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West Chester council approves lease language with SEPTA, signals preference for 15-year term
Summary
Council voted to send an amended lease to SEPTA that preserves SEPTA’s right to terminate or amend for future commuter service and indicated a preference to replace a one-year extension with a 15-year lease starting July 1, 2025.
The West Chester Borough Council voted unanimously to approve sending amended lease language to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) that clarifies SEPTA’s ability to terminate or amend the lease if regular commuter rail service is established on the West Chester branch line, and to express the council’s preference that a previously exercised one-year renewal be replaced by a 15-year lease beginning July 1, 2025.
Councilmembers debated where to place a sentence that would require any future commuter-service arrangement to be conducted “in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.” A staff member reading the proposed change said, “SEPTA will retain superior…
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