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BUCKS COUNTY CONSORTIUM


Gail Weniger
Warwick Township
President
David Drye
Chalfont Borough
1st Vice President
Jeffrey Vey
Milford Township
2nd Vice President
Vivian Bell
Warrington Township
Treasurer

 

October 5, 2006 @ 9:00 A.M.

LOCATION:
New Britain Township
207 Park Avenue
Chalfont, PA 18914
Telephone: 215-822-1391
Fax: 215-822-6051
(Networking at 9:00 A.M. and Speaker at 9:15 A.M.)


 

AGENDA


1. Networking
All
  • 2. Call to Order & Introductions
Dave Drye
All
  • 4. Treasurer's Report, & Payment of Bills
Vivian Bell
  • 5. Presentation: "Leaf & Yard Waste Collection Requirements (DEP)"

Thomas Hough
  • 6. Presentation: "Tree Vitalize"
 DVRPC & Partners
  • 7. New Business (Roundtable Authorization)
All
  • 8. Old Business
All
  • 9. Adjourn
 All
 

Guest Speaker Information:

Thomas Hough – President of Hough Associates, a Consortium sponsor, will provide a ten minute presentation on DEP’s leaf and yard waste collection requirements, and how new requirements will affect future grant funding levels.

DVRPC & Partners – Dr. Bill Elmdorf, Extension Specialist at the Penn State School of Forest Resources, and Maitreyi Roy, Director of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Green, along with representatives of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will discuss the TreeVitalize Program. Launched in 2004, the program was designed to restore tree cover in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and to help municipalities implement tree projects to achieve a variety of community goals. Grant funds are available through TreeVitalize. *View letter from Michael DiBerardinis, Secretary, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

 



Future Meetings(s):
November 16, 2006
Bucks County Country Club