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Council directs solicitor to add commuter-rail option to SEPTA lease; one-year extension moved to consent
Summary
The West Chester Borough Council’s ACT Committee voted to ask the borough solicitor to add language allowing approved third‑party commuter service to the borough’s lease with SEPTA; council moved a separate one‑year lease extension for SEPTA to the consent agenda.
The West Chester Borough Council’s ACT Committee voted to direct the borough solicitor to draft language adding an option for approved third‑party commuter rail service to the borough’s lease with SEPTA, and council moved a related one‑year lease extension to the consent agenda.
The committee motion asked the solicitor to insert wording making clear the lease could permit commuter service in the event SEPTA terminates or amends the existing sublease. ACT Committee members described the change as an option only, not a promise of commuter service. “I will just mention also that we're very, very far away,” said…
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