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Resident raises right-of-way and sidewalk concerns as council backs Fillmore Street grant application
Summary
A resident urged council to pause a Fillmore Street realignment application, citing right-of-way errors and a proposed sidewalk routing; council approved a grant application to fund part of the project.
A resident told Phoenixville Borough Council on March 11 that proposed plans for the Fillmore Street realignment contain errors on right-of-way widths, misspell a local road and would place a sidewalk on his property rather than continuing to Renaissance Academy; the council nonetheless voted to seek county grant funding for the project.
"I have concerns regarding the right of way width of Crombie Road and Fillmore Street as they're incorrectly marked on the plan," David Sanick of Fillmore Street told council during the public-comment period. Sanick said the plan also misspelled "Crombie" as "Crumb y" and that the proposed sidewalk alignment raised property-deed and hydrant-location questions.
Council later voted 6-0 to authorize submission of a Chester County Community Revitalization Program grant application for the Fillmore Street alignment project. Borough officials said the full Fillmore realignment is a multi-phase project dating to about 2018 and that the application being filed covers the segment between South Street and Crombie Road.
Borough staff described the overall project as a $1.6 million effort; the borough previously sought a Local Share Account (LSA) grant of $900,000 and anticipates additional grants to reduce the borough match. The manager said the county/community-revitalization grant application is due in the coming week and the borough will continue right-of-way and easement negotiations as it pursues funding.
Manager-level staff said they will schedule a meeting between the engineer and affected residents to discuss specific concerns. Sanick requested that council pause the item until identified errors and right-of-way sources were clarified; council did not pause the grant submission at this meeting.
Ending: Council advanced the grant application to put the Fillmore alignment into the county funding queue while staff and the applicant continue right-of-way and plan clarifications with affected property owners.
