Board minutes July 12, 2005

Committee Reports

• Zoning – The bridge project on Church Road has been approved. The work should be completed by September.
• Communications – Cathy is preparing the labels for mailing the announcement of the annual meeting on October 11. The dues letter ($20) will be included in the mailing. The items to be discussed are the plans for the Turnpike slip ramp, the expansion of the area covered by the GVA to include Glen Craig and Valley Green, and the Route 202 project status. Also, it was suggested that Mimi Gleason be invited, as she is in the running for the position of Township Manager.  Another possibility would be Jim Gerlach our US Congresman.
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Topics of Discussion

• Cathy called Don Klingensmith and Brad Higel from the Turnpike Commisssion. They will not be sending anyone to our annual meeting as their plans are not firm for the Turnpike expansion. However, Brad suggested that Pat Dougherty from Urban Engineers would meet with us. He is the reviewing highway advisor.  The meeting with Mr. Dougherty was very informative. He said that the sound studies are being done. There are projected noise increases, but the results are not ready for release. He also led us to believe that the Turnpike is still not considering sound walls.
• We have not heard yet from PennDOT about the status of the Route 202 section 300 expansion. It looks like it will be put off until late 2007. The sound study we had done correlates with the one that PennDOT did. Reflective sound walls are needed on the south side of the road.
• Church Road – the buffer zone vote must be redone. Heffernans will move their trees back on Swedesford Road to improve the sight line at the Church Road intersection and Liberty will pay for the expense incurred. There is pressure from Liberty and Vanguard to get the intersection issue settled. PECO will move the pole which is also in violation, because it causes sight problems. It appears that Liberty did not want Church Road rerouted. However, Liberty will pay all expenses and wants to meet with the residents to see what it would take to get Chesterfield Parkway to continue straight across Swedesford Road.
• It is important to keep alert to any roadwork applications which must be listed on the PA Bulletin site.
• The turnpike subcommittee has to figure out the number of families impacted by the expansion, what the results are for the noise study, and what Bill Bryant from the township knows about the water impact of the Turnpike expansion.

The next meeting will be on September 13^th. The meeting was adjourned at 9:10.

Respectfully submitted,

Polly Hagan

Secretary