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“IT’S DAM IMPORTANT”
Our Community’s Roamingwood Lake Dam is a private dam owned and maintained by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of the Hideout Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides flood protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District, a multi-municipal organization. However the POA receives no government financial support. The POA has it inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and it has been found to be sound and safe.
The Problem is the POA has now been informed by the dam safety division of the Department of Environmental Safety; the dam is not up to their new code to withstand the maximum rainfall possible in the area without overtopping, is in damage of breaking if it over tops and is considered “high hazard,” meaning because of its size and location, it creates a high potential down stream for property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout POA has been fully cooperating with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to develop a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection.” Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 million. Regardless of how sound the finances are of a Planned Community or how diligent the Community has been maintaining a Capital Reserve Fund; an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is a challenge to say the least.
What we can do to help! Support the passage of PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 1355.
This bill does not provide a government handout or grant; it provides for low interest loans to be paid back over a twenty year period by the owners of privately owned dams.
Without help from the state, Planned Communities like ours are faced with a financial burden that results in large association assessments, a negative impact of individual owner’s property values and could even affect the existence of an individual Planned Community.
How!
I have created a packet of letters to five key State officials (Governor Edward G. Rendell, Hideout State Representative Edward Staback (D), Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy).
Please pick up a packet (at the POA Administration Building) sign and complete your address information on EACH of the 5 letters and drop them off at the POA.
Our goal is to hand deliver packages of hopefully a thousand or more letters to each official this summer. Thanks for Your help!
Arnie Milidantri, Lakes Committee Chairman
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Letter 1 of 5
Governor Edward G. Rendell
2035 North Front Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102
Dear Governor Rendell:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As the Governor of Pennsylvania I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the finacnes are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife haitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback (D), Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson, Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ ___________ ____________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: ____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
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Letter #2 of 5
Hon Camille George
38B East Wing
PO Box 202074
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2074
Dear Hon. George:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As Majority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill # 1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback, Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representative Scott Hutchinson, Majority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ _________ _____________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
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Letter #3 of 5
Hon. Edward Staback
225 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202115
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2115
Dear Hon. Staback:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As a key Member of the House Representatives, I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson, Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ __________ ___________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
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Letter #4 of 5
Hon Scott Hutchinson
41B East Wing
PO Box 202064
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2064
Dear Hon. Hutchinson:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”. I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick
Movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback, Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representative Camille George, Majority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ ___________ __________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: _____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
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Letter #5 of 5
Senator Elisabeth Baker
168 Capital Building
PO Box 202115
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2115
Dear Senator Baker:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As our Senator, I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback (D), Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson, Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ __________ ___________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
“IT’S DAM IMPORTANT”
Our Community’s Roamingwood Lake Dam is a private dam owned and maintained by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of the Hideout Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides flood protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District, a multi-municipal organization. However the POA receives no government financial support. The POA has it inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and it has been found to be sound and safe.
The Problem is the POA has now been informed by the dam safety division of the Department of Environmental Safety; the dam is not up to their new code to withstand the maximum rainfall possible in the area without overtopping, is in damage of breaking if it over tops and is considered “high hazard,” meaning because of its size and location, it creates a high potential down stream for property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout POA has been fully cooperating with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to develop a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection.” Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 million. Regardless of how sound the finances are of a Planned Community or how diligent the Community has been maintaining a Capital Reserve Fund; an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is a challenge to say the least.
What we can do to help! Support the passage of PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 1355.
This bill does not provide a government handout or grant; it provides for low interest loans to be paid back over a twenty year period by the owners of privately owned dams.
Without help from the state, Planned Communities like ours are faced with a financial burden that results in large association assessments, a negative impact of individual owner’s property values and could even affect the existence of an individual Planned Community.
How!
I have created a packet of letters to five key State officials (Governor Edward G. Rendell, Hideout State Representative Edward Staback (D), Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy).
Please pick up a packet (at the POA Administration Building) sign and complete your address information on EACH of the 5 letters and drop them off at the POA.
Our goal is to hand deliver packages of hopefully a thousand or more letters to each official this summer. Thanks for Your help!
Arnie Milidantri, Lakes Committee Chairman
*************************************************************
Letter 1 of 5
Governor Edward G. Rendell
2035 North Front Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102
Dear Governor Rendell:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As the Governor of Pennsylvania I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the finacnes are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife haitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback (D), Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson, Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ ___________ ____________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: ____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
****************************************************************
Letter #2 of 5
Hon Camille George
38B East Wing
PO Box 202074
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2074
Dear Hon. George:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As Majority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill # 1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback, Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representative Scott Hutchinson, Majority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ _________ _____________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
****************************************************************
Letter #3 of 5
Hon. Edward Staback
225 Irvis Office Building
PO Box 202115
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2115
Dear Hon. Staback:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As a key Member of the House Representatives, I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson, Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ __________ ___________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
**************************************************************
Letter #4 of 5
Hon Scott Hutchinson
41B East Wing
PO Box 202064
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2064
Dear Hon. Hutchinson:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”. I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick
Movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback, Hideout State Senator Lisa Baker, Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representative Camille George, Majority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ ___________ __________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: _____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
*******************************************************************
Letter #5 of 5
Senator Elisabeth Baker
168 Capital Building
PO Box 202115
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2115
Dear Senator Baker:
Re: Support for a “Dam” Important Pennsylvania House Bill, No. 1355.
As our Senator, I ask for your support in whatever actions are necessary to focus and help motivate the state government for the quick movement through committee and successful passage of the much needed legislation of Bill #1355.
I am a property owner in the Hideout, a community consisting of forty one hundred property owners and I need your help! One of the major community assets that have attracted our members to Northeast PA is Roamingwood Lake. The lake was created by the construction of a private earthen dam, which is owned and maintained with no government financial support by the Hideout POA in Wayne County. The original developer of our Planned Community, following construction methods approved by the various government agencies overseeing dam construction, constructed it. It provides floor protection for down stream communities and is within the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management district, a multi-
Municipal organization. It is inspected every year by a Professional Engineering Company, certified to perform dam inspections, and has been found to be sound and safe. However, based on a new code structure revisions for the maximum rainfall statistics, adopted the Department of Environmental Safety, our dam is in danger of breaking if it over tops. It is now considered “high hazard”, meaning because of its size and location a high potential exists for down stream property damage or loss of life if it breaks. The Hideout, working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, has developed a plan to address the issue by providing “Overtopping Protection”. Preliminary cost estimates are currently at $2.5 to $3 million.
A large number of our residents are retirees and young families. Regardless of how sound the fiances are of our Community, an unexpected financial burden of this magnitude is smothering!
Bill 1355 is not a government handout or grant, it provides a loan to be paid back by the owners of privately owned dams. These dams impound water for water supply purposes; provide recreation facilities, wildlife habitat and water for fire protection. In addition, they are part of the overall flood control measures not only within the state but also within the northeast part of our Country.
In addition to this letter to you, I am writing to Hideout State Representative Edward Staback (D), Governor Edward G. Rendell, State Representatives Camille George Majority Chairman and Scott Hutchinson, Minority Chairman of the “Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy”, as well as my family and friends asking for their energy and support in getting this bill passed.
Thank You for your Help!
________________________________ __________ ___________________
Signature Date Name Printed
Address: ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
