During the Feb. 3 meeting of Hanover Township Council, Attorney Joseph Fitzpatrick, of Fitzpatrick, Lentz, Bubba, P.C., presented documentation to board members for the final plan for a new 500,000-square-foot warehouse facility.

Fitzgerald is the principal for all the warehouses constructed by the Rockefeller Group.

The new building is expected to include 268 parking spaces, 96 docks and 100 trailer parking spots. It will be located next to the Covington Circle residential area. The planning documents show some tree shading, but the area is mostly a high-density residential neighborhood.

In other business, township Engineer Albert Kortze noted the township is making changes around Hoover Boulevard. The changes will provide safety enhancements for tenants at Hidden Village Apartments.

The Kushner Real Estate Group has asked the township for reconsideration on plans it prepared for parcels near the St. Luke’s administration building. The company reportedly provided the township a sketch of the plan several months ago.

The company now has a new concept it will provide to the township for review shortly.

The new concept is expected to have a residential component. In addition to changes in the new concept, the developer needs improvements to the sewer system. Sewer improvements will be handled by Lehigh County Authority.

A. Duie Pyle, a transportation company on Hoover Boulevard, has some changes anticipated. The company is planning a storage/warehouse facility. However, the new facility is not expected to be on the property the company owns in Hanover Township.

Councilman Rick Tocci asked if there was any interest in having detailed procedural minutes for council to review.

“I found detailed minutes informative and a good history of council’s action,” he said.

Chairman Bruce Paulus indicated there is no requirement to keep exact minutes, but the recording secretary should have sufficient information to allow council to have information on what was debated.

Tocci also asked if there was any support for a recording of council’s deliberations. Generally, recorded media does not replay well, it was noted. Paulus indicated the staff considered recording meetings to be unproductive.

Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong gave his annual update on how the county is faring during the pandemic and detailed programs available through the county. Armstrong has assistance funds through the CARES program.