Board hears liquor license request; controversy over committee appointments

Chadds Ford Township supervisors heard a liquor license transfer request during their March 5 meeting and also made some appointments to a newly made committee. Those appointments were met with a strong objection from one supervisor.

Supervisor Frank Murphy nominated five residents — Noelle Barbone, Valeria Hoxter, Deb Reardon, Margaret Faia and Samantha Reiner to the newly formed Strategic Advisory Committee.

He said the committee is an important one, saying it would look at various projects — big ideas — “from a view 10,000 feet high,” a phrase he used during his campaign last year. In short, he said, they would be thinking “outside the box.”

However, fellow Supervisor George Thorpe objected saying that none of the people he wanted to appoint were included or even considered. He also said he didn’t have time to review the qualifications of those who were nominated.

Most of those named are either currently active with the township or have been in the past.

Murphy said he had never seen Thorpe’s list of names.

Chairman Keith Klaver agreed with Murphy that it was important to get the committee started. When the question was called, he and Murphy voted aye, with Thorpe uttering a resounding “Opposed.”

Prior to the start of the regular meeting, the board heard a request for a liquor license transfer for Not Your Average Joe’s, the restaurant moving into the former Outback Steakhouse location in Glen Eagle Square. The license had been issued to the Olive Branch restaurant farther up on Route 202.

A representative for the new restaurant said they are in the process of renovated the interior of the former Outback facility, but are not expanding the footprint. However, they do want an outdoor seating area and want to be able to serve alcohol outside. The existing license has a restriction against that and the applicant wants that restriction removed.

It was also testified that 80 percent of the restaurant’s business is food with the remaining 20 percent split evenly between beer, wine and spirits.

There would be interior seating for 225 to 235 people plus a bar with about 25 seats. Outside seating would be for about 80 people.

Not Your Average Joe’s is based in Boston and has 15 restaurants in New England and another in the District of Columbia area, he said.

Other business

There will be a public meeting with representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding the proposed final segment of the loop road connecting Hillman Drive with Route 1. That meeting will be in the Chadds Ford Township municipal building at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, immediately following the supervisors’ workshop.

Many residents from Painters Crossing Condominiums and the Estates of Chadds Ford oppose the loop.

Township Manager Judy Lizza said letters advising people of the meeting will be sent to those who own property — business or residential — in the vicinity.

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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