South Park Township Transparency Project

08/10/2026

📢 SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING — TOMORROW, MONDAY, AUGUST 10

South Park Township residents are encouraged to show up, stay informed, and participate in your local government tomorrow evening. There are several important issues on the agendas, beginning with a 6:30 p.m. public hearing on Ordinance No. 723, followed by the regular Board of Supervisors meeting at 7:00 p.m.

🏘️ 6:30 P.M. — PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE 723

The Board will hear public testimony on the proposed amendment to South Park Township’s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance (SALDO). The ordinance addresses important development and public-safety standards, including:

• Multiple vehicular entrance points for certain developments
• Safe and reliable access and emergency access
• Sidewalk requirements
• Block length and configuration
• Standards governing waivers and modifications

Following the public hearing, Ordinance 723 is scheduled for action by the Board during the regular meeting.

📄 Public Hearing Agenda & Proposed Ordinance 723:
https://southparktwp.com/Documents/8-10-2026%20Audience%20Agenda%20Public%20Hearing%20Ord%20723%20SALDO.pdf

🏛️ 7:00 P.M. — REGULAR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING

In addition to Ordinance 723, tomorrow night’s agenda includes:

• Action on the Township’s proposed e-bike and electrically motorized device ordinance
• Action to reschedule the public hearing concerning data centers
• Proposed purchase of body cameras for the South Park Township Police Department
• Proposed purchase of Tasers for the Police Department
• A $150,457 grant application for the Broughton Volunteer Fire Department renovation project
• Public comment and other Township business

📄 Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting Agenda:
https://southparktwp.com/Documents/8-10-2026%20Audience%20Agenda.pdf

✍️ CAN’T ATTEND?

The Township states that residents who want a comment or question entered into the record may submit it no later than 4:30 p.m. tomorrow to:

📧 [email protected]

Local government works best when residents are paying attention and participating. Whether you have concerns about development, public safety, data centers, Township spending, or another issue affecting South Park, consider attending tomorrow night’s meetings and making your voice heard.

Public Hearing: 6:30 p.m.
Board of Supervisors Meeting: 7:00 p.m.

06/06/2026

📌 SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING
Monday, June 8, 2026

The June 8 Board of Supervisors agenda includes several items residents may want to be aware of, including proposed changes to Township development rules and a discussion about future zoning regulations.

One major item is Ordinance No. 723, which would amend South Park Township’s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. According to the agenda, the ordinance would add requirements and standards for developments with multiple vehicular entrance points, add relevant definitions, amend sidewalk requirements, add standards for block length and configuration, and set standards for waivers and modifications.

This is important because subdivision and land development rules help determine how new developments are designed, including road layout, access, sidewalks, and whether exceptions to normal requirements may be granted.

The agenda also includes a new business discussion regarding possible zoning amendments for:

• Data centers
• Solar farms
• Injection wells

These types of uses can involve important land-use questions, including where they should be permitted, what standards should apply, how neighboring properties may be affected, and what protections should be considered before applications are submitted.

Also on the agenda are items related to the Farm Show Drive Corridor Improvement Plan, an NPDES permit for that project, Wilson Field lighting, the MS4 report, the Police Chief’s report, and a public works update on road conditions.

Residents who want to submit public comment or ask a question to be entered into the record must email the Township by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 8 at:

[email protected]

View the full agenda here:https://southparktwp.com/Documents/6-8-2026%20Audience%20Agenda.pdf

Staying informed is one of the easiest ways residents can follow what is being discussed, what is being voted on, and what may affect South Park Township in the future.

05/27/2026

We were asked to share this by Danielle Strimlan :

If you care at all about the aesthetics, environment, and future of South Park, please read this.

Since November 2023, I have repeatedly asked the township board to update South Park’s oil and gas ordinance. I presented facts regarding the environmental and public health concerns associated with drilling, including the risks tied to old coal mines that were never properly sealed. I even provided the township with a sample updated ordinance to help move the process forward.

