). Our three witnesses presented persuasive and valuable testimony. Uday Patankar testified for Gibraltar Rock. Steve Harris (Gibraltar’s attorney) asked our witnesses if they are aware the township refused to vote “yes” for the stipulation agreement. This was a “trick question”, since our Board of Supervisors did not vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the proposed agreement. Oral arguments are scheduled for June 30. The judge’s decision will follow the June 30th court date. If the court rules in our favor, there won’t be any more unknown (to us) negotiations/settlement agreements between Gibraltar Rock and our township. When we are notified of a decision, we will post on this website. |
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