Holland Family Enjoys The Lucas County Fair
Lily and Scott Streicher of Holland check out the goldfish they won in a game at the Lucas County Fair. The fair, which took place July 22-27, marked its 150th anniversary this year with a traditional mix of rides, games, food and animal displays. MIRROR PHOTO BY JOHN POLLOCK
Township Joins Program To Aid With Plant Pests And Diseases
BY KELLY J. KACZALA — MIRROR REPORTER
Springfield Township trustees on August 4 approved a contract with the Ohio State University Extension Service to participate in the Consumer and Urban Horticulture Program.
The $5,369.66 contract was approved for one year, and the trustees and the extension service will evaluate the program at the end of the year.
The program will provide coordination and management for suppression of the gypsy moth and the emerald ash borer, assist in the funding of the master gardener volunteer program and provide educational assistance to residents regarding the oak wilt fungal disease.
It also will support an OSU Extension consumer and urban horticulture agent, a part-time administrative assistant and a part-time gypsy moth field technician as well as other operating expenses.
Lucas County will pay $84,187.20 in advance for participating jurisdictions, and each community will reimburse the county.
The following jurisdictions are also participating: Toledo, for $28,447.36; Oregon, $2,615.74; Sylvania, $4,935; Monclova Township, $1,450.99; Holland, $296.12; Washington Township, $138.19; and Ottawa Hills, $1,737.24. The remaining balance of $39,196.55 is to be paid by Lucas County.
Springfield and Washington townships have agreed to participate for one year rather than the usual two years. Lucas County and the Ohio State Extension office will work to secure funding for the second year. In the event that the two townships decline to participate in the second year, the advance payment to the OSU Extension will be $78,679.35.
The township will provide a representative to the program’s committee.
Springfield Township trustees at one time had been reluctant for the township to join the program because they wanted more communities to participate to bring down the costs.
Amy Stone, a local agent for the program, will give a report to trustees at a future meeting on a tree inventory she is taking in the township.
Stone will also present a gypsy moth program in the town hall on Tuesday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Also at the meeting, the trustees:
• Approved a resolution to put a 1.3-mill, five-year levy renewal for the fire department on the November ballot.
The levy would fund fire department operations and the maintenance of fire equipment.
• Heard about a meeting for government officials regarding the Swan Creek Watershed Balanced Growth Initiative on October 22 at the Springfield Township Hall.
• Heard about plans to update the township’s Web site. Administrator Leslie Kohli said she will meet with someone later this month to learn how the township can post audiotapes of township meetings on its Web site.
Kohli said zoning permits will soon be available on the Web site.
Zoning records will be scanned and posted on the Web site in the future.
Trustee Andy Glenn said the trustees will consider at their next meeting hiring an intern or a temp service to help update the Web site.
• Approved a site plan review for an addition and new pavement for Paul Davis Restoration Company at 9540 Airport Hwy.
The owner of the property, Priscilla D’Anniballe, said she has yet to come to an agreement with the township over executing recommendations by the township zoning staff and the zoning commission regarding cross-access agreements to the east and west of the site. Her lawyer and the township’s lawyer are working on the agreement.
• Held a public hearing for a zoning change request from C-2 general commercial to RA-4 rural residential for 7442 Dorr St. The owners of the property are Jayne and Alan Ludwikowski.
The parcel, less than one acre, is vacant. The zoning request complies with the 2004 master plan, which calls for single-family residential at the site, said zoning inspector Bob Seger.
• Held a public hearing for a zoning change request from C-2 general commercial to RA-4 rural residential for property at 8940 Dorr St. The owner of the 5.3-acre commercial property is Henry J. Sawicki III.
The zoning change is in harmony with the implementation recommendations of the township’s 2004 master plan, according to Seger.
• Held a public hearing for a zoning change request from C-2 general commercial to RA-4 rural residential for 8950 Dorr Street. The 4-acre property, just west of the Sawicki property, is owned by the Travelers Motorcycle Club.
The zoning change request complies with the 2004 master plan.
• Held a public hearing for a zoning change request from C-1 neighborhood commercial and RA-4 rural residential to RA-4 rural residential for a 0.53 acre of property at 847 S. King Rd. The property currently contains a house.
The zoning change request complies with the 2004 master plan.
• Approved a zoning change request from C-2 general commercial to P/O public open space for a 1.14-acre property, which currently contains a building, at 8330 Nebraska Ave. The owner of the property is the Toledo Area Sanitary District.
The zoning change requests, initiated by trustees, were recommended to avoid spot zoning in the township.
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