I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

E A S T P E T E R S B U R G B O R O U G H

SPRING 2016

C O U N C I L M E M B E R S

Cathleen Panus, President

John Wolf, Vice-President

Adam Gochnauer, Member

Lauren Houck, Member

Connie McElwain, Member

John Schick, Member

Todd R. Weiss, Member

Jeff Geoghan, Mayor

Robin Hemperly, Manager

M E E T I N G D A T E S

Borough Council Meeting 1st Tuesday of the month 7:00 p.m.

Planning Commission 3rd Thursday as needed 7:00 p.m.

Zoning Hearing Board 4th Wednesday as needed

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EAST PETERSBURG BOROUGH OFFICE 6040 Main Street East Petersburg, PA 17520 569-9282 OFFICE HOURS 8:00AM-4:30 PM Monday Thru Friday Closed for lunch 12:30-1:00

BOROUGH MANAGER

Robin Hemperly ASSISTANT TREASURER KAREN ST. CLAIR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KIM STRAYER

WATER, HIGHWAY & RECREATION DEPT.

JEFF MOSEMAN

TIM ENSINGER

BRIAN DYER

DON KEEN

MIKE ROUSH

Mayor's Note Cover

Borough Events Page 2

Recycling Updates Page 3

Recycling & Trash Dates Page 4

Understanding MS4 Page 5

MS4 cont. Page 6 Mayor’s Spring Note

Well, 2016 is here with a vengeance and I think I speak for most of us when I say that I’m looking forward to warmer climes and getting out-doors again. When I think of “what’s new” for this year, I’m reminded of the East Pete Area Civic Center over on State and Lemon. Although it kicked off oper-ations in 2015, I think this year will be the year to watch for this awesome addition to East Petersburg’s community. I want to recognize Kent Rice – the leader and visionary at EPACC who has a true servant’s heart for our town. The center has regular events happening during the week and I encourage you to check it out at easpetecc.org. Of course, the Spring and all the attending events will be here very soon as well. The car show will kick the season off in May and I’m looking forward to another great year of concerts and community gatherings. Lastly, I wanted to point out that our police force, Manheim Township Police Department, has added some new patrolling officers to our regular roster. I encourage you to greet them around town and make them feel welcome as they work diligently to keep our town safe! Thanks to all the responders watching over our residents 24/7. All the best you and your family,

Mayor Jeff Geoghan March 13th SPRING AHEAD Daylight Savings Time begins.

BOROUGH EVENTS EAST PETERSBURG COMMUNITY PARK

6051 Pine Street

September 17, 18, 19 - East Pete Days ( see complete schedule on back page) September 17: Carnival in the Park begins at 6:00 p.m. September 18: Carnival in the Park begins at 6:00 p.m. September 19: East Pete Day

October 3rd - Fall Fest 1:00 until 4:00 pumpkin decorating and hayrides

October 3rd - Blue's Fest 3:00 until 8:00, October 31st - Trick or Treat 6:00 until 8:00

November 27th - Christmas Tree & Wreath Sale Begins starts 3:00 p.m.

August 4th - National Night Out start the evening with a family bike ride through town and finish at East Pete Pool where there will be refreshments and swimming—there is no charge.

September 5th -3rd Annual Outbreak Festival this is a free, day long family event: local musicians, food & kids games. Spotlight on service will be East Pete Area Civic Center (EPACC).

September 17th thru 19th –East Pete Days September 17: Carnival in the Park begins at 6:00 p.m. September 18: Carnival in the Park begins at 6:00 p.m. September 19: East Pete Day starts off with a 5K race, followed by a parade, chili cook-off, whoopie pie eating contest, live music and entertainment, fireworks and many more events look for more information and the complete schedule of events to come.

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BOROUGH EVENTS EAST PETERSBURG COMMUNITY PARK

6051 Pine Street

MARCH 26 - Easter Egg Hunt held at the Community Park arrive at 12:45 (Hunt will begin at 1:00 sharp). Grand prizes will be given, raffles available.

MAY 7 - Vagabond Car Show (rain date May 8th) 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. more than 400 Cars will pack the East

Petersburg Community Park for the 7th Annual Car Show. There will be numerous vendors. Live music by “What it Was” will play throughout the day. Trophies, door prizes, neon sign raffle, Chinese auction, 50/50 raffle, event t-shirts available this year. Plus free kid’s activities: valve cover racing, bounce cas-tle, and slot car racing!! The forms to register are online or at the Borough office.

MAY 14 - Throwing Bull Tribe Chicken BBQ 11:00 a.m. un-til 2:00 p.m. held at the Community Center at the Park.

JUNE 4 - Community Yard Sale held at the Community Park will be 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Residents interested in renting a 10’ X 10’ space for $10.00 can find the forms online or come into the Borough office. Also that day, a Compost Work-shop will be held in the Community Center 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. call the Borough office to pre-register. There is no charge for the workshop.

more info available at East Petersburg Day Facebook page & www.eastpetersburgday.com

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East Petersburg Recycling Updates

As the recycling guidelines continue to change we will keep the residents updated. We will continue our partnership with Lebanon Farms Waste Dis-posal as the Borough’s waste hauler. With the new addition of recycling paper we will increase our recycling versus waste percentages. Our resi-dential and commercial recycling program enables the Borough to receive a state “recycling performance grant” which helps offset costs and keep the cost of trash collection down. Our recycling performance rate in 2015 was 14.2% to which we did increase from the 12.8% in 2014. This is great pro-gress. Moving forward to try to achieve the County average of 16.5%.