Unfortunately, EQT will still be horizontally drilling beneath South Park.

At the April 13, 2026 board meeting, I also introduced sample ordinances regarding solar farms and data centers. Thankfully, the newer board members supported updating both the oil and gas ordinance and creating stronger protections regarding solar farms and AI/data center development.

What has been most disappointing is the lack of community involvement and support.

Right now, Pennsylvania lawmakers are attempting to pass SB939, which would give oil and gas companies, solar developers, and AI/data center corporations significantly more power while stripping local governments and residents of their ability to have meaningful input on projects affecting their own communities.

If this matters to you, I urge you to:

Contact your state senator and tell them to oppose SB939

Email Karen Fosbaugh

Attend township board meetings

Support strong ordinances that protect South Park’s residents, environment, and character

This is not about being “anti-progress.” It is about responsible development, local control, and protecting the community we live in.

Pennsylvania’s own Constitution states:

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

We are simply asking Pennsylvania to uphold its own Constitution.

05/27/2026

Please plan on attending tonight’s Planning Commission meeting. Several key items are on the agenda. Please review and join us. We will be broadcasting the meeting here.

https://www.southparktwp.com/Documents/2026%20PC%20agenda%20may.pdf

05/21/2026

🚧 Helpful Resource for South Park Residents 🚧

Sharing this form from Supervisor Whitney Gastmeyer for residents who are dealing with potholes, road hazards, construction-related issues, or other roadway concerns in South Park Township.

One important point: not every road in South Park Township is owned or maintained by the Township. Some roads fall under Allegheny County or PennDOT/state responsibility, which can make it confusing for residents to know where to report a problem.

This form appears to be an effort to help residents get road concerns routed in the right direction instead of having to figure out on their own whether the issue belongs to the Township, County, or State.

That kind of communication is helpful, and it is exactly the type of information residents should have easy access to.

If you are seeing a dangerous road condition, pothole, construction issue, or other hazard, consider using the form linked in Supervisor Gastmeyer’s post.

The more clearly these issues are documented and reported, the easier it is to push for follow-up and accountability.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9442aYIbSv62BmjdCl-wj8IYLc58JiHgfYQRJ6EcoBuNraA/viewform

Please submit road complaints, hazards, potholes, or any other issue that could impact the general safety and well being of drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. Please be aware that many roads within South Park Township are not owned or maintained by South Park Township; However we will be happy to s...

05/11/2026

🚨 South Park Residents Deserve Better Than This Poorly Written Ordinance

Tomorrow, Monday, May 11, beginning at 6:45 p.m., the South Park Township Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing and regular meeting on a proposed “access points” ordinance.

Unfortunately, the draft prepared by the Township Solicitor is not a serious solution to the public safety issue the Board directed him to address.

Here is a copy of the draft ordinance, since the Township has still not posted it on the website:

📄 Ordinance link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WU942BLPVBDJlX9GcxncPREYWjDvZ-SE/view?usp=drivesdk

The stated purpose of this ordinance is to require multiple vehicular entrance points for larger subdivisions and land developments. That sounds good — until you actually read the ordinance.

The entire substantive requirement is basically this:

Developments with more than 25 lots or 250 average daily trips must have at least two access points, built to Township standards, at least 150 feet apart.

That is not enough.

This draft does not require two truly independent routes to the broader public road network. It does not prevent two entrances from dumping onto the same dead-end road. It does not address a single bottleneck, bridge, culvert, narrow road, substandard intersection, or emergency-access failure point. In other words, it does not actually solve the problem residents have been raising for years.

For example, a development could theoretically provide two internal entrances 150 feet apart, but if both entrances still funnel all traffic across the same constrained road segment, culvert, bridge, or single way out, the public safety problem remains.

That is exactly the kind of issue South Park Township should be trying to prevent.

This ordinance should be about safe, reliable, independent ingress and egress — not merely drawing two driveway points on a plan and calling the job done.

