Coalition Envisions Ball Fields

The statement was signed by Weko and Ed Sammler, president of the Glenlock Civic Association. The coalition also includes members of the Spring Mill Farms Civic Association.

In December, the township Park and Recreation Board recommended that two soccer fields be placed on the site.

The same site was the focus of an attack on the supervisors last month at their meeting. During the meeting, coalition members said that the township had ignored state municipal waste laws that prohibit dumping of most wastes on public land. Residents have complained that beer cans, soda bottles, plastics and waste from street sweepers were illegally strewn across the site.

A preliminary inspection of the site by the state Department of Environmental Resources last month determined that 98 percent of the waste found on the site was designated clean fill, which is mostly dirt and gravel.

Supervisor John Finn said that the board would review the coalition's presentation and announce a decision at its meeting Sept. 13.

In other business, the board announced the appointment of Paula Kocher to the township Planning Commission. Kocher, who fills the vacancy left by the resignation of the board chairman in May, is the first woman to serve on the East Whiteland Planning Commission.