Lisa Ford, a Marion Township resident, used the borough's public-comment period to urge council to engage with the Nittany Valley Joint Planning Commission and Marion Township about a proposed rezoning of roughly 278 acres near the Interstate 80 interchange for highway-commercial uses.

Ford said the area lacks public water and sewer infrastructure and that residents rely on wells and on-site septic systems. She cited a July letter from the county planning office and referenced the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's designation of the area as a high-potential recharge area, and said DEP has raised concerns about building septic systems there. Ford asked council to empower its representative to the joint planning commission to raise infrastructure questions, invite the Basin Commission or DEP to brief local officials, and foster cross-municipal conversations because "water doesn't know township lines."

Council thanked Ford for bringing the issue to their attention; no formal council action was taken during the meeting on this matter.

Ford's remarks were presented as a request for further intergovernmental discussion rather than as a petition for specific borough policy.