Salisbury Township residents can preview the William H. Laubach Park and Franko Farms Recreation Area Master Plan at a public hearing Aug. 15.

The format is expected to include a presentation and questions and answers relating to maps, artist’s renderings and diagrams of concepts for the parks displayed on easels.

The public hearing starts 6 p.m. Aug. 15 in the meeting room of the Salisbury Township municipal building, 2900 S. Pike Ave.

The meeting is open to the pubic.

During the July 28 board of commissioners meeting, Salisbury Township Manager Randy Soriano urged township residents living in the vicinity of the parks, as well as those from throughout the township, to attend the Aug. 15 hearing.

Salisbury residents got a first look at the Laubach and Franko plan at a public hearing April 18 in the township meeting room.

The Laubach Park Master Site Plan Committee has met nearly every month after a tour of Laubach July 20, 2015.

Leonard J. Policelli, landscape architect, project manager, of Urban Research & Development Corp., Bethlehem, is consultant for the Laubach Park Master Plan.

Franko Farm Park was added to the Laubach Master Plan when it became apparent low-lying areas of Laubach are unsuitable for upgrading to accommodate improved and additional playing fields for Salisbury Youth Association sports programs. Use of and possible improvements to Dodson Street fields, adjacent to Fountain Hill, have been discussed.

The 14.25-acre Laubach Park, accessible from Fairview Avenue and Lehigh Avenue, is located between East Susquehanna Street and East Emmaus Avenue.

The township recreation commission and URDC are expected to present the Laubach and Franko plan to the township board of commissioners. After that, commissioners would decide how to proceed with the plan and how to fund the improvements to the parks.

The timeline for Laubach and Franko is to apply for a grant in spring 2017 for improvements, award contracts at the end of 2017 and start construction in 2019.