Even worse, the draft appears to contain sloppy language. Section 1 says Section 118-44 is being amended by creating a new subsection “188-44(L),” even though the ordinance is supposed to amend Chapter 118. That kind of drafting error matters. Residents should be able to expect careful, precise work when the Township is amending its development ordinances.

A meaningful ordinance should give the Township clear authority to evaluate whether a proposed development has safe access based on real-world conditions, including:

✅ whether emergency vehicles can reliably enter and exit;
✅ whether all traffic depends on one vulnerable road segment, culvert, bridge, or intersection;
✅ whether the access connects to the wider public road network in a meaningful way;
✅ whether a second access point is truly independent, not just technically separate; and
✅ whether public safety would be endangered if one route became blocked, damaged, overloaded, or otherwise unavailable.

To be clear: this does not mean every development over 25 homes or 250 trips with one access point must automatically be prohibited. That is what the waiver process is for. If a parcel is flat, safe, properly designed, and does not create a public safety issue, the Board of Supervisors can grant relief where appropriate.

But the ordinance should give the Township — not the developer — the upper hand in deciding what is safe for South Park residents.

Right now, this draft does not do that.

It is vague where it should be specific, weak where it should be protective, and technical where it should be practical. It gives the appearance of addressing the access problem without actually fixing the access problem.

South Park residents deserve an ordinance that protects neighborhoods, emergency access, and public safety — not a rushed, bare-minimum draft that developers can easily work around.

Also on tomorrow’s agenda is a motion to initiate an RFP process to replace the Township Solicitor, Township Engineer, and Township Planner.

That matters.

For too long, residents have watched professional advisors fail to act in the best interest of the Township and its residents. Whether the issue is weak ordinance drafting, inadequate scrutiny of development proposals, poor communication, or an apparent unwillingness to forcefully protect public safety and Township interests, South Park deserves better professional representation.

Replacing these positions through a transparent RFP process is not about politics. It is about accountability, competence, and restoring public confidence in the people being paid to advise the Township.

📢 Please attend the Board of Supervisors public hearing and meeting tomorrow:

📅 Monday, May 11
🕡 Beginning at 6:45 p.m.
📍 South Park Township Municipal Building

Residents should ask the Board to either substantially revise this ordinance or reject it and demand a stronger version that actually addresses single-access and emergency-access risks.

Residents should also support moving forward with the RFP process for professional services. South Park Township needs advisors who will protect the Township, protect taxpayers, and protect residents — not continue business as usual.

This is too important to get wrong.

05/09/2026

🚨 Important South Park Township Meeting Monday — Public Hearing + Major Agenda Items

South Park Township has posted the agendas for the Monday, May 11, 2026 Board of Supervisors public hearing and regular meeting.

Residents who want public comments or questions entered into the record must submit them by 4:30 p.m. Monday to:

📧 [email protected]

Residents are strongly encouraged to attend Monday’s meeting in support of three important priorities:

✅ A meaningful access-point ordinance that actually protects residents, emergency access, and traffic safety.
✅ Moving forward with the process to replace the Township Solicitor, Township Engineer, and Township Planner.
✅ A carefully written e-bike and motorized-device ordinance that addresses reckless riding and recent safety concerns without unfairly targeting responsible adults or supervised minors.

PUBLIC HEARING — 6:45 P.M.

The Board will hold a public hearing on Ordinance No. 723, which is described as:

“An ordinance of the Township of South Park, Allegheny County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, Chapter 118, Section 44 of the Code of the Township of South Park to add a subsection requiring multiple vehicular entrance points for subdivisions and land developments meeting certain criteria.”

The agenda lists the following public hearing items:

1. Roll Call.
2. Purpose of Hearing: The purpose of the Public Hearing is to take oral or written testimony on the following Ordinance: Ordinance No. 723.
3. Ordinance language regarding multiple vehicular entrance points for subdivisions and land developments meeting certain criteria.
4. Testimony: Code Enforcement Officer, Questions/Comments from the Public, Township Solicitor, Board of Supervisors, Township Manager, Police Chief, Residents, Etc.
5. Action to Close the Public Hearing.
6. Adjournment.

