Council Caves On Mental Facility For Delco Woods — Delaware County (Pa) Council announced, yesterday, June 12, that it won’t put a mental health facility in Delco Woods Park.
They said the building being considered for an “long-term structured residence” was in poor physical condition and would have cost too much to renovate.
The county acquired the 213-acre tract by from the Catholic Church in 2021 via eminent domain for $22 million with the promise that it would be used solely for recreation.
Marple Township, April 15, rezoned the entire park to open space when county’s plan to place a mental facility there and use two other buildings for offices was revealed.
The 40 acres containing the buildings had been zoned institutional with the rest zoned residential.
The county is suing the township to keep the institutional zoning for the 40 acres.
The Catholic Church is suing the county, by the way, saying the price they paid is only half of the property’s value on the open market.
There is widespread suspicion that the building’s are being used to house illegal immigrants. In fairness, council was told at their June 5 meeting that apparent jihadist graffiti has been found in one of them.
Kudos to the county for caving to the public will. Now, try and figure out how to stop the rumors of illegals. It really shouldn’t be hard.
Council Caves On Mental Facility For Delco Woods