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Caln Township honors longtime business, approves proclamations and hears updates on meadow project, roadwork and school-safety
Summary
At its June 11 meeting Caln Township commissioners honored Sneaker Den with a proclamation, approved Pride Month and Juneteenth resolutions, and received updates on a five-acre meadow conversion at Engleside Golf Club, Fiserville Road repairs, and routine school-safety agreements.
The Caln Township Board of Commissioners used its June 11 meeting to recognize longstanding local businesses and civic observances and to receive routine operational updates on parks, roads and school safety.
The board read a proclamation honoring Sneaker Den for more than four decades of service to the community. The store’s owners accepted the township’s thanks and said they are stepping back after many years in business. "We really do appreciate this…this acknowledgement that means a lot to us," one owner said as the board invited them to pose for a photo.
The board also adopted two ceremonial resolutions by voice vote: Resolution 2026-20 recognizing June as Pride Month in Caln Township and Resolution 2026-21 recognizing June 19, 2026, as Juneteenth in the township. Both motions carried without recorded opposition.
On environmental and parks work, staff described a DCNR-sponsored meadow-conversion grant coordinated by the Chester County Conservation District that will cover roughly five acres of rough at Engleside Golf Club. The conservation district will handle bidding, installation and some maintenance training; the township must commit to maintaining the site as meadow for 25 years but the project includes language allowing relocation of the meadow area if future course layout changes require it.
Public works reported on Fiserville Road, where an area with a steep profile approaching Bailey will be rebuilt ahead of the township’s fall mill-and-repave program. Crews will build up the profile, install stormwater inlets and apply a temporary pavement surface so the road can be milled and repaved during the scheduled road program, reducing contract costs by using in-house crews.
The police chief briefed the board on the two-year CCIU (safe schools) agreement the chief signs with local school districts under Pennsylvania Department of Education rules. The chief said a county sheriff contract has reduced the number of incidents township officers handle at the IU and that staff reconcile reporting differences as part of the annual safe-schools reporting process.
Liaison reports highlighted summer parks programming, an art-and-stream event, a July movie night, the township’s America 250 events and sponsorship outreach for Community Day on Sept. 12. The historical commission noted ongoing preservation attention to the Lloyd Pump House and promoted public events related to America 250.
Residents raised non-agenda concerns: door-to-door solicitors without visible identification (police urged residents to call dispatch; the township requires peddlers’ permits) and requests for traffic enforcement or temporary signage on routes affected by the bridge closure.
The board approved routine minutes, checks and financial items; the minutes motion passed with one abstention. The meeting adjourned with the next regular meeting scheduled in two weeks.
