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    ‘THE PHLADELPNA INQUIRER JRE. By Bob Martin ast week came the news that entrepre- eur Sam Katz wants to take a contami- nated, abandoned industrial site in east. jern Chester County and turn it into a state-of-the-art indoor sports eomples. It’s an exciting prospect — youths playing Soccer and ice hockey, senior citizens partici. Dating in wellness programs and people of all ‘ages toning their physiques, It is also appeal ‘ng that no farms or open space would be de- stroyed in the process and that a polluted site ‘would become clean, I should note that no action has been taken by the Central and Western Chester County Industrial Development Authority on the pro- posal by Community Sports Partners. In fact, Others are expected to bid on the 15-aere Bish. op Tube Co. site off Malin Road and Route 30, In addition, East Whiteland ‘Township, the site's location, is under ant 18-month building ‘moratorium that will not be lifted until Febru- ary. So don't rush out to buy the latest sports fashions. For now, let's put scrutiny above spandex, Until The Inquirer ran a news story Wednes- day on the proposal, scrutiny was nearly impos. sible because virtually no one outside the prin- | cipals and the IDA knew about the proposal. | _ That would include the three Chester County commissioners, the county planning director and the chairwoman of the East Whiteland Board of Supervisors, Was Katz obligated to circulate his 10-page project proposal with each of them after mab Ing his pitch tothe IDA on Nov. 15? No, but for Someone who is promoting “public/private Partnership structure,” I think there is room for such individual initiative, ‘An FYI to local elected officials would have been in order from Katz, the former Republi- | can mayoral candidate ‘in Philadelphia who | now heads i ladelphia First, The Chester County c Chester County Commentary Involvement needed on Katz plan The public should have been made more aware of the indoor sports complex ‘proposal. for cheritabi, rel lous educational si Entifi or Iiterary-pur poses se this faci fy as an aster tothe area's very high de- mand “for youth Spars, exercise. and Anes, but dont see itlas meeting these oe TRS-required stan dards ofa nonprofit, Kats said the IS has often granted now proflt status to provi ers of rereation that “essen the burden of government” to offer Such services est that Community Sports golf, sw ming and Ice ockey complex in. Lower Provide, Montgom- ery. County, has a. ready won I appro: fas a nonprote would note that sonprofit "status does’ Just mean thet a project can be fi ‘anced through txex- fmpt bonds, as Con unity Sports is pro. pening TUB tantamount to an organization's is ning a property axes: emprion, i this cae from the. Chester County ‘Board of A Sessment Appel ath lien that East Whitelan i. : f an ‘Township, already groaning with 19,700 vehi- pecially considering the tax ee organized exclusively "Th Pini. Aig idk 11 Lakuid UF UPEH Space WOUG DE de- stroyed in the process and that a polluted site would become clean, I should note that no action has been taken by the Central and Western Chester County Industrial Development Authority on the pro- Posal by Community Sports Partners. In fact, others are expected to bid on the 1S-acre Bish: op Tube Co. site off Malin Road and Route 30. In addition, East Whiteland Township, the site's location, is under an 1&-month building ‘moratorium that will not be lifted until Febru- ary. So don’t rush out to buy the latest sports fashions. For now, let’s put scrutiny above spandex, Until The Inquirer ran a news story Wednes- day on the proposal, scrutiny was nearly impos- sible because virtually no one outside the prin- cipals and the IDA knew about the proposal. ‘That would include the three Chester County. commissioners, the county planning director and the chairwoman of the East. Whiteland Board of Supervisors, Was Katz obligated to circulate his 10-page project proposal with each of them after mak- ing his pitch to the IDA on Nov. 15? No, but for someone who is promoting a “publiciprivate partnership structure,” I think there is room Tor such individual initiative. An FYI to local elected officials would have been in order from Katz, the former Republi- can mayoral candidate ‘in Philadelphia’ who ‘how heads Greater Philadelphia First: The County commissioners, contribute about $20,000 a year to that organization, which seeks to foster collaboration among the re- sion's governments and private:industry. Katz said in an interview that the criticism was fair but added: “This project was an idéa we had. We were invited to present it. T have ot gone out to seek support for it.” For me, the attention grabber inthe proposal is its self-described “simple and time-tested” structure for ownership and management, The ADA, which normally serves as a conduit for financing