Charlestown Township Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC) Meeting Minutes Monday, December 9, 2024

Armstrong opened the meeting at 7:06.

November Minutes approved.

Place Holders

(Reminder of EAC-initiated projects for next 6+ months):

• Deerfield Riparian Buffer
• Earth Day
• EAC web page where residents can get information on our resources and on disposing of household items
• Friends of Charlestown.us website
• Kendig and Jenkins conservation parks
• Synthetic turf fields in Charlestown Park
• ChesCo planning natural resources maps:
  https://www.chescoplanning.org/Resources/MapGallery.cfm.
• Community Garden at Brightside (Composting)
• WeConservePA – status of EAC membership - Goodman will follow up in November.
• HOA practices regarding pesticides, trash and recycling.
• Beyond Pesticides, Parks for a Sustainable Future

New Business

1. Reviewing the EAC Purpose

Ongoing Business

1. Adoption by EAC of Charlestown Road for PennDOT – next clean-up in April. Hope to use the scouts to help. Plan around Earth Day. Will lock down details in January.
2. Review of BoS, PC, P&R meeting highlights – Stephanie Robinson from P&R uses the scouts for volunteer projects. Stephanie will pass on our needs to the scouts.
3. Creation of EAC Events calendar, Social media subcommittee of EAC – Green will share the calendar of EAC activities (those that are known for 2025) with P&R.
4. Swiss Pines Update Committee meeting in 2 weeks – no update.
5. Kwiamwis Siputët Signage – interpretive sign vs historical marker debate (maybe both). Armstrong will discuss with P&R first.
6. Single Use Plastics Ban Ordinance – BoS discussed in December meeting, made a few changes and the plan is to implement in February.
7. Status of EAC membership in WeConservePA. They need support and hosts for future events. Goodman plans to talk to Kuhn about this.
8. EAC Membership Recruitment – Faith Talnac interested and hopefully will attend January meeting.
9. EAC Logo – no update
10. Composting in Chester County – no update.
11. Nature News topic for January – future of sustainability.
12. Bird Town programs – No update.
13. Township Newsletters – (due dates are 1/15, 4/15, 7/15, 10/15.) Armstrong to write an article about Beech Leaf Disease (April, 2025). Soundararajan will contact Csete about the possibility of writing an article about the single use plastic ordinance. Walker to write an article about the road cleanup for the January issue.
14. Riparian buffer maintenance at Brightside and Charlestown Parks – no update.
15. attery Collection – no update. Goodman took 4 boxes to Fedex.
16. Stream Warming – no update - Armstrong not able to type with her hand casted from fracture.
17. Community Education – no update.

Meeting Adjourned at 9:05.