Road right of way situate in Jackson Township, House Bill 471

Letter, September 21, 1987, from Jeffrey E. Piccola to Arthur A. Davis (Secretary Department of Environmental Resources), he gets calls every year regarding the maintenance of the White Oak Road in Jackson Township, the road is owned by the Department of Environmental Resources and requests that arrangements be made to service the road.

Letter, January 6, 1988, from Donald P. Oaks to Charles Aleksy (cc'd Jeffrey E. Piccola), states that the Bureau only provides winter maintenance services to the Bureau facilities.

Letter, from Chester Hubler, Marian Hubler, and Florence Bonawitz to Jeffrey E. Piccola stating that no one is taking care of the roads.

Letter, November 30, 1988, from Jeffrey E. Piccola to Florence Bonawitz, indicating the steps he has taken to find someone to take responsibility for the road, but the township & PennDOT were not willing to take on the responsibility. He indicated that there was nothing else he could do besides sit down with the township and state officials but both parties do not seem willing to discuss.

Letter, June 30, 1988, from Rep. Jeffery E. Piccola to Charles Aleksy, the best solution would be for Jackson Township to take over the road since the Department of Transpiration and the Department of Environmental Resources are unable to do so.

Letter, November 17, 1987, from worker at PennDOT to Rep. Jeffery E. Piccola, the department cannot take over this road, roadways such as these ones are being returned to the municipalities. The road is not part of the highway, and the cost of maintenance would be extremely high.

Letter, June 22, 1988, from Charles Aleksy to Rep. Jeffery E. Piccola, DER is not maintaining the road during winter, asking him to check on this matter.

Letter, November 17, 1987, from Rep. Jeffery E. Piccola to Robert R. Mueser, asking whether PennDOT will take over ownership of the road.

Letter, December 14, 1987, from Robert R. Mueser to Rep. Jeffery Piccola, PennDOT will not be taking ownership of the road, and suggests that the township should take over the road.

Letter, November 12, 1987, from Charles Aleksy to Rep. Jeffrey Piccola saying that Supervisors believe that ownership should go to PennDOT and not the township.

Letter, October 22, 1987, from Rep. Jeffery E. Piccola to John L. Sherer, requesting to know how Jackson Township would feel about legislation making them responsible for the maintenance of the roads.

Letter, September 21, 1987, from Rep. Jeffrey Piccola to Rep. Arthur A. Davis, asking the Department of Environmental Resources to take care of the road.

Letter, October 7, 1987, from R.R. Thorpe to Rep. Jeffrey Piccola, the road is a state forest road, but the Department of Environmental Resources does not have the right equipment to manage these roads.

Letter, January 11, 1989, from Ronald L. Ramsey to Rep. Jeffrey Piccola, he will meet with offices in the Department to discuss the situation.

Letter, January 4, 1989, from Rep. Jeffrey Piccola to Ronald Ramsey, he has the correspondence between Jackson Township and the Department of Environmental Resources State Forester stating that they have agreed to loan to the Department of Educational Resources for cinder spreader, asking for an agreement to the loan.

Letter, February 16, 1989, from Ronald Ramsey to Jeffrey Piccola, declining the offer of a loan for cinder spreader, stating that this road was not intended for public use.

Letter, February 7, 1994, from Rep. Jeffrey Piccola to Mrs. Chester Hubler, thanking her for her recent letter, and informing her that her current representative is now Rep. Peter Zug and he will forward her letter.

Letter, from Mrs. Chester Hubler to Rep. Jeffrey Piccola, she wrote to him in September of 1978 and never heard a response regarding the maintenance of the roads.

Letter, February 25, 1994, from Rep. Peter Zug to Arthur A. Davis (Secretary of the Department of Environmental Resources), he would like to request arrangements for the roads to be maintained since residents live on the road.

Letter, March 16, 1994, from James R. Grace to Rep. Peter Zug, the White Oak Road is a state forest road, and the township has plowed the roads to the end of the residences.

Letter, April 6, 1994, from Rep. Peter Zug to Mr. & Mrs. Chester Hubler, enclosing his correspondence with James Grace.

Letter, June 9, 1994, from Margaret Reedich, thanking him for his correspondence with James Grace, she states that the Forestry department plowed White Oak only once during last winter.

Letter, July 25, 1994, from Rep. Peter Zug to Arthur Davis (Secretary Environmental Resources), asking him to review the petition requesting the Department of Environmental Resources to turn White Oak Road over to Jackson Township.

Letter, August 15, 1994, from Bureau of Forestry to Rep. Peter Zug, they would agree to transfer the portion of White Oak Road over to the township but requires legislation to transfer the road that is part of the State Forest land.

Letter, December 19, 1994, from Rep. Peter Zug to Vicky Hoover, they are preparing legislation turning White Oak Road over to Jackson Township.