economic-development projects, Would in this case own the land and lease it to a ‘nonprofit corporation whose members it would appoint. ‘The corporation, in turn, would hire Kate's firm to manage the property for 1S years, His firm would also oversee the design and devel- ‘opment ofthe property. Financing would chief- ly come from tax-free revenue bonds, Thave @ couple of questions here. First, what makes the corporation a nonprof- it? The IRS says that a business may qualify if ‘nonprofit Katz said the IRS has often granted Drofit status to provi ers of recreation that “lessen the burden of ernment” to offer h services, He said that Community Sports’ golf, swim. ming and ice hockey complex in. Lower Providence, Montgom- ery County, has al- ‘ready won IRS approv- al as a nonprofit. T would note that nonprofit status doesn’t just mean that @ project can be fi- ‘anced through tax-ex- cempt bonds, as Com- ‘munity Sports is pro- posing. It is tantamount to ‘an organization's win- ning a property-tax e emption, in this case from the Chester County Board of As sessment Appeals ‘And that could mean that East Whiteland Township, already groaning with 19,700 vehi- ‘on nearby Route 30, would have to Provide police and road services without addi- tional property taxes. Perhaps the sports com- plex could provide free ice hockey time and Soccer time to the Great Valley School Dis- ‘trict, but that doesn’t cover the township's in- creased costs for services, Let's look at the proposal from one other perspective, ‘The United Sports Training Center in West Bradford Township is a 127,000-square-foot complex with four in door fields that can be used for soccer, le crosse, basketball and field hockey. Its 60-acre grounds contain 11 outdoor playing fields. Ted van Beuren, the center's presi- dent, says it pays $165,000 a year in proper- ty taxes, ‘Katz said that it is too éarly in the process to say whether Community Sports would seek a Droperty tax exemption at Bishop Tube, where its facility would be about 200,000 square feet. ‘The company did in fact win @ property-tax exemption for its Lower Providence complex. Would an exemption for its site here be fair, Proposed indoo re "ho Placing especially considering the tax burden on Unit- ed Sports? In raising these points, I'm not suggesting the complex would be anything less than a premier community recreation center for people of all ages. Nor am I saying that the local appetite for soccer and ice hockey is anything less than voracious. Michele Vaughn, the East Whiteland supervisors chairwoman, said that she got two phone calls from constituents the morning the news story appeared; both callers urged approval of the proposal. Itmay be a year before that comes to pass, but that’s fine because it allows plenty of time to get involved. To those who live or Work in East Whiteland, or are contemplat- ing joining a health club or are concerned about traffic in the Route 202 corridor, here is the opportunity to raise your concerns — and to make this a true publiciprivate en- deavor. Bob Martinis the Chester County Commentary ge ecitr. His e-mal is rmartin@philynews.com. | | ee eed | close to Home B7 __ Entertainment - Firm buys Bishop Tube land O’Neill Properties affiliate purchases ‘brownfields’ for $700,000 By SARAH E. MORAN deal, along with several other groups, in- grease equipment. Staff Witer cluding the Central & Western Chester ~The state Department of LAND — A local developer The group plans the to clean it up and is redevelop the land for commercial or ‘industrial use. shop Tube Co., a stainless steel tube inufacturer ~ for $700,000. ‘The group plans to clean it up and de- velop the land for commercial or indus- trial use, confirmed Missy Myers, execu: tive vice president a Woodman, East Whiteland township manager and a member of the Economic chief operating of The site's groundwater and soil are con- Development Council's brownfields com ficer of the Chester County Economic De- taminated with TCE, short for mittee. trichloroethylene, a potentially toxic chemical that Bishop Tube used to de- + See PURCHASE, Page BS RIE EE vege uso ayo vase sn fe rg moey aunpmntfrsiequony peUIEND sO 90 ee vole pueeg}aate a 10 rok 0097-SL8-F8F HHO TEC ELE TSF POT SITES BoHATBG TEWONASINT (as) sss anus po suo eBapesed 4S IONE sypymuoy{ “T OTUELOW, pe anoy @ aynpayes 0} 40 woproniso}ie aout 40.5 uo yi 0g pu mod Bia apadapuy FIGNITAONG I TTBTTVNS smo un sd ody, wash, Baar opuodapuy Sura] parstssy: sopmununuog waursznay apo [wIHO|OD ign san08¥ -a140H, 28707 PUTO) poo aan axdoad fo spaspung ‘avo ont ana NOH’ ONTAVO* WAV SG (0097-SL8-FRF WO | TeQuepnig@ Weescrye wena atoy soy Busppas oy Shay ‘auaysadsy 9 1841 POgSHQMT, (718) ssqm00ds omg oy sopuas efopese 489 TOCA, SypETUOHT “1 ATEN i) szaquan Wao aqtraoang wey ® punore para 1099 ands aayJo Jo yap atenbs ‘00903 pur Sdoys eres yo 309] arenbs Qoo‘0ge ‘S2aUapt 594 AYRWUE}ATEL QOL DUNG 08] Aarau umd feMqUaA® STEN.O ‘pUPLONNAA ISU ‘20g axnoy yo asnt 107305 jong torsuyypuoy FOWL} BIEL, ath ‘SIH @oorgownyay Jo todo {asap auf St SIaUNTed TON. pu ah ase yy suey OUT dojasapar payy. 19 you sel, siauneg anid wonmnsuoy “samag FI Arvo sop wa9q Sar se Sqweaea Bujaq ump seUyes “as 0 youq and pure dn paueay> ays oxp Buaety or preshzoy Bt 3j00] Aaj, "UeUIPOO OF HUT -proaoe .