SR votes to OK passive park
SLIPPERY ROCK — Borough council voted Tuesday night to keep a green space near Sassafras Drive and Kelly Road in the Poplar Forest housing development a passive park.
After exploring and discussing options, the borough agreed to take steps to toward making the area safe.
According to solicitor Rebecca Black, after researching the land and its deed, she said the council could choose between conveying the land to the development through the Butler County Common Pleas Court or keep the land and maintain it under borough ordinances.
“With the Court of Common Pleas route, you’d have to get it removed from the dedicated or donated property act, then you’d have to find another piece of property of the same acreage and value placed into the public domain as a public park,” she said.
Many Poplar Forest residents spoke at the meeting, concerned about how the property would be maintained for safety.
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