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East Rockhill planners ask BCPC to draft revised plan principles after survey shows interest in trails and safety
Summary
At a March 7 work session the Planning Commission asked BCPC staff to draft revised comprehensive-plan principles that reflect East Rockhill priorities and discussed preliminary survey results highlighting trails, a farmer’s market and high importance for police and fire protection.
At a March 7, 2019 work session, the East Rockhill Township Planning Commission asked BCPC staff to draft revised principles for the township’s comprehensive plan and reviewed preliminary residential survey results that emphasized trails, a farmer’s market and public-safety services.
Chairperson Anne Fenley said she wanted the plan’s table of contents to be concise and patterned more closely on West Rockhill’s example than on Tinicum’s. "Why Can’t We Just Say No To Development," Fenley said, referencing a letter included in the West Rockhill plan that she urged be mirrored in East Rockhill’s update. BCPC staff member Mike Roedig said the principles can function as chapter vision statements and committed that the Table of Contents would be kept free of "fluff."
The commission instructed BCPC to prepare revised principles incorporating the commission’s comments, with several members saying sustainability language should be embedded in topic-specific principles such as Natural Resources. Commissioner Blaze Youngers asked that principles from East Rockhill’s current comprehensive plan be carried forward and recommended adding a recreation principle drawn from the township’s Park and Recreation Plan.
BCPC staff also presented preliminary results from a residential survey. Staff member Luke Rosanova reported that many responses called for more walking, hiking and biking trails, and that cultural activities and a farmer’s market received repeated support. Rosanova said the survey ranked police and fire protection among the highest priorities. Commissioner Joseph Chellew urged commissioners to keep the results in mind while drafting plan language. Rosanova said a more in-depth analysis of the survey results will be presented at the next meeting.
The commission’s direction was procedural rather than binding policy: BCPC staff were tasked to draft principles and return with refined language and survey analysis for further review. The commission did not take a formal vote on plan adoption at the session. The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:15 p.m.
