• Chadds Ford Township Supervisors Wednesday approved Certificates of Appropriateness for a weathervane to go on top of Hank’s Place, which is still under construction, and for four new signs to replace old ones at the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art.
• The board also granted special use permits to the conservancy for its annual Bike the Brandywine event, scheduled for Sept. 21, and to the Chadds Ford Historical Society for the Great Pumpkin Carve, which will be Oct. 17, 18, and 19.
• Township engineer Mike Schneider gave a brief presentation on PennDOT plans to upgrade the intersection at Routes 1 and 202. Concrete medians are to be replaced with ones that are landscaped. There is also to be some widening of the approaches to the intersection allowing for two left turn lanes from northbound 202 to southbound Route 1, and for improving straight-through and right turns from northbound 1 to southbound 202.
Schneider added that PennDOT is to hold a public meeting on the project and a date to be determined. The work on the project isn’t scheduled to begin until sometime in 2026.
• There was a meandering discussion regarding the distribution of ARPA funds, money local governments received as part of the COVID recovery program. The bulk of the discussion centered around $50,000 for the Painter’s Crossing Condominium.
The condo HOA spent its own funds to replace a dam on the property as part of a stream pollution reduction project. According to condo Board member Madelaine Werner, “We have no reserves left.”
However, the township Sewer Authority is also asking for ARPA funds and more might go to road projects.
Supervisors’ Chairman Samantha Reiner motioned to authorize the township solicitor to draft a Memorandum of Understanding to give the money to the condo, and Supervisor Kathleen Goodier seconded the motion. Supervisor Timotha Trigg was reluctant to do so until she knew how much money would go to the road projects and made a motion to amend Reiner’s motion.
After the long conversation, both the motion and the amendment were withdrawn when township Manager Lacey Faber said the solicitor was already drafting a Memorandum of Understanding to give the condo the funds.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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