Meeting on Monday night, Boardman Township Trustees---Brad Calhoun, Larry Moliterno and Tom Costello--- heard a representative of Pivotal Housing Partners admit construction crews “became aggressive and disturbed three-quarters of an acre of a wooded area” when clearing land where a senior living facility will be built at 8034 South Ave., near Maple Dr. and Beech Dr.
      Peter Schweigerhart, a land agent for Pivotal, told Trustees as well as residents who live near the construction site “We are now trying to correct what was done and have a mitigation plan to replace the trees.”
      The land agent said when trees where cut down along the border of the project, “the area shouldn’t have been disturbed. Our new site contractors is aware of the issues.
      “We will not only preserve the area, we will restore it.”
      Among those who had previously expressed concern was Mary Jo Averall, whose Beech Ave. home abuts the construction site.
      She was pleased with Pivotal’s plan to correct the destruction of natural habitat, noting “the deer, opossums, turkeys, squirrels and raccoons are still coming to our area.”
      The mitigation plan was put into place after Boardman Township Planning/Zoning Director T.J. Keiran issued a stop work order on the property after he learned the land had been disturbed and crew were not following original plans.
      In another matter, Trustees approved a resolution to hire CT Consultants to provide engineering inspection services for the 2024 road resurfacing program at a cost not to exceed $49,534.
      The annual road resurfacing program will be 9 miles of roadway at a cost of about $1.6 million, Road Superintendent Marilyn Kenner said.
      Trustee Moliterno noted when he was first elected to office in 2007, the cost of resurfacing one mile of roadway was approximately $30,000.
      “Now the cost is $120,000 per mile,” Moliterno noted.