ADAMS TWP — The township board of supervisors heard comments on the proposed Sheetz and the Meadow Point development at its Monday meeting.

The Sheetz development, proposed at the intersection of Three Degree Road and Route 228, was approved at a planning commission meeting on Oct. 6, and scheduled to be voted on at the supervisors meeting, but was instead tabled for a future date.

Phil Lope of Mars Home for Youth (MHY) Family Services spoke on the Sheetz plan.

“I want to go on the record as saying that Mars Home for Youth doesn't have any objection to the Sheetz development or any other development that complies with the rules, just as the GetGo complied to the rules,” Lope said. “What we do object to is different treatment for the Sheetz plan as opposed to the way the MHY plan was done.”

The GetGo proposal would have been located on a parcel owned by MHY Family Services across from the proposed Sheetz site and adjacent to the Mars Area High School campus.

“You denied our plan and you said you were denying our plan because it was across from a public high school and because there were pedestrian and traffic concerns,” he said. “It seems to me, if we're being honest, those same objections and those same concerns should be with regards to the Sheetz plan.”

Board member Darryl Brandon said that he would take the comment under advisement.

“I haven't had the opportunity to really talk to Sheetz and answer some questions, so that is an unknown for me, too,” Brandon said.

Residents spoke on concerns about new development at the Adams Township board of supervisors meeting on Monday night.William Curran spoke about increased lighting at the Meadow Point development near Dobson Road. He cited the lights from new tall light poles as causing glare and disruption at his house.“There's nothing wrong with development, but to bring that out, I can't imagine who would have approved such lighting as we have there,” he said. “It's like, in the middle of nowhere, a Walmart parking lot, that's what it looks like.”Resident Don Werner cited the city of Pittsburgh's dark sky ordinance and recommended that the township look ahead to be aware of how lighting could impact wildlife.“All the light is supposed to come down for migrating birds and wildlife that lives at night,” he said. “We might try to be forward-thinking and think that way.”Board Chairman Russell Ford said that the board is addressing the issue and shut the lights down when the problem was raised at a previous meeting.“Immediately, we addressed this issue, and the lights are shut down. They are going to be shut down until we can address, and we can get the solutions to the problem that works for the township, for the community and the people who are going to live there in the development,” Ford said. “We are not going to ignore you.”Michael Greca of Penn Acres, the developer of the plan, attended the meeting and said he was there to listen and hear the public comments of residents.“I've come here to observe tonight and listen. I don't have solutions,” Greca said. “I know we need to balance safety and also the concerns of neighbors, so I am here to hear what the complaints are to try and find a solution.”Ford offered to organize a meeting between the developer, local neighbors and the board of supervisors, and both Greca and Curran agreed to find a time to meet.“We understand this is a problem, and we want everybody to try and resolve it together, for the people who are moving in and the people who live there,” Ford said.