AGENDA EAST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP CONSERVANCY BOARD MEETING February 12, 2020- 7:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER/ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ MOMENT OF SILENCE 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES January 8, 2020 3. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT 4. OLD BUSINESS • 2020 Keep East Goshen Beautiful Day • 2020 Spring Event • Discuss 2020 goals and ABC Planning Meeting • East Goshen Ponds status (Marydel! and Bow Tree) 5. SUB DIVISION REVIEW 6. NEW BUSINESS • New Conservancy Board Member Appointments, Daniel Flynn & Leo Sinclair • Tree and Street Tree Resolution 7. VARIANCES/CONDITIONAL USES 8. BOARD MEMBER CONCERNS 9. LIAISON REPORTS 10. CORRESPONDENCE • Letter-January2 7, Zoning Hearing Board Notice 11. DATES OF IMPORTANCE Feb 13, 2020 Historical Commission 07:00pm Feb 17, 2020 Township Office Closed Feb 17, 2020 Futurist Committee 07:00pm Feb 18, 2020 Board of Supervisors 07:00pm Feb 24, 2020 Sustainability Advisory Committee 07:00pm Feb 27, 2020 Pipeline Task Force 05:00pm Mar 03, 2020 Board of Supervisors 07:00pm Mar 04, 2020 Planning Commission 07:00pm Mar 05, 2020 Park & Rec Commission 07:00pm Mar 09, 2020 Municipal Authority 07:00pm 12. PUBLIC COMMENT 13. ADJOURNMENT F:\Data\Shared Data\Agendas\Conservancy Board\2020\2020-02-l2_Conservancy Board Agenda.doc 1 DRAFT 2 EAST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP 3 CONSERVANCY BOARD MEETING 4 January 8, 2020 5 6 The East Goshen Township Conservancy Board held a regularly scheduled meeting on 7 Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Township Building. Members in attendance 8 are indicated in BOLD: 9 Chairman Walter Wujcik 10 Vice Chairman Andy Tyler 11 Erich Meyer 12 Sandra Snyder 13 Dan Flynn, new member 14 Others present were: 15 Michele Truitt, Township Supervisor 16 17 Call to Order 18 Walter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 19 2 0 Pledge of Allegiance& Moment of Silence 21 Walter led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance and then asked for a moment of silence 22 to remember those who serve in our military and our first responders. 23 24 Minutes 25 The minutes of the December 11, 2019 meeting were approved as amended. 26 27 Chairman's Report 28 Walter introduced new member Dan Flynn. Dan gave his background and what brought 29 him to the CB. He has attended BOS meetings and appreciates the amenities EGT offers. He 30 wants to give back to the community. The current CB members introduced themselves and 31 gave a brief description of their backgrounds. 32 33 Old Business 34 1. 2020 Keep East Goshen Beautiful Day- This event will be held on Saturday April 18, 35 2020. Emails will be sent to previous participants the end of March/early April. Notice will 36 be put on Constant Contact, East Goshen signs, etc. 37 38 2. 2020 ABC Planning Meeting-This event will be held on Tuesday January 28 at 6:00 pm. 39 2019 accomplishments and 2020 goals were discussed. Erich will make the presentation. 40 41 New Business 42 1. 2020 Spring Event- Wood chips will be put around the Clymer's Woods trees. 43 44 2. 2020 Fall Tree Planting- Will be discussed later. 45 46 Liaison Report 4 7 1. Board of Supervisors - Michele Truitt reported that the new members were sworn in at 48 the meeting on Monday January 6, 2020. Martyis the Chairman, David is the Vice Chairman, 49 Mike is the COG representative and John Hertzog is the Police Commission representative. 50 The BOS approved signage for all ponds that prohibits ice skating and swimming. 51 CB 1-8-20 draft 1 1 Correspondence 2 The PEC (Pa Environmental Council) renewal of $50.00 for 2020. Erich moved to approve 3 this payment. Andy seconded the motion. The motion was approved unanimously. 4 5 Adjournment 6 There being no further business, Erich moved to adjourn the meeting. Andy seconded the 7 motion. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m. The next meeting will be February 12, 8 2020 at 7:00 pm. 9 10 Respectfullysubmitted, 11 12 13 Ruth Kiefer, Recording Secretary CB 1-8-20 draft 2 Memorandum East Goshen Township 1580 Paoli Pike West Chester, PA 19380 Voice: 610-692-7171 Fax: 610-692-8950 E-mail: [email protected] Date: 2/7/2020 To: Conservancy Board From: Mark Gordon, Township Zoning Officer Re: Tree and Street Tree Resolution Conservancy Board Members, I was recently speaking with a local landscaper about the Township Tree Resolution and he recommended that the Township Consider adding the Eastern Red Cedar to our tree resolution. This may also be a good opportunity to review the list for any other species that may be appropriate. I also noticed that there are only 4 deciduous species on the list, I'd suggest looking at other deciduous species that may be appropriate. F:\Data\Shared Data\ABC'S\Conservancy Board\Memo to CB re. Tree Resolution 02072020.doc 2/4/2020 Juniperus virginiana- Wiiqpedia Juniperus virginiana Juniperus vfrginiana, known as red cedar, eastern 2 Juniperus virginiana redcedar,[ ][3] Virginianjuniper,[41 easternjuniper, red juniper, pencil cedar, and aromatic cedar, is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Great Plains.