ATTENDING Chairperson Craig Hannafin, Vice Chairperson Pam Shillingford-Brown, Members Laura Hardt, Ginny Wright, and Pete Moscufo, Township Manager Allen Heist.

The Chairperson called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. Minutes from the January 4, 2000 meeting were approved.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

• Planning Commission - Held a workshop on January 13, 2000 to review the SLC Senior Living, LLC that has submitted a conditional use application, the applicant wishes to use the property located at Conestoga Road and Black Horse Road for a Life Care Community. The hearing that was held on Monday, January 24, 2000 at 7:30 has been continued until February 22, 2000. The Planning Commission did not meet for the regular meeting due to inclement weather.
• Board of Supervisors - The Township Newsletter will go out the week of February 14, 2000. Mrs. Perkins read part of the article on the Open Space Referendum, which welcomes comments and opinions which will be printed in the June 2000 newsletter.

MAIL:

• DEP sent a letter to Mr. Michaelis of the Exxon Company regarding the contaminated groundwater supply located at Ludwig's Village Restaurants and Shops. The DEP requested that this water supply be properly treated in correspondence dated as far back as August 10, 1998.
• If any one would like to do an activity for Earth Day 2000, please notify the County for they will advertise the event on their calendar.
• East Coventry Township is sponsoring an audio conference training session on the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR). The conference will be held at the East Coventry Township meeting room located at 855 Ellis Woods Road, Pottstown, on Wednesday, February 9, 2000 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. The cost of the program is $5.00 per person.
• Jim Gerlach's Growing Greener Program is a dramatic restructuring of state spending policy to address critical environmental concerns. The act authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to allocate monies in grants to: Protect and restore watersheds, reclaim abandoned mines and wells and make improvements to the state's water and sewer infrastructure.
• A resident on Wyndemere Lake Drive directly behind the Columbia Gas Compression Station located on Fellowship Road, has notified the Township of a high level of noise. This matter has been turned over to our zoning officer, which will address the Township noise "ordinance".
• Brandywine Conservancy Task Force meeting on the Upper Brandywine River was cancelled due to the weather and has been rescheduled for February 29, 2000.

REPORTS:

• CC Parks and Recreation Department reviewed the Small Improvement and Park Facilities Grant submitted January 11, 2000 and the Township has been told to proceed with the project.
• West Vincent Township is aware of the proposal by Weaber, Inc to perform a tree harvest to take place on the McCabe property, Conestoga Pike, the selective tree harvest will be trees 16' [I think this should read 16 inches] in diameter and larger and removed from the site at a controlled point along Route 401.The EAC will be reviewing ordinances from other township regarding tree harvesting.
• West Vincent Land Trust is working with some landowners on specific trail segments. Mr. Heist is continuing to work on a Township Trail Plan.
• In response to the placement of soil along Birchrun Road which was being dumped in an area that had formally been delineated as wetlands, PADOT has been asked to stop and have the remaining fill removed from the wetlands. A similar situation in this wetland area took place in 1997.

ZONING:

• Columbia Gas Transmission submitted a land development plan for a 30-acre property at 315 Fellowship Road. The land development plan has been sent out for review. Columbia Gas Transmission has also submitted a Conditional Use application.
• A revised plan for the Pearl Griffith Tract was submitted by Owen J. Roberts School District; the plan proposes the subdivision of an existing 29.37 acre tract into two lots. The track is located on the southwestern corner of Pottstown Pike (Rt. 100) and Horseshoe Trail. The plan has been sent out for review.
• Laymen's Home Missionary proposes a subdivision with 33 lots for single family detached houses on a tract of 86 acres that is located on St. Matthews's Road. Castle Valley reviewed a sketch plan to identify items that should be addressed when the plan is formally submitted for review.
• James and Karyn Fasel submitted a four-lot preliminary subdivision plan for 36 acres on School House Lane, the plan has been sent out for review. The EAC will make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:30, the next meeting will be held Monday, March 6, 2000

Please call the Chairman at 610-827-1847 if unable to attend.