WEST HANOVER TOWNSHIP PARK AND RECREATION BOARD

7171 Allentown Blvd. Harrisburg, PA 17112

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

I. CALL TO ORDER:

The regular meeting of the West Hanover Township Park and Recreation Board was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by Chairman Stammel.

MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT

Bob Rogers Mike Geppert

Robert T. Leonard

Jean Sites

Linda Turns

Julie Young

STAFF PRESENT OTHERS PRESENT

II. Dixie Fesig, Park and Recreation Coordinator Jeff Holt, baseball

III. REORGANIZATION:

Ms. Sites nominated Mr. Leonard for chairman, nominations were closed. Mr. Rogers made a motion to elect Mr. Leonard for chairman, Motion passed unanimously.

Mr. Leonard nominated Ms. Young for vice chairman, nominations were closed. Mr. Rogers made a motion to elect Ms. Young for vice chairman, Motion passed unanimously.

Mr. Rogers nominated Ms. Sites for Secretary, nominations were closed. Ms. Turns made a motion to elect Ms. Sites for Secretary, motion passed unanimously.

IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS

None

III. PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS

A. Baseball- No report

B. Ped Path- Mr. Geppert was absent No report

C. Fall Fest- The 2007 Fall Fest committee had a meeting on Tuesday, January 16 at 6:00pm. The committee is in the process of mailing out Business donation letters.

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A motion was made by Ms. Young, seconded by Ms. Sites, to approve the minutes of December 20, 2006 with two corrections. (Spelling) The motion passed unanimously.

V. Treasurer Report-The Filo and Park Development funds were reviewed by the Park and Recreation Board.

VI. TOWNSHIP STAFF REPORT

Ms. Fesig furnished the Park and Recreation with updates on the following Projects:

Skyline Grant- HRG is working on bid packets

Teenier Concession Stand- This project is moving along, next week the cabinets and counter tops should be installed.

VII. PLANS FOR REVIEW

A. F/SB plan for Richard & Linda Dengler - A motion was made by Mr. Rogers, second by Ms. Turns to recommend to the Board of Supervisors Fee-in-lieu, to be used for Houck Memorial Park or Ped Path. The motion passed unanimously.

B. P/SB/LD plan for Evergreen Ridge - A motion was made by Mr. Rogers, second by Ms. Young to recommend to the Board of Supervisors Fee-in-lieu, to be used for Fairville Park or Ped Path. The motion passed unanimously.

VIII. OLD BUSINESS

A. Project status report

B. Log cabin- The Park and Recreation Board is recommending to the Board of Supervisor to demo the entire log cabin, and save the stone to reconstruct the fireplace when new log cabin is built, and if possible give consent to Mr. Wright to do the demolition at no cost to the Township. A motion was made by Mr. Rogers, second by Ms. Turns to demo the entire log cabin and save the stone to rebuild the fireplace when the new one is built. The motion passed unanimously.

IX. NEW BUSINESS

A. Set Park inspection date – The park and Recreation Board will be inspecting all parks on Saturday, March 24, 2007, starting at 8:00 am.

X. OTHER BUSINESS/CORRESPONDENCE

A. Baseball agreement- Mtr. Holt and Park and Recreation Coordinator had a meeting to discuss agreement for 2007. The movie program for 2007 will be moved to Houck Memorial Park on Tuesday evenings. Due to this change Mr. Holt asked if baseball could use the fields on Sunday, which was set aside for public use only.

B. Each Board member received a valentine flyer, spring craft fair flyer and a packet of all bus trips as a FYI.

XI. PUBLIC COMMENTS (open comments)

None

XII. ADJOURNMENT

The monthly meeting of the Park and Recreation Board was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.Mr. Rogers, made the motion to adjourn, seconded by Ms. Turns. The motion passed unanimously.

NEXT MEETING – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 @ 7:00 PM