The Kennett Township Planning Commission honored former member and current supervisor Pat Muller at the July 17 supervisors’ meeting.
Muller was elected to the three-member board of supervisors last year and took office in January. In her speech thanking the planning commission, she stressed the importance of residents’ involvement in shaping the future of the township.
“It is so important to just have regular people, regular residents take that interest in the community and in creating the kind of community they want to see,” she said. “This is my call-out to everybody in Kennett Township to get involved, and if there’s something that you see that you have a problem with, contact any one of us.
“We want to hear. We want to know.”
Kennett’s Planning and Zoning Director Diane Hicks read a letter from the planning commission that highlighted Muller’s contribution over the years.
“We appreciated your energy and commitment to projects with regards to the future growth of the township, ensuring compatibility with the existing township character,” Hicks said. “Your knowledge, interest, and willingness to serve were essential elements contributing to provide creative alternatives to development that would preserve rural, natural, historical, and community resources.”
The letter was signed by planning commission members James Guthrie, James Przywitowski, John Saraceno, Anne Verplanck, and Rudy Karkosak.
According to Muller, in 2016 she and then-Supervisor Whitney Hoffman met with two area developers to see what the issue was with getting things accomplished in the township.
“It was a brutal discussion, and we had a wakeup call,” Muller said, adding that they asked, “What’s the impediment in terms of getting anything done? What do we need to change in our code to get things accomplished? But not just any building, the kind of building that would keep the character of Kennett Township.”
Some of what was discussed was included in the township’s zoning code overhaul.
“I didn’t know jack about planning before I started this process and had that first meeting with a couple of the developers,” Muller said. “But I learned, and I will say that it was just eye-opening.”
She added that getting involved allowed her to “envision and imagine and make change,” something that she advocated more Kennett residents to do.
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