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Four EACs Meeting Notes
October 27, 2009
Bonnie Smith, Facilitator and Recording
The second joint meeting of the Environmental Advisory Councils of Rutledge,
Swarthmore, Nether Providence and Rose Valley was held in Rutledge Borough Hall.
Diane McGaughey was a most gracious host and there was a potluck supper
beforehand, as several had suggested. Diane created a delicious and lovely event.
Thank you Diane!
In attendance:
Jim Audley Rose Valley
Jack Borsch Rutledge
Susan Kelly Swarthmore
Don Kennedy Swarthmore
Roger Latham Rose Valley
Melissa Lewicki Swarthmore
Susan Maeder‐Chieffo Rose Valley
Sheila Magee Swarthmore
Diane McGaughey Rutledge
Andy Saul Rose Valley
C. Scott Shields Rutledge
Bonnie Smith Nether Providence
The group decided that we should form teams to begin work on projects of mutual
interest. The teams formed were:
• Stream Stewardship / Storm Water Management Committee
• Greenhouse Gas / Energy Committee
• Education, Outreach and Fundraising Committee
• Managing and Enhancing Open Spaces Committee
Meeting participants volunteered for one or more of the committees and discussed
ideas for getting underway. The committees are open to additional volunteers.
Each group will choose its own leadership. During the session each team agreed on
some initial steps.
Stream Stewardship / Storm Water Management Committee
The primary focus of this committee is organizing the recently funded rain barrel
workshops, aimed at reducing storm water runoff in all four communities. It will
work closely with Anne Murphy, Director of the CRC Watersheds Association.
Volunteers include: Denise Disney
Don Kennedy*
Susan Maeder‐Chieffo*
Sheila Magee*
Diane McGaughey*
C. Scott Shields*
Bonnie Smith*
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Greenhouse Gas / Energy Committee
One of the members of this committee will be a liaison between the EACs and the
Greenhouse Gas Pilot Program of Swarthmore College and Temple University.
Volunteers include: Jack Borsch*
Phil Coleman
Sheila Magee*
Diane McGaughey*
Beth Murray
Education, Outreach and Fundraising Committee
Volunteers include: Denise Disney
Bruce Grant
Susan Kelly*
Steve Leach or his designee
Susan Maeder‐Chieffo*
Bonnie Smith*
Managing and Enhancing Open Spaces Committee
The focus includes invasive species removal and replacement, deer management,
access/transportation for residents to community open spaces, and other issues.
Volunteers include: Jim Audley*
Jack Borsch*
Roger Latham*
Andy Saul*
EAC participation in local accomplishments since this meeting includes:
• A successful invasive species workshop held on November 7, 2009 by the Rose
Valley EAC, covered in both the Swarthmorean and the Town Talk.
• A check presentation event on November 6, 2009 hosted by PECO celebrating
five years of its support of open space. Funding will go to local workshops on
storm water management, including rain barrel workshops and subsidies for
rain barrels for all four EACs. A photo ran in the Swarthmorean.
• Roger Latham was a featured guest on November 30, 2009 on WHYY’s Radio
Times with Marty Moss‐Coane, speaking about the importance of managing deer
populations in urban and suburban communities and the breadth of the
environmental damage that not doing so has already caused. The program is
archived as a podcast at www.whyy.org/podcast/113009_100630.mp3.
• Rutledge’s tree planting got underway and was covered in the Town Talk with a
photo.
• Swarthmore College has begun implementing its deer management plan in the
Crum Woods with the first annual bow hunt followed by a sharpshooter cull.
The next joint meeting of the four EACs is planned for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
February 23, 2010, at the Nether Providence Township Building (214 Sykes Lane,
Wallingford).