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        COMMISSIONERS, PROTECT OUR ZONING !!!!
 For more information on the current pressing  Zoning Matters, see : Residential Explosion 
  Also -  please consider putting a sign on your lawn --- so few know this is happening !

Population Confusion - forecasts being used to deceive

   Steve Kline was appointed to the Zoning Hearing Board  on Jan 13th, 2022 !!!!!  

   Rezoning Township - Wide Via Comprehensive Plan
Manager Manfredi seeks to gift himself the right to rezone your properties - in process that lays the groundwork "vision" that zoning will be based on, while you have no understanding of what they are doing or why you should participate. Once passed, Manfredi has promised the  zoning approvals will be "consistent" with the "vision" - a vision you knew nothing about because they kept it as hush hush as they could. No TV - not explained in Newsletters, no interactive maps, no Q&A meetings or pages    See this page for the Comprehensive Plan  and Draft Chapter links . For a shareable SUMMARY page see Residential Explosion

   Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center Area and the  Comprehensive Plan     Learn more about the apartments that may come to the parking lot and the duplexes and triples you might find nect door to you if you are less than a 1/4 mi away

 

 365 Cedar Rd - squeezing in 8 homes where 5 or 6 should be - After years of trying to ignore the cows, pigs, chickens, firewood, mulch, noise, debris, bamboo, etc., neighbors do not want to ignore waivers for stormwater management, seepage tanks under streets they'd like to dedicate to YOUR care, fire access, road width, parking, etc. They've had a bull literally on their doorstep, but .....they've had enough of the bull now.  Across from McKinley Elementary

   Development (or is it Overdevelopment?)
Our township is under assault from developers throughout, with the complicity of the Commissioners, Manager and  those we elect and pay with our tax dollars. While the residents feel they have no say in how their community is developed...

   Willow Grove Mall 365 Apartments.... or far more?
After dancing around for a full year's worth of meetings, (12 ) the true facts are not still not being shared because John Spiegelman and Tom Hecker did not require  any honesty from the developer. They kept the public focused on one building -while the ordinance was for far, far  more.  They are also trying rezone the Township via  the Comprehensive Plan .That would allow for even MORE of the mall to build residential - and in the single family home neighborhoods areound it, too.  False figures offered, false testimony given, and Commissioners complicit in deceiving the public in a dozen ways.
This is notthe  government you and I deserve. Please learn about it and speak up.

   The Economic Development Corporation
If you have seen what they have already decided to approve that is absoluetly contrary to what residents
are requesting. Your leaders want to use your taxes, grants & personnel to "become the developers" ..... but through a separate legal entity, distancing them from public opinion and all the normally required rules.... Conflict lines are completely blurred.

     Public Comment
It has been changed for the 4th time since Richard Manfredi arrived  - not once for the benefit of the public. Each time are rights are reduced further - til they are nearly literally removed, while calling it an expansion. They fixed NONE of the things we told them were problematic and they regularly are violating law and policy. This is all being done in conjuction with their efforts to pass zoning changes that are known to be unwanted and that will change our Township forever.

   The 2022 Budget
 They got $19 million  dollars for free in Covid relief funds - SIX times what the tax increase would bring - and they levied the tax increase anyway .  30 % spread over 2 of the last 3 years, while families battle Covid losses and inflation. The budget was withheld from the public and proper speaking rights not granted... You don't have to do things like that when you're operating in good faith.  An 856 page budget  with teeny, tiny print, so paper copies are useless.  John's Spiegelmans long saga of why your taxes had to go up missed the mark by a mile - missing the actual reasons that your taxes had to go up. A lack of transparency and integrity. https://abingtoncitizens.com/aaISSUES/Budget/WhereTheMoneyGoes.htm

  CONTACT YOUR COMMISSIONERS  https://abingtoncitizens.com/TwpGovt/Commissioners.htm
One click to contact all - please remember ALL of them vote on ALL issues.
Help them understand how they are impacting your lives.

MORE CURRENT ISSUES
 
Safety : Massage Parlors - some legit - some not. What is being done to monitor? And why did it take years for one to close?
                   Is Human Trafficking alive and well in Abington? Who will help?

Development : 1209 Rydal Road Townhouses and Duplexes in the middle of beautiful single family homes

Development : St Basil's Academy Toll Brothers is proposing 120 houses - are they still in or not ? 

Development : 770 Jenkintown Rd - Florist and greenhouses to 13 Commercial Condos?

Development : Medical Mission Sisters  -  549 Units on Pine along Shady Lane - part is in Abington at 70 Shady La

Development : Mission Green - 70 Shady La - 61 Units - connected to the Medical Mission Sisters project

Develoment : The Roslyn Wawa - in the Thriftway/RiteAid Shopping Center - has it received Zoning Hearing Board Approval

Development : The Flats at the Pavillion Town Center Formerly called Jenkintown Flats - opposite Foxcroft Apartments

Zoning : Colonade Whistle Blower Lawsuit Update  Violations of our Trust and of the Law The corruption has not been addressed because some of the people in charge of sharing out the info to authorities were part of it. The Grand Jury results still withheld by AG. The Whistleblower  case may settle Feb 8 2022. Steve Kline was appointed to Zoning Hearing Board in 2022 - oh my

Parks Travesty : The Boy Scout Preserve in Meadowbrook - down to the mud.... a 13 acre wildlife refuge at the outset of winter- dead trees left standing ... proposals to poison every living thing again. Our Parks deserve proper management by a trained person who understand the value the parks have and who has a love of nature -- not bulldozers.

