{"id":664,"date":"2018-05-07T20:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T01:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/?p=664"},"modified":"2018-05-07T20:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T01:59:52","slug":"documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/07\/documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>May 18, 1971 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/widenerenvironment.wordpress.com\/environmental-law\/art-1-sec-27-resources\/\">Environmental Rights Amendment to Pa. Constitution<\/a>, as adopted by state voters<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 9, 2001 \u2013 Sebastian DeGregorio (Centre Region Senior Planner) memo to Ferguson Township re: proposed extension of Blue Course Drive; inconsistency with regional comprehensive plan and source water protection &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10.9.01-CRPA-DeGregorio-Letter-to-Kunkle-at-Ferguson.pdf\">10.9.01 CRPA DeGregorio Letter to Kunkle at Ferguson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 29, 2004 Sebastian DeGregorio (Centre Region Senior Planner) memo to Ferguson Township re: proposed rezoning of Penn State-owned parcels; inconsistency with regional comprehensive plan and source water protection &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3.29.04-Centre-Region-Planning-Agency-to-Ferguson-Township-Re-Whitehall-Road-Zoning-Change.pdf\">3.29.04 Centre Region Planning Agency to Ferguson Township Re Whitehall Road Zoning Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jan. 2007 SCBWA Source Water Protection Report &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2007-Source-Water-Protection-Report.pdf\">2007 Source Water Protection Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 17, 2008 Sales Contract, Penn State sale of roughly 60 acres of land to SCBWA, for $383,500; deed restrictions for sourcewater protection; participation in state \u201cClean and Green\u201d program for tax exemption; and lack of sewer service to the parcel &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3.17.08-PSU-to-SCBWA-Sales-Agreement.pdf\">3.17.08 PSU to SCBWA Sales Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 30, 2008, Deed Transfer for sale by Penn State to CRCOG\/Ferguson Township for proposed Whitehall Road Regional Park, 75 acres, for $230,775. Partially funded by PA-DCNR under Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Act of 1993. ($159,000 from DCNR) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.30.08-PSU-to-FT.COG-Deed-Transfer-WRRP-75.pdf\">5.30.08 PSU to FT.COG Deed Transfer WRRP 75<\/a><\/li>\n<li>June 20, 2008 Deed Transfer for sale by Penn State to SCBWA for proposed sourcewater protection parcel, 60 acres, for $383,500 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6.20.08-PSU-to-SCBWA-Deed.pdf\">6.20.08 PSU to SCBWA Deed<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aug. 23, 2010 \u2013 Whitehall Road Regional Park Master Plan, as adopted by CRCOG General Forum &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/8.23.10-WRRP-Master-Site-Plan-Full.pdf\">8.23.10 WRRP Master Site Plan Full<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 27, 2011 \u2013 Deed Transfer for sale by Penn State to CRCOG\/Ferguson Township for proposed Whitehall Road Regional Park, 25 acres, for $375,000. Partially funded by PA-DCNR under Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund Act of 1993. ($183,000 from DCNR) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.27.11-PSU-to-FT.COG-Deed-WRRP-25.pdf\">5.27.11 PSU to FT.COG Deed WRRP 25<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nov. 2011 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/frack_actions_statecollegepa.pdf\">State College Borough Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights Amendment<\/a>, as adopted by municipal voters<\/li>\n<li>Nov. 2012 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/sites\/default\/files\/frack_actions_fergusontownshippa.pdf\">Ferguson Township Home Rule Charter, Community Bill of Rights Amendment<\/a>, as adopted by municipal voters<\/li>\n<li>April 1, 2015 \u2013 <em>Voices of Central Pennsylvania<\/em>, \u201cPenn State dominance in regional land use planning another example of boundary violations.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4.1.15-PSU-Boundary-Violations-Civic-Trauma.pdf\">4.1.15 PSU, Boundary Violations &amp; Civic Trauma<\/a><\/li>\n<li>July 7, 2015 &#8211; Transcript, Ferguson Township-SCBWA discussion re: Toll Brothers development &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/7.7.15-FT.SCBWA-Transcript.pdf\">7.7.15 FT.SCBWA Transcript<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nov. 11, 2015 \u2013 Draft Terms and Conditions between Ferguson Township and Toll Brothers re: development of \u201cThe Cottages.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/11.11.15-Final-PRD-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf\">11.11.15 Final PRD Terms and Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nov. 14, 2015 \u2013 Draft, unexecuted \u201cStormwater Management Agreement\u201d between Ferguson Township and Toll Brothers &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/11.14.15-Unexecuted-Stormwater-Management-Agreement.pdf\">11.14.15 Unexecuted Stormwater Management Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 2016 &#8211; Transcript, SCBWA representatives to Ferguson Township supervisors re: source water protection &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1.18.16-FT-Transcript-Grottini-Yoxtheimer.pdf\">1.18.16 FT Transcript &#8211; Grottini Yoxtheimer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aug. 17, 2016 &#8211; Ferguson Township memo to Jim Steff, CR-COG, re: \u201cshowstopper\u201d