Friends of the Chester Valley Trail
Presiding: Tim Lander
Present: Lander, Cochlin, Warren
& O’Leary
Absent: Hoke & Broennle
Guests: 10
1. Minutes – minutes from the July
17th meeting were not provided and will be reviewed at the Dec. meeting
2. Treasurers
Report – current balance is $1,811.84
3.
4. Bacton Hill Rd. crossing – Supt.
Prusack advised that a field meeting with East Whiteland Twp. and County reps
would take place tomorrow, Sept. 19th, to review the existing
conditions and develop a plan for visibility and safety improvements. Steve
Warren reported that going Eastbound on the trail is the worst. A discussion
was held with all present to review a number of possible options, corrections,
etc. including berm reductions, more signage, road speed reduction, additional
gates on the trail, etc.
4. Trail
Construction Updates – Bob O’Leary provided updates on the
5. Trail
Signage – Tim inquired about the project to install interpretive historical
signs along Phases 1, 2 & 3. Bob O. advised that he had recently emailed
County officials about getting the sign group back together to move this
forward. In addition, Bob O. advised that the Friends was getting pricing for 4
trailhead parking directional signs and was working with E. Whiteland Twp. for
installation.
5.
Board Items – Tim asked Supt.
Prusack if opportunities existed for volunteer days on the trail. Owen advised
that new mileage markers would be obtained shortly and they would welcome help
with the installations. They will advise Tim when they are ready and the
Friends will post and ask for volunteers, etc.
6.
New Matters – A guest asked Owen
about the policy of posting items on the trail kiosks. He advised that requests
should be sent to him and if appropriate they will post. Bob O. also provided
updates on the new TMACC studies on the Rt. 29 corridor and a connection from
Paoli to the CVT.
Next
meeting is November 20th
The
meeting was adjourned at
Minutes
respectfully submitted by Bob O’Leary
.