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Board approves Crossings at Cocalico Phase 1 final plan with sidewalk language to mirror preliminary conditions
Summary
The board adopted Resolution 2025-25 approving the Crossings at Cocalico Phase 1 final land-development plan (42 units) subject to engineer and solicitor proofing to ensure sidewalk and waiver language match the preliminary-plan conditions; board declined to grant a fee-in-lieu waiver at this time and emphasized pursuing easements and developer cooperation for sidewalk construction.
The East Cocalico Township Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 2 to adopt Resolution 2025-25, granting final-plan approval for the Crossings at Cocalico Phase 1 land-development plan while conditioning the approval on the township engineer and solicitor proofing the resolution to ensure the final document carries forward the preliminary-plan sidewalk and waiver language word for word.
Township staff (Mike) summarized the proposal as a phase-one final plan for 42 housing units — a mix of single-family, duplex and townhouse units — located on the east side of State Route 897 (West Sparksville Road) in the township’s suburban residential zoning district using the village overlay concept. The planning commission had recommended final-plan approval contingent on the conditions now in the resolution.
Discussion centered on a sidewalk requirement on the west side of West Sparksville Road north of Weaver’s Market. The developer’s representatives (identified in the meeting as Elliot and Brandon of Garmin/affiliated team) requested that, if the township could not secure easements from adjacent property owners, the township accept a payment or escrow contribution in lieu of immediate construction so the sidewalk could be built later. Township counsel and the engineer noted that the preliminary-plan approval had included waivers and deferrals and that the final-plan resolution’s language should exactly reflect those prior conditions rather than introduce modified waiver language.
Several supervisors stressed safety concerns for pedestrians, particularly children who might access a nearby park and Weaver’s Market, and urged further staff effort to obtain easements through direct outreach. The solicitor and engineer recommended not exercising any fee-in-lieu waiver at this stage; instead, they recommended the developer and township continue to exhaust options to construct the sidewalk during phase one construction and, only if unavoidable, use a defined escrow or fee tied to actual construction costs (including bidding and prevailing-wage assumptions).
A motion to adopt Resolution 2025-25 as presented, conditioned on the solicitor and engineer proofing the final document to ensure consistency with the preliminary-plan conditions, passed unanimously.
The board also briefly discussed potential grant opportunities; the developer offered to forward grant-application materials to township staff for review. The resolution approval authorizes final plan recording subject to ministerial corrections and the proofing noted in the motion.
