Meetings

HLRA

Wednesday, January 18 2006

In Attendance:

Authority Board

W. William Whiteside, III, Chairman
Joanna M. Furia, Vice Chairman
David Creamer, Treasurer
Joan Nesbitt, Secretary.
William Donnelly
Carmen S. Italia, Jr.

Absent:

James R. Matthews

Staff

Michael J. McGee
Mary Eberle Esq.
Curt Toll, Esq.
William Walker

Mr. Whiteside called the meeting to order at 3:07 PM. The Board members introduced themselves and all those present did likewise.A sign in sheet was circulated and is attached hereto.Mr. Whiteside announced that the Authority was formed by Horsham Township Council by Ordinance and that in accordance with the Ordinance the Articles of Incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth.He stated that it would be in order for the Authority Board to elect officers.Mr. Donnelly moved and Mr. Italia seconded a motion to nominate the following individuals as officers of the Authority.

William Whiteside as Chairman
Joanna Furia as Vice Chairman
Joan Nesbitt as Secretary
Dave Creamer as Treasurer

The nominations were closed and the Authority unanimously elected the nominated slate of officers.

Mr. Whiteside asked for the will of the board with regard to the appointment of the Authority Staff.Mr. Donnelly moved and Ms. Furia seconded and the Board unanimously approved the appointments of Michael McGee as the Executive Director and single point of contact, Mary Eberle, Esq. Grim, Biehn and Thatcher as the Solicitor and Curt Toll, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP as BRAC Special Counsel.

On a motion by Ms. Furia which was seconded by Mr. Creamer the Board unanimously approved the minutes as proposed for the November 16, 2005 meeting

Ms. Liz Gabor of the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) introduced Cmdr James Melone the Navy liaison with OEA.Ms. Gabor advised the Board that the Association of Defense Communities (NDC), formerly NAID, is conducting their Winter Forum in San Diego on March 5^th through the 7^th.She also advised that invitations from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to attend their conference would be forthcoming.OSD would pay for three people to attend, however others would be able to attend at their cost.The meeting is expected to take place in Atlanta Georgia during the first week of May.

Mr. David Drozd, the Navy PMO, stated that he expects the Navy to issue a revised Notice of Availability (NOA) which will list approximately 917 Acres as being excess federal property. He stated that the notice should be published within a week.The NOA will include the housing in Bucks County and the properties that are impacted with easements.He further advised that the Air Force property was not to be included in the NOA.There are approximately 117 acres owned by the Air Force and those acres are not part of the BRAC action. He expects that the Air Force will visit the Base in the near future to determine what if any property they will seek from the Navy to establish the military enclave that is slated to remain as part of the BRAC action.

Mr. McGee pointed out that a meeting took place earlier in the afternoon to discuss the planning for the housing in Bucks County.He stated that the Bucks County Commissioners, Warminster Township, Centennial School District, FLRA and the Horsham Township LRA were all represented.The various options for the planning were discussed.They include: (1) two separate LRAs, one of which would plan for the Bucks housing and the other for the balance of the Base; (2) for the Horsham LRA to do the planning within the context of a single LRA.Some discussion had taken place with regard to establishing a separate committee composed of various representatives from the Bucks county entities. In addition it was suggested that the HLRA Board would have a member appointed by Bucks County.The third option was to not have any planning for the Bucks County portion of the property.In that case the federal government would do the homeless screening and make the appropriate disposition of the property.Ms. Gabor stated that OEA had reached out to HUD and it was their recommendation that one LRA be established.It was pointed out that the attorneys representing the various parties were expected to meet next week to discuss the preparation of an agreement for consideration by the parties to include: Horsham, Bucks County, Warminster, Ivyland and possibly Centennial School District.

Mr. McGee advised the Board that Council is considering introducing an Ordinance amending the Authority by adding two members to the Board.Thus the board would have a total of nine members.He pointed out that Representative Schwartz had offered two names for consideration by Council to fill one of the new positions.He advised that it is possible that the Ordinance would be introduced at the January 23^rd Council meeting for consideration on February 27^th.

Ms. Furia then moved and Mr. Donnelly seconded and the Board unanimously adopted a motion to resolve to submit to the Horsham Township Council a proposal to increase the number of members of the Authority Board from seven to nine members; the additional new members to serve terms of two years and three years, respectively.Additionally, Chairman Whiteside was authorized to sign a Resolution expressing the will of the Board.

Mr. McGee then asked for the Boards consideration of the suggested committees and membership. Mr. Donnelly suggested that the membership of the Environmental Committee be expanded to include the Bucks County Health Department. Mr. Donnelly move and Mr. Creamer seconded and the Board unanimously approved the committee structure and membership as amended.Mr. Whiteside pointed out and the Board concurred that the membership may expand should the need arise.

After a discussion of a possible date for a tour of the base, Mr. McGee was directed to contact the Base and attempt to schedule a tour on Wednesday April 19, 2006 at 1:00 PM.

There being no additional business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:55 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Michael J. McGee