Horsham Dissolves Initial HLRA Board
The Horsham Township Council terminates the Horsham Land Reuse Authority and transfers the body’s assets, rights and responsibilities.
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Good-bye HLRA … Hello HLRA.
The Horsham Township Council this week voted to formalize the termination of the planning arm of the Willow Grove air base redevelopment. That board, the 7-year-old Horsham Land Reuse Authority, has since been replaced by the Horsham Land Redevelopment Authority.
Though the board’s names and members are similar, the new HLRA is tasked with picking up where the original HLRA left off. In essence, the new body, which the council formed this summer, will act as the implementation arm for the massive, 862-acre reuse plan.
During the HLRAs’ meetings last month, the boards voted to dissolve the original HLRA and transfer assets and obligations - including $340,000 in debt - to the new board, which will oversee development of the reuse plan that the original HLRA adopted in March.
The first board’s dissolution stemmed from the Office of Economic Adjustment’s recent designation of the Horsham Land Redevelopment Authority as the implementation authority.
Horsham Township attorney Mary Eberle said the council had to approve a certificate of termination, which will be forwarded to the secretary of the Commonwealth, which she said is the final step in dissolving the original HLRA.
Many more steps remain for the former military base’s redevelopment, which is expected to take about 25 years to build out. The Navy is carrying out an environmental impact statement, which is expected to take another year to complete. Land transfers could begin in 2015, officials have said.
John Shepherd
9:40 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
It would be interesting to see a side-by-side listing of the members and staff of the HLReuseA and the HLRedevelopmentA. Is the new body truly a "new" organization or have the people simply "changed hats"?
Theresa Katalinas
12:45 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
John,
All of the members - except the addition of Horsham Township Council President Mark McCouch - are the same. The original HLRA had nine members and the new board has five, so some simply were not appointed to the new HLRA. More specifics can be found here. http://horsham.patch.com/articles/horsham-forms-new-redevelopment-entity
Mike Shortall
9:56 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
I don't think changing faces or hats is the issue. The point is that the Reuse Authority was charged with developing a plan suitable for obtaining the Federal Government's approval and transfer of the land.
The Redevelopment Authority is charged with making the plan a reality (assuming the FedGov buys the plan). It's only natural that some of the players in the former will still be part of the latter.
Robert Applegarth
11:25 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Well, this is your government in action. The same old shell game...the shell might be different, but the pea is the same.
Karen
6:23 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Pay attention cause now instead of holding the meetings at night they again moved to the middle of the afternoon where they can make decisions while the rest of the community is at work.
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