Beaver officials to review proposal for neighborhood

NORTH LIMA — A preliminary copy of the proposed North Lima Neighborhood Plan has been placed in the hands of Beaver Township officials for their review.

Christopher Kogelnik of Herbert, Rowland and Grubic Inc., the Pennsylvania firm hired to prepare the plan, recently asked the township trustees and zoning inspector Rick Martin to read the document and provide him with any changes or corrections they feel would be appropriate.

He also asked them to provide any additional information that they would like to see included in the plan.

“It is in book form, easy to read, with information about how we got where we are in the planning stages,” Kogelnik said.

He said once he has obtained remarks from township officials he intends to meet with the core committee that helped him develop the plan, possibly within the next few months, to get committee members’ comments on the draft.

The plan will then be presented at a trustees meeting. The trustees must approve the plan before it can be executed.

“A lot of work has been put into this, and I think — I hope — everyone will be happy with the results,” Kogelnik added.

In 2006, trustees appropriated $15,000 for development of the plan and hired HRG to help with the project. The township has been working with the HRG’s office in Hermitage, Pa.

Essentially, the purpose of a neighborhood plan is to improve a specific area of a community, rather than the community at large, and focus on ways to improve that area, township officials said.

The township has explored the concept of developing a neighborhood plan for North Lima for the past several years.

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