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Manager’s Corner Calendar of Events

West Tributary Project – MS4
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Springettsbury Township continues to make strides to meet Temporary Location Change for Public Meetings:
the requirements of State and Federal mandates for York Area United Fire and Rescue, 50 Commons
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4). Drive York, PA 17402 (Rear of the Building –
Conference Room Entrance) For more information
The Township has been working hard to maintain that no
additional fees or increase in property taxes is placed upon regarding meetings, locations, dates, agendas, minutes or
Township residents to cover the costs of the unfunded mandates. upcoming events, please visit www.springettsbury.com
or call 717-757-3521.
The next large-scale project to meet the MS4 requirements in the Township’s current NPDES
permit period, is the West Tributary Project. The West Tributary is a waterway connecting to the December
Codorus Creek in the northern edge of the Township bordering East Manchester Township. This 2 6:00 p.m. Zoning Hearing Board
tributary runs through Township property between the Wastewater Treatment Facility and Central 6 7:00 p.m. Fire Company Board of Directors
York High School, into the Codorus Creek. The total cost of this project is $1,542,117. 9 7:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors
16 6:00 p.m. Planning Commission
This project seeks to restore stream functions by modifying the existing low-flow channel, establishing a
new floodplain to stabilize eroding streambanks, and restoring and widening riparian buffers. 21 7:00 p.m. York Area United Fire and
Rescue Commission
These efforts with the newly constructed floodplain will prevent streambed and streambank 24 Holiday Township Offices Closed
erosion and will retain fine sediment and organic matter to allow for nutrient processing and 27 Holiday Township Offices Closed
habitat diversity along the waterway. The project is expected to reduce the Codorus Creek
watershed by approximately 523,227 pounds of sediment, 2,659 pounds of total nitrogen, and 954 January
pounds of total phosphorus annually. The project will also restore 12.58 acres of riparian buffer. 3 Holiday Township Offices Closed
The project will be completed in conjunction with AKRF, an environmental planning and 3 7:00 p.m. Fire Company Board of Directors
engineering firm. AKRF has assisted the Township in securing funding from grants to cover a 4 TBA Board of Supervisors
portion of the cost of the project. In an effort to reduce the overall project cost, the Township has Reorganization Meeting
acquired additional funding sources that include a Growing Greener grant from the Department of 5 TBA Board of Auditors Reorganization
Environmental Protection in the amount of $162,000 and a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Meeting
grant in the amount of $200,000. 6 6:00 p.m. Zoning Hearing Board
13 7:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors
York County Planning Commission has 17 6:00 p.m. Parks and Recreation Board
provided Springettsbury with $100,000 18 7:00 p.m. York Area United Fire and
towards this project’s costs to help reduce Rescue Commission
the overall sediment to help meet the 20 6:00 p.m. Planning Commission
County’s overall goals. 27 12:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Committee
27 7:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors
Through the York County Stormwater
Consortium, funding for the project will be February
provided up to the amount of $787,449. Post construction of another streambank stabilization project.
3 6:00 p.m. Zoning Hearing Board
The Township will continue to pursue funding sources for programs and projects that will reduce 7 7:00 p.m. Fire Company Board of Directors
the sediment amount in area waterways to meet the obligation of the unfunded mandates. 10 7:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors
15 6:30 p.m. York Area United Fire and
Mark Hodgkinson Rescue Fire Pension Board
Township Manager 15 7:00 p.m. York Area United Fire and
Rescue Commission
Cover Image: Springettsbury Township 17 6:00 p.m. Planning Commission
Springettsbury Township Holiday Tree Board of Supervisors 21 6:00 p.m. Parks and Recreation Board
in Springettsbury Park 24 12:30 p.m. Historic Preservation Committee
Mark Swomley, Chairman 24 TBA Police Pension Board
[email protected] 24 7:00 p.m. Board of Supervisors
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Charles Wurster, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
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Don Bishop
[email protected] Sewer Payment Options . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Robert Cox Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
[email protected] Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
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