This public hearing matters because South Park Township absolutely needs a meaningful access-point ordinance — but the proposed ordinance, as drafted, does not solve the actual problem.

The draft requires certain larger developments to have at least two access points located 150 feet apart, but that alone is not enough. Two entrances onto the same dead-end road are not the same thing as two independent ways out.

A real access ordinance should require independent ingress and egress to the broader public road network, so a development is not left dependent on one downstream road segment, bridge, culvert, intersection, or other single point of failure.

That is exactly why this issue matters for Sleepy Hollow Road and the proposed Majestic Woods development. Allegheny County Economic Development specifically noted concerns that Sleepy Hollow Road is very narrow, has limited room to widen without significant excavation, and that the bridge over Sleepy Hollow Run was not proposed to be improved. ACED also pointed out that although the development proposed two entrances from Sleepy Hollow Road, damage to the Sleepy Hollow Run bridge or blockage of Sleepy Hollow Road west of the development could render the site inaccessible to emergency vehicles.

Residents should show up and make clear: South Park does not need a symbolic ordinance. South Park needs a specific access ordinance to address the safety concerns that the Board of Supervisors set out to address.

To be clear, this does not mean every development with more than 25 homes and a single access point will automatically be prohibited. If safety is not an issue, that is what the waiver process is for — the Board of Supervisors can grant a waiver when the facts support it.

You can read the poorly written draft here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WU942BLPVBDJlX9GcxncPREYWjDvZ-SE/view?usp=drivesdk

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA — Key Items

The regular meeting agenda includes the following:

1. Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Roll Call.
3. Presentation of Proclamation – Tri-Community South EMS – Recognizing EMS Week.
4. Call on the People.
5. Action on Minutes - Regular Meeting Minutes of the Board of Supervisors – April 13, 2026.
6. Action on Invoices for April, 2026.
7. Action on Hardware/Software Maintenance - South Park Township Police Department - DEP Technologies.
8. Action to Authorize the Preparation of an Ordinance - E-Bikes and Other Motorized Devices.
9. Action on Payment Application No. 3 - Landscaping Improvements at Rt. 88/Brownsville Road Intersection.
10. Action on Payment Application No. 2 - Wilson Park Lighting - Qualite Sports Lighting, LLC.
11. Action on Bids - Spring Commodities - SHACOG Cooperative Purchasing.
12. Action on Resignation from Recreation Board - Lire Jackson.
13. Action on Resolution No. 7-26 - Municipal Records Manual.
14. Action on Requests for Proposals – Township Solicitor, Township Engineer, and Township Planner.
15. Action on Training Request - Officer Alex Bayne – MCSAP Training.
16. Action on Training Request - Lieutenant Richard Griffith – PA State Police Reconstruction Updates Conference.
17. Action on Training Request - Chief Charles Rozzo - Police Chiefs Conference.
18. Action on MS4 Report - April, 2026.
19. Supervisors’ Comments.
20. Adjournment.

Item 8: E-Bikes and Other Motorized Devices

This issue does need to be addressed. Recent behavior by some minors has raised legitimate safety concerns.

But any ordinance should be carefully written. It should target unaccompanied minors, reckless operation, unsafe riding, sidewalk/pedestrian conflicts, and irresponsible use — not responsible adults or minors who are supervised and riding safely.

South Park needs a safety-focused ordinance, not an overbroad ordinance that punishes responsible residents.

Item 14: RFPs for Township Solicitor, Engineer, and Planner

This is a major step forward.

The agenda includes action on Requests for Proposals for the Township Solicitor, Township Engineer, and Township Planner. An RFP, or Request for Proposals, is the formal process the Township can use to seek and compare proposals from qualified professionals or firms as part of replacing those three key positions.

That is significant. These professional appointments shape legal advice, development review, infrastructure review, ordinance drafting, public transparency, and long-term planning decisions in South Park Township.

