Parks and Recreation Board Minutes

Present

Parks and Recreation:

Dan Mount, Chairperson, Cordelia Kane, Makinlee Fox, Kyla McFadden, Scott Ammerman, John Kulp. Stephanie Robinson was absent.

Visitors:

Carol Armstrong from EAC

Announcements

The board welcomed the newest member John Kulp. The board looks forward to the insights John can bring as a longstanding resident of the township.

Standing Items

Minutes

Ammerman moved to approve the minutes for August, and Mount seconded. Mount called for discussion and there being none, called the vote. All were in favor.

Township Events Announcements

Charlestown Day will be held at Charlestown Park on September 28th.
Sunday Brunch will be held at Charlestown Park on September 28th and October 20th.

Youth Sport Reports

None

Trails Report

Kane reported two trees are down on the trail headed towards the mill. Additionally, Kane informed the board that work was underway to place the pipeline that currently exists under the stream, deeper below the stream.

The board discussed the impact of the pipeline work and holidays on the scheduling of the trail cleanup day. The trail day will be planned for November 9th at 9 or 10 am.

Charlestown Township Park and Brightside Farm Update

Two low hanging tree limbs in Charlestown Park near the clubhouse are impacting pedestrian traffic.

EAC Updates

The EAC is planning a Charlestown Road cleanup event on October 9th. It will run from 7am to 11 am and starts at Charlestown Mill.

Scout Program Report

Robinson provided the following to the board via email:

The Scout Program is almost ready to deploy.
Stephanie made contact with several individuals this month, including volunteers from Brightside Farm Park and the Great Valley Girl Scouts. She made a presentation at the GVSU meeting on September 10.
Plans are in the works for the social media launch (to begin after Charlestown Day)
We will add a line item to the P&R 2025 Budget to include supplies for the Scout Program.
Stephanie will ask to be placed on the October BOS agenda to update them on our Program and ask for feedback on the list of proposed projects (see attached). It is hoped that they will give the OK on these items since they are all needed and fall within the parameters of Silver, Gold, and Eagle projects.

Old Business

Trail and Park Kiosks

Ammerman provided an update to the board regarding the kiosks proposal. Ammerman is currently working on gathering all the relevant GIS data, after which Ammerman will put together a draft for the board to review.

New Business