BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

DANIEL S. BERNHEIM, PRESIDENT

November 15, 2017

AGENDA

 
When addressing the Board of Commissioners, please state your name and address before making comments. As a courtesy to all, comments made from the audience during testimony or Board deliberation are not permitted and are not included as part of the public record. Public speakers are encouraged to summarize their comments and limit presentation to three minutes per item. The Board requests that the audience silence their cell phones at the beginning of the meeting. The Township has an assistive listening system to accommodate the hearing impaired. Please advise Township staff if you wish to utilize this equipment.
1.Call to Order
2.Roll Call
3.Approval of Minutes
•Minutes of a stated meeting of the Board of Commissioners held on October 18, 2017, as distributed.
 
4.Announcements / Presentations
•The Board met in Executive Session on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, and earlier this evening to receive reports from its professional staff.
 
•Thursday, November 23, 2017, Thanksgiving Day, is a legal Holiday. The Township Administration Building and Libraries will be closed for business, and there will be no refuse or recycling collection.
 
•A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners, including the second Public Hearing on the Proposed 2017 Budget and Proposed 2017-2022 Capital Improvement Plan, will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at approximately 6:00 p.m.
 
•The December 20, 2017 stated meeting of the Board of Commissioners will begin at 8:00 p.m.
 
5.Public Privilege of the Floor

The Floor is open to provide the opportunity for the public to address the Board on any non-agenda item or any other public matter in which the Township has jurisdiction or authority.

 

Response to Public Privilege of the Floor - Appropriate time for any member of the Board, the Township Manager, or designated staff person to address and correct any statement made by a member of the public during the Public Privilege portion of the agenda.

6.Public Comment

The Floor is open to provide the opportunity for the public to address the Board on matters relating to agenda items which will be voted upon at this meeting.

 

Response to Public Comment - Appropriate time for any member of the Board, the Township Manager, or designated staff person to address or respond to any statement made by a member of the public during the Public Comment portion of the agenda.

7.Public Hearings / Adoption of Ordinances
•PUBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED 2018 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2018-2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
 
•PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE - CHAPTER 155, FENCES IN THE FLOODPLAIN - This Public Hearing was continued from the October 18, 2017 Board of Commissioners meeting.
 
•PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE - CHAPTER 155, DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODWAY FRINGE
 
•PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE - CHAPTER A167, 2018 FEES
 
•ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE - CHAPTER 78, VOLUNTEER SERVICE CREDIT PROGRAM
 
8.Consent Calendar

Consent Calendar items are grouped together in the last section of the agenda which is marked "Consent Calendar." If there is a request from any member of the Board for separate discussion of any item listed on the Consent Calendar, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered during the appropriate Committee portion after non-consent items listed under that Committee are addressed.

a.AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE FUNDS HELD IN ESCROW
 
b.AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR THE BRYN MAWR FARMERS’ MARKET
 
c.EXTENSION REQUEST - 39-41 E. Montgomery Avenue & 108 Glenn Road, Ardmore, LD# 3765
 
d.TENTATIVE SKETCH PLAN - 206, 210 & 216 Bala Avenue & 5, 7 & 9 N. Highland Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Ward 9, LD# 3792
 
e.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 5-7 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Historic District, 17-32
 
f.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 9 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Historic District, 17-33
 
g.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 25-27 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Historic District, 17-34
 
h.CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS - 7 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ardmore Historic District, 17-36
 
i.HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 40 East Montgomery Avenue, Suburban Square, Ardmore, Class 2, 2017-R-20
 
j.HISTORICAL COMMISSION - 108 North Highland Avenue, St. Matthias Church, Bala Cynwyd, Class 2, 2017-R-21
 
k.AWARD OF CONTRACT – EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF TRANSFER STATION RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (RAM) MONITORING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
 
l.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - 2017 DEFICIENCY
 
m.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - 2018 TAX LEVY AND APPROPRIATIONS
 
n.AUTHORIZATION OF REGISTERED OFF-DUTY LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS TO HUNT DEER IN TOWNSHIP PARKS
 
o.AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE CONDITIONAL JOB OFFERS FOR OPEN POLICE POSITIONS
 
p.AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE PROPOSED ORDINANCE - CHAPTER A170, TO INSTALL SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF E. SPRING AVENUE BETWEEN W. WYNNEWOOD ROAD AND SUSSEX ROAD
 
9.Building and Planning Committee
a.CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION - 104 W. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, CU# 3780C
 
b.PRELIMINARY LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 104, 108, 114 & 120 W. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Ward 4
 
c.The Consent Calendar contains items referred from the November 8, 2017 meeting of this Committee (items a - j.).
 
d.There will be a meeting of the Building & Planning Committee held on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at approximately 7:00 p.m., at which time items may be referred to the Board of Commissioners for action.
 
10.Finance Committee
a.The Consent Calendar contains items referred from the November 8, 2017 meeting of this Committee (items k. - m.).
 
11.Fire Committee
a.There will be a meeting of the Fire Committee held on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at approximately 7:15 p.m., at which time items may be referred to the Board of Commissioners for action.
 
12.Police Committee
a.The Consent Calendar contains items referred from the November 1, 2017 meeting of this Committee (items n. - o.).
 
13.Public Works Committee
a.The Consent Calendar contains items referred from the November 1, 2017 meeting of this Committee (item p.).
 
14.Unfinished Business
15.New Business
16.Adjournment