Newtown Environmental Advisory Council
Monday, January 9, 2023, 7:00 PM
Newtown Township Public Meeting Room
100 Municipal Drive
Likely on AGENDA: Single-Use Plastics Ban. For background, read "#NewtownPA Businesses: Are You Ready to Finally Give Up Single Use Plastics?"
See Solebury Ordinance as a sample ordinance considered as a model...
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Newtown Sewer Authority Board
Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 3:30 PM
15 S Congress St, Newtown, PA 18940, USA
Have your rates gone up? A resident emailed me indicating his quarterly sewer bill rose by 20%.
I note that the agenda for the Dec 2022 meeting included under Old Business: "Rate Increase BCW&SA & Approval of Amended Budget 2022-2023". I heard that the Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority (BCSWA) may be raising rates to cover a bond to make infrastructure improvements (see https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/2022/12/20/bucks-county-water-and-sewer-authority-to-issue-a-bonds-for-repairs/69739737007/).
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Newtown Board of Supervisors
Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7:00 PM
Newtown Township Public Meeting Room
100 Municipal Drive
Also live via Cable TV: Channel 22 (Comcast), Channel 40 (Verizon). Live streaming via Youtube: https://bit.ly/3xeFpiL
Emailed comments sent to Comments@newtownpa.gov during the meeting will be read aloud at the meeting. Please keep your comments as brief and to the point as possible. All public comment must contain the commenter’s name and address. You may also make comments if you attend in person.
Learn more about the Board of Supervisors.
On Agenda:
Pedestrian Bridge Over #NewtownPA Creek
Resolution to lower speed limit on Newtown-Yardley Rd between Elm St and Lower Dolington Rd - see https://www.johnmacknewtown.info/blog/?viewDetailed=202301020154
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Newtown Joint Historic Commission
Monday, January 23, 2023, 7:30 PM
23 N. State Street. Newtown Borough Hall
The Joint Historic Commission's primary responsibility is the protection and preservation of historically and/or architecturally significant structures in Newtown Borough and Newtown Township.
On the Agenda: "Historic" farmhouse on Toll Bros site
Before Toll can demolish the building(s) it must file an application with the Joint Historic Commission, which will examine the property and determine if it qualifies by their standards as an historic site. If so, they will make a recommendation that it NOT be demolished. “Understanding the Buck county Comp plan is working on ‘identifying’ Historic Resources... Well we just discovered a major one. :),” said Mr. Deutsch in an email. More...https://johnmacknewtown.info/blog/?viewDetailed=202212161011
*This is interesting in light of Newtown's interest in revitalizing the OLI/LI District, which includes the Business Commons (read, for example, "#NewtownPA Planning Commission Reviews LI/OLI District Overlay Concept Developed By The BCPC"). This property is located within the OLI zone and is included in the Bucks County Planning Commission's (BCPC's) "Overlay" plan.
The goal of the "Overlay" plan is to create new uses in the Business Commons because there is much less demand for office space, which is the current predominate use allowed in the OLI/LI districts. It would seem. therefore, that this property may be vacant for quite awhile unless it can be reconfigured for another use.
The Newtown Economic Committee (EDC) has been working with BCPC to develop the overlay plan. The mission of the EDC is to prepare and recommend economic development policies, goals and strategies for the retention and expansion of business opportunities in the Newtown area. The Committee is seeking new members. If you are interested in joining, contact Olivia Kivenko via email (oliviak@twp.newtown.pa.us). Just state that you are interested with a paragraph about yourself. For qualification details, see the resolution establishing this committee.