[3] Further west it is replaced by the related Juni erus sco ulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) and to the southwest by Juni erus ashei (Ashe juniper).[5][6][7] Contents Description Ecology Uses Allergen Juniperus virginiana incorporated into See also a golf course in northern Virginia References Conservation status Least External links Extinct Threatened Concern I ,.--._ I @ �� c{� �!Vc� c� e 1 Description Least Concern (IUCN 3.1 )[ 1 Scientific classification , Juniperus virgmzana is a dense slow-growing Kingdom: Plantae coniferous evergreen tree I Glade: Tracheophytes that may never become more than a bush on poor I Division: Pinophyta soil, but is ordinarily from I Class: Pinopsida m or ft tall, 5-20 16-66 I Order: Pinales with a short trunk 30- 100 cm or 12-39 inches in I Family: Cupressaceae diameter (rarely to 27 m or I Genus: Juniperus mature cones 89 ft in height, and 170 cm Section: Juniperus sect. Sabina or 67 inches in diameter. I The oldest tree reported, from West Vir inia, was 940 years I Species: J. virginiana 8 old.[ 1 The bark is reddish-brown, fibrous, and peels off in I Binomial name narrow strips. The leaves are of two types; sharp, spreading 3 3 Juniperus virginiana needle-like juvenile leaves 5-10 mm ( 1i 6- /8 in) long, and 3 L. tightly adpressed scale-like adult leaves 2-4 mm (1/1 6- /1 6 in) long; they are arranged in opposite decussate pairs or https://en.v,iiqpedi a.org/v,iiq/Juni per us_ virg i niana 1/6 214/2020 Juniperus 1.1rginiana - Wikipedia occasionally whorls of three. The juvenile leaves are found on young plants up to 3 years old, and as scattered shoots on adult 1 trees, usually in shade. The seed cones are 3-7 mm (1/3- /4 in) long, berry-lilrn, dark purple-blue with a white wax cover giving an overall sky-blue color (though the wax often rubs oft); they contain one to three (rarely up to four) seeds, and are mature in 6-8 months from pollination. The juni er berr _ is an important winter food for many birds, which disperse the wingless seeds. The ROllen cones are 2-3 mm (% 6-1/g in) long and 1.5 mm 1 ( /16 in) broad, shedding pollen in late winter or early spring. The trees are usually dioecious, with pollen and seed cones on separate trees.[5][6][7] Natural distribution of varieties: J. virginiana var. virginiana (green) [2 There are two varieties, ] which intergrade where they and J. virginiana var. silicicola (red) meet: [5][6][7] ■ Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana is called eastern juniper/ red cedar. Itis found in eastern North America, from Maine, west to southern Ontario and South Dakota, south to northernmost Florida and southwest into the post oak savannah of east-central Texas. Cones are larger, 4-7 mm (3/16-1/4 in); scale leaves are acute at apex and bark is red-brown. ■ Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola (Small) E.Murray (syn. Sabina silicico/a Small, Juniperus silicico/a (Small) L.H.Bailey) is known as southern or sand juniper/ redcedar. Its varietyname means "flint­ dweller", from Latin silex and -cola. Habitat is along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the extreme southeastern corner of Virginia.[91 south to central Florida and west to southeast Texas. Cones are 3 smaller, 3-4 mm (1/8- fi6 in); scale leaves are blunt at apex and the bark is orange-brown. It is treated by some authors at the lower rank of variety, while others treat it as a distinct species. Ecology Eastern juniper is a ioneer s ecies, which means that it is one of the first trees to repopulate cleared, eroded, or otherwise damaged land. It is unusually long lived among pioneer species, with the potential to live over 900 years. It is commonly found in rairies or oak barrens, old pastures, or limestone hills, often along highways and near recent construction sites.[5][6][ 10] It is an alternate host for cedar-aRRle rust, an economically significant fun al disease of apples, and some management strategies recommend the removal of J. virginiana near apple orchards[11] In many areas it is considered an invasive s ecies, even if native. It is fire-intolerant, and was previously controlled by periodic wildfires. Low branches near the ground burn and provide a ladder that allows fire to engulf the whole tree.