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TO: Unionville HARB (UHARB) Members DATE: 12-June 2023
FROM: LB Kinter - Chair
Subject: Unionville HARB Meeting 12-June 2023, 7:00 PM, Township
Building
(Joint Meeting with East Marlborough Township Historic Commission)
MINUTES
(APPROVED – 9-October
2023)
1. Quorum
Members Present Members Absent
Jake Elks - Vice Chair Marcy
Fenza
Susan Elks
Lew Kinter – Chair Members
by Remote
John Rosecrans Nina
Ginty
Charles Shock
VISITORS
none
Quorum Declared
2. Approve Minutes of Unionville HARB
Meeting 10-April 2023
Minutes were
Approved as submitted (attached).
3. Public Comment:
None
4. Old Business:
Nina Ginty
acknowledged for her contribution on the Unionville Odd Fellows Hall for EMT Spring-Summer
2023 Newsletter.
5. New Business
Megan McNish (SHPO) presented
comments and suggestions following her review of the Certified Local Governance
Self-Assessment completed by EMT HC and Unionville HARB in Joint Session with
EMT Historical Commission.
6. Action Items:
a) Unionville HARB and HC chairs to receive and comment upon Megan’s draft report (approximately June- July 2023).
b) EMT Historical Commission and Unionville HARB discuss ‘next steps’ based upon Megan’s final report (tentatively, 18-September 2023 Joint Meeting, subsequently rescheduled 9-October 2023)
c) Unionville HARB and EMT HC members in attendance received 2 hours continuing education credit for participation in the Certified Local Governance discussion.
7. Future 2023 Unionville HARB Scheduled Meetings for 2023 (at the Township Building):
a. 18-September 2023, 7:00 PM (rescheduled to 9-October 2023)*
b. 13-November 2023, 7:00 PM*
*, These meetings include the East Marlborough Township Historical Commission – the intent is to be able to overlap with HC on topics of mutual interest.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Minutes of Unionville HARB Meeting 10-April 2023
TO: Historical
Commission & Unionville HARB Members
DATE: 9-October 2023
FROM: John Rosecrans & Lewis
B. Kinter
SUBJECT: Joint Meeting of East
Marlborough Township Historical Commission (HC) and
Unionville HARB
(HARB), 9-October 2023, 7:00 PM, Township Building
MINUTES
(DRAFT – 9-October 2023)
1. Quorum
HARB Members Present HARB
Members Absent
Lew Kinter – Chair Jake
Elks - Vice Chair
Nina Ginty Susan
Elks
John Rosecrans Marcy
Fenza
Charlie Shock
HC Members Present HC
Members Absent
John Rosecrans – Chair Martha
Walls-Brown
Frank McGrail – Vice Chair Phoebe Turner
Christina McDougall – Secretary
Lew Kinter Visitors
Charles Streitweiser none
Susan Beach
Quorum Declared
2. Approve Minutes of Previous Unionville HARB and HC Meetings
a. Minutes of 12-June HARB meeting were Approved as submitted (available on website).
b. Minutes of 18-September HC meeting
were Approved as submitted (available on website)
3. Public Comment: None
4. Old Business:
a. Marcy Gaynor acknowledged for her contribution to the Unionville Cross Keys Tavern building for Fall-Winter 2023 Newsletter.
b. Frank McGrail acknowledged for his
efforts to update the HC website and to include the first page for the Unionville
HARB. Frank’s updated website is
accessible through the East Marlborough Township website. (To find, start at EMT Township Home Page, Residents
Corner, History of Township and the Historical website link at bottom of the
page.)
5. New Business
a. Chester County Preservation Network (CCPN) will host a workshop on 11/11/2023 at the Government Services Building in West Chester for the 250 PA Celebration.
i. Hours spent in attendance may be counted towards HARB and HC member CLG annual training requirement (4 hr total).
ii. Members should indicate their
availability and interest to attend this program so HC and HARB can arrange
transportation if needed.
b. East Marlborough Township Certified Local Government (CLG) Evaluation, prepared by Megan McNish, Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) May-August 2023 (available on website).
i. This is the first PA SHPO evaluation of EMT’s CLG program since PA SHPO adopted its current revised CLG standards in 2020
ii. According to PA SHPO, fifty PA townships have applied for and received CLG status – approximately 3% of the 1547 townships in PA.
iii. HC and HARB members voted to accept
the 2023 PA SHPO evaluation and to use the evaluation as a guide to better
align EMT’s CLG program with current PA SHPO CLG standards.
6. Action Items:
a. Unionville HARB and HC chairs to inquire of Neil Lovekin whether the HC/HARB website can be accessed directly/transparently from the home page of the EMT Township’s website.
b. HC and HARB chairs to inform the EMT Township Supervisors of the 2023 EMT CLG evaluation and intent to use to better align EMT’s CLG program with current PA SHPO CLG standards, and to request expedited discussion and guidance from Supervisors for 2024 HC and HARB CLG objective setting, ideally before the next scheduled Joint HC HARB meeting on 13-November 2023.
Future 2023 Unionville HARB Scheduled Meetings for 2023 (at the Township Building):
· 13-November 2023, 7:00 PM