issues for Whitehall Road Regional Park, including that SCBWA concerns about risks to water supply from WRRP development would be a \u201cshowstopper\u201d for Ferguson supervisors &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/8.17.16-FT-Letter-to-COG-Re-Whitehall-Road.pdf\">8.17.16 FT Letter to COG Re Whitehall Road<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Oct. 19, 2016 \u2013 Patton Township memo to Centre Region Parks &amp; Recreation Authority re: no further Patton Township funding for regional parks program, beyond financial obligations already incurred &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/10.19.16-Patton-Township-Letter-to-Parks-Authority-re-Regional-Park-Funding.pdf\">10.19.16 Patton Township Letter to Parks Authority re Regional Park Funding<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sept. 9, 2016 \u2013 June 13, 2017 \u2013 <em>Bailiwick News<\/em> \u201cSlab Cabin Run Water and Farmland Protection\u201d series &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bailiwick-News-Slab-Cabin-Run-Series-Compiled.pdf\">Bailiwick News Slab Cabin Run Series &#8211; Compiled<\/a><\/li>\n<li>June 20, 2017 \u2013 Pa. Supreme Court opinion in <em>Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Fund v. Commonwealth<\/em> re: fiduciary duty of governmental bodies and enforceability of citizen environmental rights under the 1971 Environmental Rights Amendment &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6.20.17-PEDF-Supreme-Court-Opinion.pdf\">6.20.17 PEDF Supreme Court Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 21, 2018 \u2013 Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors letter to Centre Region Parks &amp; Recreation Authority re: Whitehall Road Regional Park planning, Ferguson Township interest low-impact design, reforestation, pollinator plantings, and habitat conservation &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3.21.18-FT-Supervisor-Comments-on-WRRP-Planning.pdf\">3.21.18 FT Supervisor Comments on WRRP Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 8, 2018 \u2013 <em>Bailiwick News<\/em>, \u201cLiability for water contamination: who will pay?\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4.8.18-Bailiwick-News.pdf\">4.8.18 Bailiwick News<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 9, 2018 \u2013 Angela Kalke (Ferguson Township staff) email to Katherine Watt, re: no executed stormwater management agreement for Toll Brothers development on file with Ferguson Township &#8211; \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4.9.18-Kalke-Email-to-Watt.pdf\">4.9.18 Kalke Email to Watt<\/a>in violation of Terms and Conditions provision requiring execution of agreement prior to municipal project approval. \u201cSection XXXIV. A Stormwater Maintenance Agreement shall be executed prior to Final PRD plan approval.\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/11.11.15-Final-PRD-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf\">11.11.15 Final PRD Terms and Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 19, 2018 &#8211; Transcript of C-Net video of SCBWA discussions re: proposed Whitehall Road Regional Park and proposed sewage pipeline easement for Toll Brothers &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.1.18-Bailiwick-News.pdf\">5.1.18 Bailiwick News<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 24, 2018 \u2013 SCBWA Letter to Centre Region Parks &amp; Recreation Authority re: proposed Whitehall Road Regional Park and SCBWA board interest in fuller participation in planning and design &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4.25.18-SCBWA-Letter-to-CRPRA-re-WRRP.pdf\">4.25.18 SCBWA Letter to CRPRA re WRRP<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 3, 2018 \u2013 Attorney Yeager letter to SCBWA re: proposed easement, legal implications of covenant on SCBWA land &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.3.18-Yeager-Letter-to-SCBWA.pdf\">5.3.18 Yeager Letter to SCBWA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 7, 2018 &#8211; Draft Post-Construction Environmental Impact Agreement re: financial liability for mitigation of construction and maintenance-related contamination of public water supplies by Toll Brothers, for review by Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.7.18-Draft-Post-Construction-Environmental-Impact-Agreement.pdf\">5.7.18 Draft Post-Construction Environmental Impact Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 7, 2018 &#8211; <em>Bailiwick News<\/em> &#8211; State College Borough Water Authority preparing to vote on Toll Brothers April 2018 application for easement to construct sewage pipeline across SCBWA-owned, deed-restricted land &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.7.18-Bailiwick-News.pdf\">5.7.18 Bailiwick News<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 7, 2018 &#8211; NVEC Memo to SCBWA Source Water Protection Committee &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.7.18-NVEC-Memo-to-SCBWA-SWPC.pdf\">5.7.18 NVEC Memo to SCBWA SWPC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 18, 1971 \u2013 Environmental Rights Amendment to Pa. Constitution, as adopted by state voters Oct. 9, 2001 \u2013 Sebastian DeGregorio (Centre Region Senior Planner) memo to Ferguson Township re: proposed extension of Blue Course Drive; inconsistency with regional comprehensive plan and source water protection &#8211;\u00a010.9.01 CRPA DeGregorio Letter to Kunkle at Ferguson March 29, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/07\/documents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Documents&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NLTc-aI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nittanyvalley-eco.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}