For too long, residents have seen serious concerns about whether the Township’s current professional advisors have acted in the best interest of the Township and its residents — especially on development review, ordinance drafting, infrastructure concerns, and transparency.

Opening these positions to a competitive RFP process is an important move toward accountability, transparency, and better professional review. Residents should show up and support the Board moving forward with this process.

South Park Township deserves independent, competent, and accountable professional guidance — especially when dealing with subdivision access, stormwater, development safety, ordinance drafting, and public trust.

📌 Bottom line:
Monday’s meeting is not routine. The access-point ordinance, e-bike ordinance, and RFPs for key Township professionals all matter.

Residents should review the agendas, submit comments by 4:30 p.m. Monday, and attend the meeting if possible.

Show up in support of a real access-point ordinance and in support of moving forward with the process to replace the Township Solicitor, Township Engineer, and Township Planner.

South Park deserves better than paper fixes, weak ordinances, and professional advice that fails to protect residents.

We will also be posting a separate breakdown of the proposed access-point ordinance and why, as currently drafted, it does not appear to fix the very problem residents have been asking the Township to address.

04/10/2026

🚨 Monday’s South Park Township Board of Supervisors agenda is out — and it includes hiring decisions, appointments, an important proposed access-point ordinance for *new* developments, and other township business residents may want to watch closely.

The agenda for the South Park Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026 has been posted, and it includes several personnel actions, a proposed SALDO amendment on multiple vehicular entrance points, infrastructure items, and more.

📩 Residents who want a submit a comment or question in writing to be entered into the record must submit it by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13 to [email protected]

👏 Congratulations to those being recognized, appointed, or hired on this agenda:

🎉 Derek Parker – Code Enforcement Officer
🎉 Barry Ferrelli – Emergency Management Director
🎉 Marty George – Deputy Emergency Management Director
🎉 Sydney Krawiec – Library Director
🎉 Katie Berner – Part-Time Administrative Clerk

💐 Best wishes as well to those whose retirements are on the agenda:
Nancy Benedetti and Denise Murray

📋 Agenda items include:
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Call on the People
4. Action on Minutes – Regular Meeting Minutes of the Board of Supervisors – March 9, 2026
5. Action on Invoices for March, 2026
6. Action on Ordinance No. 722 – Parking restrictions on Parkford Drive
7. Action on Resolution No. 3-26 – Inclusion in Allegheny County Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Programs for 2027, 2028, and 2029
8. Action to Schedule Public Hearing – Amending Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance – Requiring Multiple Vehicular Entrance Points
9. Action on Retirement – Nancy Benedetti – Administrative Receptionist
10. Action on Retirement – Denise Murray – Police Secretary – South Park Police Department
11. Action on Employment – Code Enforcement Officer – Derek Parker
12. Action on Resolution No. 4-26 – Revising compensation and benefits of the Code Enforcement Officer/Building Code Official
13. Action on Employment – Library Director – Sydney Krawiec
14. Action on Resolution No. 5-26 – Revising compensation and benefits of the Library Director
15. Action on Resolution No. 6-26 – Declaring April 13–17, 2026 as Local Government Week
16. Action to Accept Resignation – Lora Riskus – South Park Township Recreation Board
17. Action to Appoint Emergency Management Director – Barry Ferrelli
18. Action to Appoint Deputy Emergency Management Director – Marty George
19. Action on Agreement – Cardox Road Storm Sewer Relining Project
20. Action on Memorandum of Understanding – South Park Township and the Allegheny County District Attorney
21. Action to Ratify Employment – Part-Time Administrative Clerk – Katie Berner
22. Action on MS4 Report – March, 2026
23. Action on Police Chief’s Report
24. Supervisors’ Comments
25. Adjournment

📌 Sharing for transparency and public awareness.

04/02/2026

Thursday April 2, 2026
Legal Notices published today that pertain to South Park Township. See comments below for posted Legal Notices.

03/26/2026

Attached in the first comment are the posted legal notices posted today in the PG. Nothing regarding any potential new ordinances for the April BOS Meeting.