For the second time this month, the Upper Hanover Board of Supervisors had a large crowd attend its meeting, this one held at the Upper Perkiomen Middle School on Tuesday, July 14.

            Though the proposed data center was not on the agenda for this meeting, Upper Hanover residents and others came to air their thoughts during the public comment period at the end.

            Township solicitor Zach Sivertsen provided background for the conditional use process for the data center developer, Hanover Development LP. He said that the conditional use hearings would be held in September and October, and the planning commission would review the application in August and September.

            The supervisors authorized Joseph C. Kuhls of Kuhls Law, LLC, to serve as special solicitor for the township in the conditional use hearings. Sivertsen noted that Kuhls would function as "the defense attorney for the township."

            During the public comment period, audience members asked about the conditional use process and how they could get party status in the hearing. Sivertsen said that they had to demonstrate that they were aggrieved by the project or that they lived within 500 feet of the project. Another citizen asked about legal representation, and Sivertsen said that ...