‘atio8 s1oop pure sMop Jaya. sy ype ‘pamoasun Aq. -o1 ‘ammypNNS PIPHP © Ale aro Aveapt fem ouros [US ‘ip asnar 0} st auont ano, Suadosd waor8 sono 9tp uo spures TS But “pum yooparenbs-9o0'0FI ¥ saptsoud 2ota aanoax son -rodog THPN.0 “AH PIENOR pres fos ai dn Wey 0} 43809 [48 YORI Moy Mow AK gow s30p sonsadorg TNO “jenn, aa pandas 10 seanuta 99x01 ‘ar Jo pid 9q 0} Sew poures faq Taupo qshuN 3F sOUMUIOS dn. 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As ‘more homeowners e carriage houses tory garages with a. hhas, to my mind, ‘n more apparent. alleys running sur town is a benefit ing children’s toys backyard of one of | hhbors gives you an good things are nearby, and chat agup the Weber off porch is a great al State finds E. Whiteland site contaminated BY ANNE PICKERING manufacture stainless steel and groundwater under Staff Writer tubes and operated under some buildings, and in an various owners until 1999, x degreas- EAST WHITELAND - A when it shut down. former stainless steel tube In 2000, the site came to manufacturing plant on the attention of the st Malin Road, south of Busi Tests revealed that the pri ness Route 30, has contami nated groundwater and soil on the 13-aere site, according to the state Department of pound. ‘According to the Environ |. mental Protection Agency, there may be some harmful Ith effects associated with 1op Tube Co. operated along Mi taminated and’ they were a provided with a carbon tre: Route 20) eee tions coordinator. oversee the work through are maintained by DEI ‘The state has installed Hazardous Sites Clean ‘aplume of con. monitoring wells to track Bishop Tube Co. was a processor of precious metals. nickel and chromium. ‘The {Jn the late 1950s it started to contamination is in the soil identified, and DEP wil 20-year-old guilty of attempted homicide of pregnant girlfriend By R. JONATHAN TULEYA Staff Writer then she began to | Page 84 for Richard C. Basler, v , w — 1iaA. Fenn, Theodore A. Gottier, A3 verd, Jeffrey A. Walsh and Mar By ANNE PICKERING Ss Staff Whiter EAST WHITELAND - State environmental officials field- ne ed questions from residents during a public hearing Wed- imeone | Resday regarding the pro- posed cleanup of the Bishop ‘Tube site on Malin Road. ‘employees of Bishop Tube and residents of nearby f homes in General Warren ings Village and Whiteland Farms: ‘king out a | north of Business Route 30. "At times during the hear- or your. | ing, the mood was tense with ommend a | residents questioning why heed the township hadn't told res- ‘has 26 | jdents about the contamina test bands Lof. You 1 this site ou'll start aly realize aven't day. {the usual trawberry | Officials with the state De- of 60s | partment of Environmental ilectric | Protection said they didn’ Cruit vein) |kmow when the tow Hats was first aware of thé tamination at the site. But the state first started investi- gating the contamination in 2000. ‘Township Manager Terry Woodman said in an inter- view Wednesday that she be- came manager In 2001 and she doesn’t have any knowl edge of whether the town- ship was involved in the site prior to that. In 2001, the Chester County Industrial Development Authority ‘wanted to a erty, wl since 1999. The CCIDA asked the township and schoo! dis- trict to forgive outstanding taxes to help in the purchase. ‘The Board of Supervisors didn’t want the site sold at a sheriff's sale to someone who ‘might not clean up the site, Said Woodman, which was one reason why it supported CCIDA’s proposal. Woodman Said she thought it was com- mon knowledge among res- dents of General Warren Vil- lage that the site was con taminated. DEP was investigating the site and reporting their find- ings to the industrial author- ity. ‘At Tuesday's hearing, state officials said they were ready to begin the first phase of the cleanup at three sites that have the most pollution. Other areas may be targeted for cleanup at a later date, they said, ‘The Bishop Tube Co. start- fed out processing” precious ‘metals in the 1950s. By 1958, it was manufacturing stain: less steel tubes. Other own- ers included Christina Met- als, which operated the plant between the 1960s and 1990s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Christiana voluntarily in stalled monitoring wells. One residential well on Cones- toga Road was found to be contaminated with the prin- cipal contaminant of concern at the site: trichloroethylene, known as TCE, Christiana installed a filter. Later, DEP officials said another off-site well on