Upper Hanover supervisors approve application for DCNR grant to study Macoby Creek restoration

The Upper Hanover Township Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 on April 1 to adopt Resolution No. 2024-23, authorizing the filing of a DCNR Community Recreation and Conservation Planning Grant application to support the Macoby Creek Stream Restoration and Fish Habitat Improvement Project at Macoby Run Park and naming Township Manager Anne W. Klepfer as the township’s authorized representative to sign grant documents.

Chairperson Steven Rothenberger called the special meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. and the board recorded that Steven Rothenberger (chairperson), Ben Fiorito (vice-chairperson), Dorothy Diehl (assistant secretary) and Stefan Laessig (member) were present; Timothy Woodward (member) was absent. Anne W. Klepfer, township manager, was also present.

Stefan Laessig, a board member, moved to adopt Resolution No. 2024-23; Dorothy (Dottie) Diehl, assistant secretary, seconded the motion. The motion carried on a 4-0 vote. The minutes state the resolution authorizes filing a DCNR Community Recreation and Conservation Planning Grant for the Macoby Creek Stream Restoration and Fish Habitat Improvement Project at Macoby Run Park and designates Anne W. Klepfer as the township’s representative authorized to sign on behalf of the township.

No public comments were recorded during the meeting. The board adjourned the special meeting unanimously at 6:55 p.m. The record does not specify a timeline for submitting the grant application or further steps following the authorization.