Just like last month, over a dozen residents gathered at East Penn Township's board of supervisors meeting to discuss a variety of topics, including getting lines painted along Lizard Creek Road to permitting the parks commission to become autonomous to "junk" on people's properties throughout the township.

East Penn Township Parks Commission representative Joe Hauser said he was there representing the commission in regard to an ordinance it had submitted for review by solicitor James Nanovic. The ordinance request, Hauser said, was to help re-create the commission as a more autonomous entity so it can "keep (the park) running and make it run smoother, raise some funds and take some of the burden away from the township."Hauser said the commission would also like to invite the supervisors and the public down "to see some of the things that are going on (at Riverview Park) ... it seems to be a very positive place to go." He added that the weekends there are very full and that there is a lot of activity during the week along the trail."We have a very nice opportunity within our township, and all we would like to do is do good things, and promote it, and keep it going," Hauser said.Next, when asked about the township's ongoing legal issues with getting property at 2105 East Lizard Creek Road, owned by Clair Troxell, cleaned of junk, Nanovic said, "No permits have been applied for."Nanovic was referencing the fact that Troxell was ordered by the court to erect a privacy fence, made of chain link with slats, around the entire perimeter of his property to block his items behind it from public view. Nanovic said he believed that Troxell had 14 days, which have since elapsed, to apply for a permit.This conversation was then furthered by Matthew Rapa, a resident along Wertman Hollow Road. He asked whether or not Jersey barriers, a modular concrete or plastic barrier employed to separate lanes of traffic and the type of barrier it was initially believed Troxell had gotten to serve as fencing, were allowed as fencing by any resident within the township.Vice Chairman Jacob Nothstein, a neighbor of Rapa's, said they were allowed and pre-empted Rapa by stating that he, himself, had gotten permits for the Jersey barriers that he had erected near his (Nothstein's) own property line bordering Rapa's property.Rapa said Nothstein's many-acres property has at least seven "junk" trailers and other items near its property line that constitute "an eyesore." He said he believed it to be "an issue, with Mr. Nothstein being on the board ... I think if Mr. Troxell has to comply with the regulations of East Penn Township, so should the supervisors that are on our board that are to enforce those regulations."Chairman Dean Kercsmar reiterated that the meetings are there for residents to express their opinions and promised that the board would look into Rapa's concerns.Resident Rodger Diehl said he was not understanding why everyone seemed to be "picking on" two individuals within the township when there are innumerable others who also have "junk" on their properties.Later, Nothstein said his trailers are used for storage for his farm and that the Jersey barriers he erected on his property were placed there, in part, to keep other people off it, including, at times, some members of the Rapa family.In other news, the board announced that "Trunks for Treats" will be held from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 29 in the parking lot of the East Penn Social Hall. Interested residents are encouraged to bring their vehicles and treats so that trick-or-treaters can stop by instead of having to walk on the heavily traveled roads.Also, the 2015 budget meeting dates were announced and noted to be available online soon.