Green Hills Park Likely on Supervisors Agenda

Upper Macungie Supervisors hold their monthly agenda meeting Thursday night at 7 at the township building and, although the agenda has not been released, the board is likely to again spend time mulling the fate of Green Hills Kay Brook Park.

In April, supervisors postponed making a decision until members of the adjoining Kay Brook Green Hills Swim Club provided answers to some of the  questions about their intentions for the 2.7-acre park.

The Kay Brook Green Hills Association, the owner of the park, dissolved as of Jan. 1, and ownership of the Russett Road park is now in the legal process of being transferred from the association to the township.

The swim club, which is a separate entity from the park association, is asking the township to cut the grass and remove trash from the park area.

Another likely agenda item is the monthly update in the ongoing saga of the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police disbandment.

Among other items, the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Commission must grapple with a $700,000 pension shortfall. How that affects Upper Macungie Township's finances remains unclear.

The Berks-Lehigh Police Commission voted unanimously to dissolve the regional police department as of Dec. 31, 2012 after Upper Macungie supervisors voted to leave the Berks-Lehigh force and create its own as of Jan. 1.

Supervisors will also likely hear recommendations from the township's Planning Commission that will include the preliminary/final subdivision plan for additional retail stores in the Weis Markets shopping center.