Board considers extending outdoor dining

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While residents sit socially distanced apart, Chadds Ford Board of Supervisors' Chairman Frank Murphy takes part in the June 30 workshop via Zoom. There were audio problems.

The first in-person Chadds Ford supervisors’ meeting in almost a year and a half had more technical problems than substance. Only Supervisor Noelle Barbone was in physical attendance. Chairman Frank Murphy and Vice-Chair Samantha Reiner took part via Zoom.

For the most part, Murphy and Reiner were barely audible because of low volume, and frequent reverberation made that worse. Those factors made clear communication difficult.

The main business of the meeting was a hearing on extending the outdoor dining ordinance that supervisors approved last year to help local restaurants deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The hearing was held, but even that had a few stutter steps because of the audio problem.

There was little in the way of testimony, with only Barbone saying it was a good idea to extend the ordinance to the end of this year. There were only four residents in attendance — seated socially distanced apart — and they offered no comment on the matter.

A vote on the extension is scheduled for the July workshop on Monday, July 26.

Two residents did offer comments during a discussion on the Pettinaro project in Concord Township that borders Chadds Ford. Carolyn Daniels and Sheriden Black, who live in The Ridings, asked supervisors, as they have done previously, to watch out for the interests of Chadds Ford residents who, they believe, will be adversely affected by the development of a shopping center at Route 202 and Ridge Road.

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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