Parks Recreation: Manor Woods - back on the front burner with the Football Field Option still in the plan. But $120K (?) in  2021 Covid funds  were allotted  to create trails and a parking lot -= even though these are right acros the street from.... trails and a parking lot . Does the public know the details?

Development : Old York and Susquehanna Intersection Improvement? Or donation to a developer? How does the Economic

Development : The Baederwood Shopping Center is approving 244 residential apartments on 8 steeply sloped acres. Brandolini

Development : The new PSU academic building REZONING - a new building-for now ..... the rezoning of 2 campuses will wait.

Public Affairs : Manor Woods is back on the front burner. And the Football Field Option is still in the plan.

Development : Former YMCA Property is now CHOP - Huge improvement from the senior apts monstrosity- but what else was simultaneously re-zoned?

Public Works : The Edgehill-Tyson Stormwater Project - 12 years in the making by 2019 - finally underway.

Communications  Robo Spam and Robo Scams - why do we put up with it?

Coming soon - Zoning/Code : If you are paying an Abington permit you may be paying a hefty extra tax.

Coming soon - Finances : Fee Waivers : What activities they hide via the waivers and how the waivers impact us?

ALL ISSUES

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT - Meetings, Issues, Calendars, Commissioners, Elections,Voting, etc

ABINGTON ACTIVITIES & EVENTS -  Community Calendars - find what's happening

ABINGTON COMMUNITY GROUPS AND SERVICES -  Clubs, Organizations, Parks, Sports, etc
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Development - The Economic Development Corporation  your taxes, grants, personnel & property to create profits....but not for you 
Development - The Colonade / 100 York
Development - Old York Mediplex 2018-2019
Development - Fairway Transit District Ordinance / The Baederwood Shopping Center/ Brandolini
Development - Rydal Waters
Development - Noble Train Station
Development - Manor Woods
Development - Glenside- Weldon Elementary School
Development - St Michael's
Development - Wawa On York near Baeder Rd
Development - Hallowell Fields - SPS
Development - The Huntingdon Valley Shp Cntr- Rite Aid etc
Development - Memorial Field
Development - Guernsey & York 711
Development - Galman-Longhorn Steakhouse - Near Lenox Rd and Fox Pavillion on Old York
Development - The Old York Rd "Revitalization" Plan
Development - McDonalds/DunkinDonuts/ Roy & Chester
Development - The Williard Development in Glenside
Development - Rydal Green Clubhouse
Development - Development, Land Use & Open Space
Development - Eminent Domain
Development - VNA Senior Center - Request for Donation of Township Green Space

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Zoning/Code - The 4-27-17 Zoning Rewrites Passed
Zoning/Code - Bamboo
Zoning/Code - Zoning Variances
Zoning/Code - Neon Sign at Noble Plaza & now Township wide
Zoning/Code - Sign placement in general
Zoning/Code - Advertising & Billboards
Zoning/Code - Certificate of Occupancy Ordinance 1994
Zoning/Code - Zoning Rewrites
Zoning/Code - Contractors
Zoning/Code - Illegal Aliens
Zoning/Code - Trash
Zoning/Code - Ordinances Passed and Pending - coming.....
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Public Affairs -  Public Comment / Your Speaking Rights were eroded silently 1-11-18 without your knowledge - you should care.
Pubic Affairs -  Business Use of Our Township Funds and Resources
Public Affairs - Channel 43 and 24 Government Access Channel
Public Affairs - TV Access Channels Keep Commercials Off!
Public Affairs - Non-Discrimination Ordinance
Public Affairs - E-Verify
Public Affairs - Deer Hunting in Abington
Public Affairs - Jobs For Our Kids
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Public Safety - Red Light Cameras
Public Safety - Police Matters
Public Safety - Pesticide Spraying
Public Safety - Flooding
Public Safety - Commercial Solicitation Door to Door
Public Safety - Marcellus Shale - Fracking - Gas Drilling
Public Safety - Emergency Information
Public Safety - Cell Phone Towers
Public Safety - Anonymous Reporting
Public Safety - Fire Dept -- coming.....
Public Safety - GMO's ( Genetically Modified Organisms)-   coming.....
Public Safety - Phone Scams and Robo Calls
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Public Affairs - Communications- New Website
Public Affairs - Current: The Economic Development Corporation
Public Affairs - Parks in General
Public Affairs - Park: The Boy Scout Preserve
Public Affairs - A Place To Meet
Public Affairs - The $72,000 Township Bus
Pubic Affairs -  Elections
Public Affairs - The Roslyn Dog Park
Public Affairs - The Roslyn Skate Park
Public Affairs - Hunter Soccer Clubhouse
Public Affairs - Energy Policies and Grants coming.....
Public Affairs - Transparency- What is it ? coming.....
Public Affairs - Get Your Neighborhood Connected - coming.....
Public Affairs - Is Your Local Paper Bringing You the News ? - coming.....

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Finances - Tax Abatements
Finances - The Local Services Tax
Finances - Tax Collection Costs
Finances - The Budget for 2017
Finances- The Budget for 2020 9.9% this year - $60.21 per average home

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Public Works - Edgehill-Tyson Stormwater/ State Road renovation project
Public Works - The New Trash System
Public Works - Cell Phone Towers
Public Works - Trash Can Size Changes
Public Works - Trash-Roadside
Public Works - Sewer System is NOT being considered for sale

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School - School Issues

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Other Issues : Beyond Abington
Other Issues : Environmental Issues and Groups

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