AGENDA

Charlestown Township Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC)

April 17, 2023
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Charlestown Township Office
11 General Warren Blvd. Suite 1
Malvern, PA 19355

7:00

Review of Minutes and approval

7:00 –
7:15

Goals, Projects, and Tasks

Place Holders:

  1. All - Reminder of EAC-initiated projects for next 6+ months: Brightside Farm Riparian Buffer Planting, Deerfield Riparian Buffer; Stream Naming (un-named tributaries); Earth Day; Charlestown Bird Town; Battery Recycling Program, Education Series, New developments for review, EAC website on where residents can dispose of household items; Friends of Charlestown.us; Weed Warriors; Kendig and Jenkins conservation parks; synthetic turf fields in Charlestown; ChesCo planning natural resources maps: https://www.chescoplanning.org/Resources/MapGallery.cfm.
7:15 –
8:50

New:

  • Single use plastic bag/items ban: Soundararajan
  • Charlestown Oaks stormwater infrastructure - Solomon

On Going

  1. Storage space for EAC materials in township building.
  2. RES restoration at Brightside Farm Park
  3. Charlestown Bird Town – Goodman.
  4. Keep PA Beautiful, EAC to adopt Charlestown Road: Walker.
  5. Stream naming of unnamed tributaries in Charlestown (stream running in front of Great Valley Nature Center, headwater tributary at Charlestown Park): Goodman and Armstrong.
  6. Pennsylvania Native Species Day 2023, May 18 (Governor’s Invasive Species Council). Goodman, Greene, Goodman, and Armstrong.
  7. Nature News (Jan., Apr., July., Oct.) – Solomon.
  8. White pine possible disease at Brightside – Armstrong and Thompson.
  9. Battery collection program for residents of Charlestown – Armstrong.
  10. Township newsletter articles due dates (1/15, 4/15, 7/15, & 10/15)
  11. All: Community Education series future suggestions:
    1. Bird Town programs
    2. Tour of invasive plant species
    3. Watershed friendly property certification
  12. Charlestown riparian buffer survey of potential sites. Consideration of stream at Charlestown Park for riparian buffer widening. Meet 4/23 at 3pm to walk site.
 

Other Updates.

  • Township Manager:
  • Parks & Recreation:
  • Board of Supervisors:
  • Planning Commission:
  • Historical Commission:
8:50p –
9:00p
Next meeting: May 10, 2023. Regular monthly meeting