CHARLESTOWN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ MEETING AUGUST 24, 1993 MINUTES

On Tuesday, August 24, 1993, the Charlestown Township Board of Supervisors held a workshop session having to do solely with the Eastwick Preliminary Plan The meeting was held in the Nature Center Barn starting at 6:00 pm.

Present:

Irene W. Ewald, Chairman; John C. Martin, Jr., Vice Chairman; Vincent G. Kling, Sr., Member; John D. Snyder, Esq.; James E. McErlane, Esq.; Surender S. Kohli, P.E.; Louis Colagreco, Esq., representing Three Ponds Homeowners; Mary Ellen Joos,

Resident; Robert E. Carey, Esq., Attorney for Mrs. Joos; Morris C. Kellett, Esq., representing the Applicants; Ruth W. Buckwalter, Secretary; and those on the attached List of Attendees.

The Chairman opened the meeting at 6:22 pm and announced that all the parties to take part in the discussion are at the table and the public are observers and not participants.

The following issues were raised by Mr. Carey and discussed: water run-off from driveway and the basin; lot 9 drain pipe and drainage ditch to existing stream on Joos property; lot 8A should be assigned to lot 9 for maintenance purposes, presently troubled with hunters, teenagers and trash; maintenance bond to insure proper installation of run-off basins and their maintenance.

Mr. Colagreco noted the following concerns of the Three Ponds Homeowners: trail system not to dead end on Three Ponds properties; lots 8B and 9 are undersized; conservation easements of 150 feet buffer along border; building envelopes, lots 8B and 9 as one lot, not to be subdivided at a later date.

Architectural controls were discussed, the Applicants questioning the reasonableness for such controls. Mr. Martin stated that this Plan is located in the Middle Pickering Rural Historic District and new residences should be compatible with this designation. Mrs. Ewald suggested the Applicants visit Four Oaks Farm as an example of what the Supervisors do not want repeated in the historic district. Further discussions were held on escrow funds for common drives and definition of lots.

The meeting concluded at 9:56 pm.