The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors, held in the Township building, was called to order at 7:39 p.m. by Chairman Kenneth Miller; others in attendance were Supervisors Zoe Perkins and Karl Brachwitz, Manager Allen Heist, and Solicitor Allan Greenwood.

• Unanimous approval was granted for the minutes of June 8, 12, 19, and 26 regular meetings, as well as minutes of the June 1 and 15 public hearings. This came from a motion from Mr. Brachwitz and a second from Mrs. Perkins.

• Treasurer - Mr. Burnley reported: General account balance, $386,979.69; State account balance, $97,105.77; total, $484,085.46. Kimberton sewer account balance, $11,265.79. Road repair loan account balance, $33,397.85.
• Tax Collection - Received from Berkheimer Associates: Current real estate tax, $3,435.65; delinquent tax & penalties, $721.29; road repair loan, 5,169.37; earned income tax, $79,099.94; total, $88,426.25. Received from Chester County real estate transfer tax, $5,845.04.
• Building Inspector - 20 building permits issued, 16 plans reviewed, 44 inspections, and 7 U&O permits.
• Zoning Officer - 3 building inspections, 11 permits reviewed, 10 zoning projects.
• Police - 1 traffic accident, 3 suspicious vehicles, 7 storm related calls, criminal mischief, trespassing, theft, 3 9-1-1 calls, recovery of money and credit cards, and 23 sounding alarms (many from storms).
• Fire companies - Ludwigs Corner: 12 calls; Ridge: 0 calls in West Vincent.
• Solicitor - Worked on escrow release for St. Stephen's Greene storm basin #2 and purchase of the Evans property.
• Planning Commission - June 18 meeting: Correspondence, preview of public hearing on the Subdivision Ordinance, discussion on Mrs. Parke's sewage problem, the Polay court appeal, Nextel Communications zoning hearing, subdivisions: Brown, Hankin, Matthews Run (now Springlea), Pronsky, Fraley, Sheeder Mill.
• Environmental Advisory Council - July 6 meeting: Discussed the combined meeting to be held on July 20 regarding the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances update, regional Household Hazardous Waste collection for July 11, correspondence, reports, ZHB issues, the proposed land trust, Parke's sewage problem, Polay's court appeal, dust control application, and subdivision issues.

• PA Historical & Museum Commission - Notice was received that the Township Highlands Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1998.
• PennDOT - Notice was received that the audit of the 1997 Township Liquid Fuels Tax Fund was conducted and found acceptable.

• Hankin - Tentative dates for the Conditional Use/Zoning Amendment hearing are set for August 12 and September 16.
• Polay - Michael Polay and his attorney David Malman addressed the Board regarding their appeal from the decision of the Board to deny Mr. Polay's request to remove spring water from his property on St. Andrews Lane for sale commercially. Mr. Malman reiterated the reasons why the Board might want to reverse their decision. They requested an opportunity to discuss a settlement in order to protect the Township from an unfavorable decision and to offer a percentage of future revenue from the sale of spring water to be used for maintenance of St. Andrews Lane. Mr. Miller made it clear that the Board was fully aware of the potential risk involved when they denied the request, but they will discuss with their attorney the possibility of holding a public meeting regarding a possible settlement.

• Dust control for gravel roads - A second coat of Pennzsuppress will be applied this week to the roads previously treated.
• Township Park - Manager Heist reported that he had reviewed plans and would be sending them to the County for review by the end of the week.
• Evans property - Regarding possible purchase of the property for a Township building site, a non-binding poll is being taken of the property owners in Matthews Meadows to get their opinion on this use. Their Homeowners Association document limits all lots in the subdivision for residential use. In order to continue the option of buying the farm for Township purposes, a positive vote of 2/3 of the eligible owners is necessary to effect an amendment to the Declaration of Covenants, Easements and Restrictions. Berman Development Corp. is owner of 22 lots. Responses are being received and will be evaluated. Solicitor Greenwood is looking into the possibility of obtaining title insurance. The next step will be to hold a meeting with the Homeowners Association.
• Kimberbrae trail - Wheeler Aman asked the Board to revisit the issue of the public trail which appears on approved plans for Kimberbrae, but which has never been opened. He has had some tresspassing on his property and believes that opening the trail would eliminate it. Judith Adams stated that her daughter must ride on roads to get to her lessons on St. Matthews Road and would also like to see the trail opened. A discussion ensued regarding provision of trails with no destination and no mechanism in place to care for them, which are sensitive issues. The Township is now pursuing a means to allow trails to be Township owned and managed. Board members will look at the issue again and attempt to come to a final decision.
• Household Hazardous Waste collection - Pam Brown reported that the collection was well organized and seemed to be well attended. John Hoekstra reported that 350+ people had responded and approximately 45,000 lbs. were collected.
• St. Stephen's Green escrow for basin #2 - Mr. Miller noted that there have been 2 or 3 scheduled starts, but no work has been done as yet. Mr. Greenwood has put the bank on notice that the Township may draw from the escrow account for this work. Morgan Bros. has stated that they will do the work themselves. In the meantime, cost estimates will be requested from Robert Fetters Jr. by Friday.

• Signal Service has notified the Township that pavement markings need to be repainted at the Rt. 100 and 401 intersection as required by the Township's PennDOT permit for the traffic light. No action was taken since the intersection is presently undergoing construction related to Ludwigs Village. Pavement markings will probably be needed as a result of the new construction.

• Mrs. Perkins made a motion to approve the bills on the list dated July 13, 1998; it was seconded by Mr. Brachwitz and carried unanimously.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m., after which an executive session was held regarding an employee matter.