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Township board authorizes inspection of Sunny Slope Crossings security-release request and approves $276,066 in payments
Summary
The Lower Nazareth Township Board authorized township professionals to inspect and investigate a developer's first security-release request for Sunny Slope Crossings and approved routine checks 4432'''64520 totaling $276,066.35. The inspection authorization was not a final release; sidewalks and drainage remain outstanding.
The board voted to authorize township engineers and other professionals to inspect and investigate the first security-release request submitted for the Sunny Slope Crossings major subdivision, a development adjacent to Bicentennial Park on Hanover Street in Dogwood.
Supervisor (speaking role) told the board the developer requested a reduction of the security from $7,514,494 to $5,142,007.40 and noted deferred sidewalk work and unresolved drainage and curbing issues that would likely prevent a full release. "They're still resolving the sidewalks," the Supervisor said, adding that deferred items are typically not secured and that the board's action tonight would authorize inspection and further review rather than a complete release.
The motion to authorize an inspection and for professionals to investigate the request was made, seconded, and passed on a roll-call vote. The motion was described in meeting materials and discussion as limited to authorizing staff to perform required inspections and prepare recommendations; staff emphasized that full or partial monetary releases would follow further inspections and any required corrective work.
On the same motion cycle the board also approved checks numbered 4432 through 4520, totaling $276,066.35. A member moved to approve the payments, a second was given, and the roll call returned affirmative votes allowing the motion to pass.
The board's action sets an inspection and review process in motion; any subsequent modification to the security or partial release will be contingent on the outcome of the engineer's inspection and the resolution of the cited site issues.
