AGENDA

Charlestown Township Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC)

October 9, 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-Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grant; synthetic turf fields in Charlestown; ChesCo planning natural resources maps: https://www.chescoplanning.org/Resources/MapGallery.cfm.
7:15 –
8:50

New:

  1. 2024 Budget.
  2. Chester County Composting meeting - Solomon
  3. EAC membership

On Going

  1. WeConservePA will have its fall EAC Gathering in West Chester on Oct. 21: info and registration https://weconservepa.org/eac/eac-network-fall-gathering/
  2. Riparian tree planting proposed for Pickering Creek – Landowner Letter of Commitment signed and sent by BoS, status of vegetation control by Buckeye (Chris Scheid) – on hold.
  3. PA Dept. of Transportation, EAC to adopt Charlestown Road: Walker. First clean up set up for September 16.Update
  4. Stream naming of unnamed headwater tributary at Charlestown Park: Update - Armstrong.
  5. Single use plastic bag/items ban: update Soundararajan
  6. Nature News (Jan., Apr., July., Oct.) – Solomon
  7. Battery collection program for Charlestown update – Armstrong.
  8. Update on Invasive/native plant exchange – Solomon update.
  9. Township newsletter articles due dates (1/15, 4/15, 7/15, & 10/15): How to deal with hitting deer on roads – Goodman. Article on Charlestown Day - Armstrong
  10. All: Community Education series future suggestions:
    1. Bird Town programs
    2. Tour of invasive plant species
    3. Watershed friendly property certification – at a local eatery?
  11. Riparian buffer maintenance: Update – mowing of lanes between trees and shrubs in riparian field below community garden planned for late winter, increasing access of public to fruit trees.
  12. Buckeye pipeline exposure - no changes.
8:50p –
9:00p		 Next meeting: November 11, 2023. Regular monthly meeting

Adjourn