Land needed for Walgreens heads for auction block
North Huntingdon township commissioners voted to go ahead with the sale of a parcel of public land after addressing concerns over the amount of land and its price.
Commissioners voted unanimously to sell a 2.17 acre piece of land behind the site of the former Chesterfield's restaurant along Route 30. The property is part of a swath of land attached to the township's public works building, and the part for sale directly abuts the Chesterfield's site.
The current owner of the Chesterfield's site, developer Walnut Capital, plans to build a Walgreens pharmacy and Starbucks coffee shop on the location. Although North Huntingdon officials approved Walnut Capital's site plan last fall, this spring Walnut's engineer, Adam Law, decided to change the plan.
Commissioners objected to Walnut's proposal to include a power line right of way in the land to be sold.
At the commissioners' June 12 meeting, Brenda Sebring, counsel for Walnut Capital, explained that the company had adjusted its plans to deal with that concern.
"The area of township land that would be required has been pulled back," Sebring said. She said the company only wished to purchase the land south of the power line right of way up to its property
Because the land is publicly owned, the township must advertise the parcel and put it up for public auction. Anyone can bid on the land, with the land going to the highest bidder.
Commissioners expressed concerns about how the township would ensure a fair sale price. Township solicitor Bruce Dice explained that the township could set a minimum price for the auction, which could be based on the assessed value of the land.
"You're assured of getting whatever the fair market value is, or you won't award the bid," Dice said.
Commissioners decided to have the land appraised and set a minimum price before the auction goes forward.
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Simple dictionary definition of conservations is; .
1. protection of valued resources: the preservation, management, and care of natural and cultural resources
2. protection from change: the keeping or protecting of something from change, loss, or damage
As a person that studies science this means, "a community has a responsibility to its citizens and taxpayers". Not to franchises, chain restaurants, or buying and selling real estate for their own wealth and betterment.
I’ve been drinking my own coffee, moms and pops coffee, liking it and affording it most of my life.
Growing coffee is a science, “sun ripened” beans means higher and a more concentrated use of chemicals. A horrific practice causing death to the Animal Kingdom--which includes humans.
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We cannot grow coffee in North America, so we import the “sun ripened” chemical laden beans, from “South America” (Brazil and etc.) Does North Huntingdon's magnificent 7 honestly believe “Star Bucks” cares more than a local diner, like Serro’s, might have?
Medicinal Plants must be grown in organic conditions. We grow few of them in this country, researchers and manufacturers import them from Communist Cuba.
I have often wondered why manufactures think Communist know more about organic farming than Americans do!! Well they don't, period.
Buying drugs from and in Canada may just be a cheap way for a ride in a hearse to a burial plot in the "Irwin Cemetery" or "Penn Lincoln Cemetery".