Letter, February 28, 1995, from Rep. Peter Zug to Bradley Mallory (Acting Secretary Department of Transportation), asking him to expedite the process of Jackson Township take ownership over White Oak Road.

Letter, March 8, 1995, from Bradley Mallory to Rep. Peter Zug, thanking him for his Letter, and letting him know that Eugene Smeltzer is taking over duties pertaining to this project on March 13th, 1995.

Letter, December 19, 1994, from Rep. Peter Zug to Vicky Hoover, legislation is being drafted to turn White Oak Road over to Jackson Township.

Letter, September 12, 1994, from Rep. Peter Zug to Vicky Hoover, asking to schedule a meeting on the Township's behalf.

Letter, October 6, 1995, from Martha Smith, she has made comments on the draft legislation, and that someone should reach out to Rep. Peter Zug about their progress.

Press Release, February 12, 1996, the House has approved Rep. Peter Zug's right of way in Jackson Township, Dauphin County.

Letter, June 27, 1996, from Rep. Peter Zug to Charles Aleksy, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary John Oliver responded to the four conditions in the letter to Senator Piccola.

Letter, June 12, 1996, from John C. Oliver to Jeffrey E. Piccola, improvements have been made to the road including extending a major culvert, tree trimming, and grading the road.

Letter, May 16, 1996, from Charles Aleksey to Rep. Peter Zug, stating that the Board of Supervisors of Jackson Township is still interested in taking over White Oak Road as a Township road.

Letter, July 11, 1996, from Charles Aleksy to Rep. Peter Zug, stating that the Board of Supervisors are not satisfied with the conditions of White Oak Road. Only after these conditions are met will the Board agree to take over the road.

Letter, from Margaret R. Reedlich to Rep. Peter Zug, stating that the DCNR will not put the culvers in the road, and states that they have not yet told the Township about this dilemma.

Memo, from June 27, 1997, Margaret Reedlich called to know the status of House Bill 2275, but she was referring to the Bill pertaining to White Oak Road, she was upset when she realized that the legislation would have to be reintroduced.

Letter, June 27, 1997, from Margaret and John Reedlich to Rep. Peter Zug, asking him to reintroduce legislation regarding White Oak Road and having it paved.

Letter, March 30, 1998, from Senator Jeffrey Piccola to John Oliver (Secretary Department of Conservation and Natural Resources), he received correspondence containing concerns from the Jackson Township Supervisors.

Letter, March 19, 1998, from Charles Aleksy to Senator Jeffrey Piccola, he is concerned that the Board of Supervisors wants $175,000 to be given to them directly so that they can upgrade the road as they see fit.

Letter, April 8, 1998, from John C. Oliver to Senator Jeffrey Piccola, asking him to oppose the passage of the bill regarding the White Oak Road transfer, because it would set a bad precedent to have the roads paved, installation of cement culverts, and liability for road damage caused by heavy equipment. He also requests a veto from Governor Ridge signing the bill.

Letter, April 29, 1998, from Charles Aleksy to Senator Jeffrey Piccola, saying that they are upset that John Oliver asked Senator Jeffrey Piccola to vote against the bill, he writes that the township cannot support a bill that just transfers ownership because the road is currently in very bad condition. He asks Senator Jeffrey Piccola to amend the amendment so that information about culverts, paved roads, etc. be deleted and instead information is put in regarding specifications for liquid fuel funding.

Letter, July 24, 1998, from Jeffrey Piccola to Rep. Peter Zug and Secretary John Oliver, the Jackson Township will only accept ownership of White Oak Road if it is eligible for liquid fuels funding.

Memo, December 9, 1998, from Rep. Peter Zug to all members of the House, he plans to reintroduce legislation concerning Jackson Township and a road right-of-way.

Letter, January 6, 1999, from Rep. Peter Zug to John Oliver, says thank you for scheduling a meeting, and an agreement regarding winter maintenance will be provided.

Letter, February 22, 1999, from Senator Jeffrey Piccola to Secretary John Oliver, the assumption at the meeting was that the maintenance agreement was to be for the entire length of White Oak Road and not .047 miles as stated in the agreement.

Memo, January 8, 1997, from Rep. Peter Zug to all members of the House, he plans to introduce legislation authorizing the Department of General Services to convey to Jackson Township a road right-of-way situate.

Letter, February 13, 1997, from Charles Aleksy to Rep. Zug, stating that the Board of Supervisors of Jackson Township viewed the revised legislation and noted that the name Mucklerats Road should be changed to Detrich Road.

Letter, February 5, 1997, from Rep. Peter Zug to Charles Aleksy, plans to reintroduce legislation transferring White Oak Road to Jackson Township.

Note, from Susan Boyle to Jody giving Rep. Peter Zug's land transfer legislation, once the legislation has a number 'rule 32' can be implemented which is required for committee consideration.