Minutes of the East Brandywine Historical Commission meeting on June 9, 2004

jrk 7/29/2004

 

John Black, Bob Blinckmann, Chuck Giordano, Tom Jackson, Carl Josephson, John Kessler and Russ Robinson from the Commission attended.

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1. Approval of the minutes of the last meeting

 

The minutes were approved with the addition of adding Tom’s comment about adding new members to the Commission to enhance our ability to complete Survey Cards.  John K. took an action to update the minutes.

 

2. Review of action items

 

John K. has reminded Dr. Vilcheck about responding to my e-mail concerning the Survey Card letter.

 

John K. forwarded Scott Piersol’s response to his e-mail concerning demolition criteria in North Coventry’s ordinances.  John K. responded to Scott on June 6th. John K. said he would ask Scott to allow him to talk to the solicitor directly about the issue.

 

John B. will talk to Scott Piersol about his suggestion that Wawa incorporate Mama Lena’s into their facility (which would require moving it).

 

3.  Status of developments

 

There is no news about Hide A Way Farms.  Chuck suggested that we talk to the new developers to insure that our agreements with the current developer, Wilkinson, are maintained.

 

Though the EB MileMarker implied the Pulte issue was settled, Chuck said it wasn’t.  Among the remaining issues is the approval for disposal of treated sewage water.  Chuck also noted that real estate activity had slowed down in EB starting in March and this may be slowing down the Pulte development along with others.

 

There is no news about Wawa. 

 

4.  Survey Card status

 

John K. said he has partially completed 4 Survey Cards but that includes the old mill on Bondsville Road that was not included in the Historic Resource Survey.  By e-mail, Katherine Prammer stated that she has at least partially completed 15; she will give the status at the July meeting.  John B. said he had started on his home and will complete it.  Carl said that he probably can get some research done starting in August.

 

Tom’s suggestion that we add new members capable of doing research during work hours was discussed.

 

John K. said he will write the Commission’s yearly status report by the July meeting and he will come up with a realistic schedule for discussion.

 

There was some discussion of the availability of source material beyond deeds.  This discussion was postponed until the July meeting as Katherine is more knowledgeable in this area.

 

5.  New business

 

John K. took an action to ask John Bryer when he could resume updating the EB website.

 

John K. said he would not be able to attend the August meeting due to vacation.  Everyone took an action to determine their availability in August so that, at the July meeting, we could decide whether to cancel the August meeting.  Chuck suggested that we should consider moving the August meeting to the 4th Tuesday in July, the 27th.

 

6.      Next agenda

 

The tentative agenda for the next meeting on July 14, 2004 is:

 

  1. Approval of the minutes of the last  meeting

  2. Review of action items

  3. Status of developments

  4. Survey Card status

  5. New business

  6. Next agenda