Con- estoga Road was found to contain much higher levels of ‘TCE and the resident was ad- vised to connect to munici- pal water. Officials field cleanup que East Whiteland residents press DEP, township representatives about contaminated Bishop Tube site Testing. at the site has found soll and groundwater contaminated with TCE and sther chlorinated. solvents, ‘The contamination has been found in bedrock as deep as 200 ‘feet. Monitoring. wells stow that there ts contami ation of groundwater some distance from the site. Com: puter ‘models indicate. that the contaminated plume may be discharging to Lite Val ley Creek downstream in the Worthington Stee! redevelop. ment sie, ie Know the contamina tion went ay far asthe Route B0/Route_ 401 intersection, sald Dustin Armatrong, DEP project ofieer, There also The potential for indoor air contamination in the build. ings on the site as a result of the TCE, “Vapors could come Up through the hoor: he sid Hee isa relatively strong carcinogen, said Armstrong he levels “found. in the groundwater are well ‘Edera drinang water stand ards "he site was purchased in 2005, by Consttution Drive Partners LP The company Is stions assisting DEP in the cleanup and paying for the equip- ment. Supervisors’ Chairman John Mott attended the hear- ing and voiced concern that ‘while DEP might be acceler- ating the cleanup, ‘we should make sure that this is the best approach.” Mark Tillman, a resident of Winding Way, ‘worried that Little Valley’ Creek flows through his property and wondered whether it was hazardous for dogs and an- imals to be in the creek. “I wouldn't be worried,” said Armstrong. DEP estimated that one of the three areas being cleaned, up in the first phase would take less than one year and the other sites between three and five years. ‘Tuesday night was the only public hearing, but people can still make written com- ments to the DEP office in Norristown through March 16. To contact staff writer Anne Pickering, send an ¢ ‘mail to apickering@dailylo- ccal.com. West Chester man guilty of ID theft. credit card fraud Beh Tes Suburban Advertiser __Tunn 07 NEWS —— Could bottle bill fund cleanup;act?:; By Anne(Plcketing 4) This year, os part of his 2007 opposed it ~ the hallmatks compaiies look’ Rather hah ‘pping into 08 budget Gov Rendell pro. "Natural Land ‘ust also op” for when comidting yoy paces Growing Greener I funds as they; Posed an increase in commercial posed Senate Bll 913° "":to.elocate, she said," have done in the last (vo years, tipping ees to give the funda per- “If it comes to pass it will bea! Dinniman is joining state Sou Chester County legislators are manent funding source. So far, huge blow to recreation, park,” John Riflery Pe Reside Cot Gansdering a ott bill to fund_ the state budget is unapproved. and openspace projects," Molly legevil, who wil be introducing the\'state's Hazardous Sites _ The ‘Senate recently’ pasied Morrison, president of Natural ‘egislation ‘to establish 'a. return. Cleamip Act program: Senate Bill. 913 that would pro- Lands Trust, said Frid ‘able bottle and can program. ‘The hazardous sites, program jvide ‘$40. millcn! for theyhaz’’ Eyery legislative district scros i Raery'sbillis’an ex, Brovides funds to clean un.emenijardous, sites program ftom’ the’ the vate receives money from the cellent wa¥lty peevealiten oe seney situations such, as"hag-! Keystone 93 fund. Monies in thet Keystone Fund.. The state re- mote’ ‘and help fund the ous spills and investiga con, fuid pay for tral, paris’ and ‘esis many more applications hazardous’ cleanups prosrain® {aininated sites; such astheBish; jopen. speck. The Keystone Fund. than it ean spprove noy, It doce- Dinniman said, ‘and’ atleast. 11, op Tube stein East Whiteland sy reesives| $86 million annually n't make sense, Here, you Lave ‘ Bishop Tube hia | om the ranter really tx ‘inated with tricholorethylene,s%/Staté)Sen. Andrew Dinniman,* Imetal‘degreaier and MiuspectedseD- 19th of West. Whiteland, said from local sources” said Morr | ‘carcinogen ethatihase polluted Thursday hejsupported.the haz sons es on sae a ounivalgand ol Ts pent rou tes progam but dd no Motion aoed county gv pring {oftheypellution yas: fed pfore faking openspace erent only haye two, ays to | Inluded pee es ea a 1 SGie pe ier ee |fonmental, Protection through bottle bil, inssthe ; governor's, ut dc 9 raise money ~ through realestate | budget {aq inc in comme “Cilzns wh ved for Grow” tues dy bosonig Sever © ahem nee conimet | the hizatdous sites program ater tig Greener areexpecting to see but the sate has many, many thal would; provide $50° mace ‘the’ owner" state wdoned/the' site, the:funds used for-open space, :ways:at their’ disposalto: raise annually tothe hazardo ‘identified former, andpétks vandi recreation,” he money.” ‘vee Sreleanup program, sl?! 2%": st alae alter tel sth oF a Y

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