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NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Lower Salford, at its public meeting on August 5, 2026, at 7:30 PM in the Township Building, 379 Main Street, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, will hold a public hearing on and could vote to adopt an ordinance entitled “Earned Income Tax Increase for Open Space Conservation” amending the Code of the Township of Lower Salford, Chapter 147 (Taxation), Article III (Earned Income Tax) to add a new Section 147-21.1 entitled “Open Space Tax” to impose a tax at the rate of 0.25% on earned income and net profits of individual residents of the Township and nonresidents within the confines of the Township pursuant to the Open Space Lands Act, 32 P.S. §§ 5001 et seq., to retire indebtedness incurred in purchasing interests in real property and/or to make additional acquisitions of interests in real property in the Township; to pay transactional fees and costs incidental to such acquisitions; to pay other expenses for the preparation of required resource, recreation or land use plans related to such acquisitions; and to finance the expenditure of up to 25% of annual additional tax revenue for the development, improvement, design, engineering and maintenance of land acquired for an open space benefit or benefits; the tax being effective January 1, 2027. This tax imposed at the rate of 0.25% on earned income and net profits of individual residents of the Township and nonresidents within the confines of the Township is anticipated to derive revenue in the estimated annual amount of $2,400,000. Copies of the full text of the proposed Ordinance are available for examination during normal business hours at the Offices of Montgomery News, 307 Derstine Avenue, Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446, the Montgomery County Law Library, Court House, Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401, and the Lower Salford Township Building, 379 Main Street, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 where a copy of the proposed Ordinance may be obtained for a charge not greater than the cost thereof. ANDREW R. FREIMUTH, ESQUIRE WISLER PEARLSTINE, LLP Solicitor for Lower Salford Township SI - June 28, July 5, 12 -1a