Several residents of the Kay Brook Green Hills development attended the April 8 Upper Macungie supervisors meeting.

The Kay Brook Green Hills Community Association is being disbanded, so the future of Green Hills Park along Russett Road is in question.

President of the Kay Brook Green Hills Swim Club Michael Sicinski told supervisors the club would take over the 2.7 acre park, invest in new playground equipment and keep it open, if the township would provide maintenance, including grass cutting and garbage collection.

Currently, there is a small baseball field and some playground equipment.

The swim club has an agreement with the community association to use an area for club parking during several summer swim meets.

Community Association member Sally Scott said some residents are concerned about losing access to the park if the swim club takes ownership.

Supervisor Sam Ashmar would like the land to remain as a park and suggested having a public meeting to obtain residents' opinions.

The board voted to table the issue until further study of the proposal can be done.

The recreation committee report covered a variety of subjects.

Jenny Kidd was elected secretary replacing Chuck Thomas. Jeff Pascoe replaces Rob Korba as a member of the committee.

A dog park money thermometer was ordered that will show the status of the donations for the $4,000 goal for the water fountain.

Girl Scouts have raised $500 and $355 was raised from township resident donations.

A tennis clinic is being offered May 7 to June 6.

Twelve people have signed up for the night of magic April 26.

Movies in the park, to be offered June 14, July 12 and Aug. 9 has raised $950.

Remodeling of the downstairs of the Independent Park Community Center is progressing.

The work is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

Grange Park's Splash Park grant was reviewed by Dean Haas and a corporate letter of support will be prepared by him.

Two people were added to the Friends of UMT Parks and Recreation. April Navarra will be a board member and Chuck Thomas was named a resident member.

The planning commission report included Plantique's land development plan on Grammes Road, which was approved by the board. The company will improve, to township specifications, the intersection with Oakview Drive.

Police Chief Edgardo Colon then gave the police report.

There are a number of internal investigations currently in operation, however no details were provided.

Police are also investigating a number of thefts at Amazon.

Colon urged residents to keep their doors and windows locked and to take valuable items indoors.

If police, while on patrol, notice a garage door or a house door open in the evening, they will visit the house.

Paperless citations will be issued by the police force. Citations and violations will be issued via the on-board computer system in the patrol vehicle.

When the report is filled out, it is sent electronically to state and local databases to determine if there are any outstanding warrants or violations for the driver.

If a citation is issued or a report is generated, it can be sent through the state court system, which forwards it to the appropriate magisterial district, cutting down on the waiting time for a hearing.

Paperwork will be cut in half, providing more patrol time for the officers.

The system is called TraCS, Traffic and Criminal Software and is used exclusively by Pennsylvania State Police.

Upper Macungie Township Police Department will be one of only a few in the state allowed to use this system.

Total incidents for March was 658. The majority of these were traffic citations (528) with six DUI and 12 criminal arrests.