The Borough’s list of recyclable items has been expanded and includes the following: Paper Newspaper & inserts Office paper (any color) Magazines, Catalogs, (you may continue to support Ronald McDonald House by taking magazines to one of the drop off location of which one is at the McDonalds on Rt. 72) Junk mail & envelopes Phone books & other soft cover books Card board (flattened and put into bins) Note: There are two cardboard dump-

sters at the Community Center parking lot, 6051 Pine Street, available for resi-dents to use for larger amounts of cardboard.

Pizza boxes that are not soiled with grease. Paperboard packaging (cereal, jello, tissue, etc. boxes) Empty paper towel & toilet paper rolls Cartons (milk, juice boxes, etc.) Plastic Plastic bottles, jugs & jars #1 through #7 (these include shampoo, conditioner, detergent, yogurt containers

Note: If it is raining please do

not put paper out. Cover loose paper with

heavier items to prevent them from blowing away.

Note: Rinse containers, flatten and put lids

back on. (do not put lids in the bin separately).

Plastic wrap and bags can be taken to the grocery store and put in the plastic bag recycling bin.

We can all make a difference.

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East Petersburg Recycling Updates (continued)

Metal Aluminum cans Steel (tin) cans & food containers Empty aerosol cans (must be completely emptied) Glass Clear, brown, & green glass food & beverage bottles and jars (all other glass goes in the trash) These items DO NOT go into the recycling bin Needles and Syringes Styrofoam (including plates & cups) Light bulbs Broken glass Windows, mirrors, ceramics Drinking glasses Aluminum foil Tupperware Plastic tableware Plastic grocery bags

Note: Rinse all debris from con-

tainers & cans.

Spring Trash Dates to Remember: YARD WASTE PICK UP LARGE APPLIANCE & TIRE PICK UP

Friday, April 1 Friday, April 22 Friday, April 15 Friday, April 29 Friday, May 13 Friday, May 27

Tags and bags are available at the Borough Office.

Note: Rinse all debris from bottles and jars. Put lids in the trash.

Paper towels & tissues Scrap metal Shredded paper Heavily damaged or soiled

items Solvents, oil or chemical con-

tainers Wet or soaked paper Plastic food wrap

Large appliance tags: $14.00 each

Tire tags: $1.50 each

Yard waste bags: 35¢ each

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MS4 is commonly known as “Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System”. Storm-water can cause many different prob-lems, including flooding, erosion, and water pollution. There are many things that homeowners can do to manage stormwater on their property. East Pe-tersburg Borough has been mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Environ-mental Conservation (DEC) to control stormwater runoff in order to protect and improve the Nation’s Waterways.

As Stormwater flows over your drive-ways, lawns and sidewalks it picks up de-bris, chemicals, dirt and other pollu-tants. Stormwater can flow into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland or coastal water. Anything that enters the storm sewer system is discharged untreated into bodies of water that we use for swim-ming, fishing, and that provides us with drinking water. Polluted run-off is the greatest threat to our nations drinking water.

Homeowners can help preserve our waterways by doing the following: Pesticides and Fertilizers- Use pesticide and fertilizers sparingly (look for non-toxic biodegradable). If use is necessary use chemicals in recommended

amounts. Avoid application if forecast calls for rain. Native plants require less water, fertilizers, and pesticides.

Lawncare—Disposing of grass is not recommended. Grasscycling allows grass clippings to remain on the lawn after mowing to return nutrients back into the soil.

After mowing sweep up debris rather than hosing down areas. Cover piles of dirt or mulch to prevent these pollutants from blowing or washing off your yard and into the stormwater system. Water your lawn at cooler times of the day, avoid letting water run off. Don’t forget to clean up after your pets.

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Vehicle Care- Use a commercial facility if possible, otherwise wash your car on a lawn or other unpaved surface to avoid water flowing into the stormdrains.

Use a bucket to cut back on water flow. Keep your motor vehicles leak free, and clean up any spills with an absorbent material. Recycle used oil and other automo- bile fluids at participating service stations.

Home Projects– Sweep up debris including concrete and mortar. Use paints, sol-vents and cleaners sparingly and clean up any spills immediately. Clean paint

brushes in a sink, not outdoors.

Hazardous waste storage and disposal- Store all chemicals, paints, cleaning agents, and any other possible pollutants, in tightly sealed containers. Dispose of

these and all other hazardous waste products at LCSWM Facility, 1299 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster PA, free of charge.

Swimming Pools– All water dumped or drained from a pool must be dechlorinat-ed.

Report illicit discharge– Residents are often the first to witness illicit dis-charges. Call the Borough office ASAP 569-9282 if you become aware of any

of the following sources of illicit discharge which have been proven to threaten aquatic, wildlife , and human health.

Sources of

Illicit Discharge

Sanitary wastewater

Effluent from septic tanks

Car wash wastewaters

Improper oil disposal

Radiator flushing disposal

Laundry wastewaters

Spills from roadway accidents