Draft: Friends of the Chester Valley Trail
Presiding: Tim Lander Board
members present: Mike Broennle [arrived @
Others:
Owen Prusack, Sarah Clark Stuart, Gary DiVincenzo, Gail Lipstein and others
1. Minutes
Deferred as Mike Broennle was late
arriving.
2.
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Existing
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Phase II is about 86% complete. May be open mid/late September.
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New bridge deck concrete needs to be poured, then 28 days to
cure before use.
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Soft opening likely in
Oct.
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Exton Phase IIIa. Exton Trailhead to
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Double the parking lot size at the Exton Trail Head, add
facilities. Bid early fall. Final paving of
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Directional signs for the SR 29 are in; may be installed by the
end of this week.
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Policy is being developed regarding use of powered vehicles.
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Question from member of the audience: Does private access paths need to be
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Tim Lander reported the new owners of the shopping center west
of
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Discussions regarding parking at hhgregg are occurring.
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Along
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Cedar Hollow crossing will have a manually initiated traffic
light. In response to a question whether
it could be motion activated, municipalities generally oppose those devices as
the municipality must maintain the traffic control devices.
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No new information on the Phase II trail through Uptown
Worthington.
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Need to check with
3. Circuit Coalition: Guest Sarah Clark Stuart from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater
Philadelphia spoke about fund raising for the Circuit Coalition
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The Circuit Coalition has a goal of increasing the current 250
mi of trails in the
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Leveraging funds is a key principle of this effort. For example Phase IIIa, completion for the
CVT between the Exton Trailhead and
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The William Penn grant gave $10 M to the Delaware Valley
Regional Planning Commission [DVRPC], dispersed in three cycles from 2011
through 2013 across the 5 PA and $ NJ counties in the Delaware Valley with the
final grants to be announced on Sept 13.
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The Coalition is asking the Counties via their Commissioner
representative to the DVPRC to replenish the initial $!0M over 3 years from
Federal Transportation funds.
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Individuals can show support by signing the petition on Facebook
and http://connectthecircuit.org/take-action. Postcards to petition
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Letters of support are being sought from big businesses such as
Vanguard and hospitals. The documents
can be downloaded at connectthecircuit.org.
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In the future business donors will be sought.
4. Trail
signage
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Bob O’Leary reported the county group working on historical
markers is progressing.
5. Board items
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Transportation Management Association of
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The board has decided to join TMACC.
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A feasibility study of the Paoli-CVT Connector is underway; a
public workshop was held on June 27 with several FCVT members present.
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Two public meetings have been held on the design of the SR 29 /
Great Valley Multimodal improvement plan.
6.
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Bob O’Leary reported
7. New
matters
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PennDOT will soon be soliciting construction bids for the
bike-pedestrian bridge across the
Meeting
adjourned at
Next meeting:
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Broennle