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December 2021 Live Saving Commendation & Commendatory Letters

Officer Heleniak responded to a retirement home for a report of a sixty-year-old employee who had fallen and needed assistance getting up. The incident was upgraded to a cardiac arrest and employees had begun

CPR. On location, Officer

Heleniak took over CPR until the ambulance arrived and assumed patient care. Prior to the ambulance leaving for the hospital, they were able to get a pulse back and the patient was breathing on his own. The patient was discharged from the hospital and is now home recuperating.

EMS Personnel

Commendatory Letters Eamon Brazunas, Chris McDonald, Ethan Tartaglio, Jack Nudy, Karl Stockton, Lee Greenberg, Melanie Medreno, AJ Pizzi, James Herb December 2021 Commendatory Letters

Tredyffrin Police officers responded to a report of a possible student with a gun on a school bus. The school bus was making afternoon drop-offs in a neighboring jurisdiction. They contacted everyone on the bus and made sure that the students and driver were safe. Due to the complex nature of stopping a bus load of students, the officers spent considerable time contacting parents, reuniting families, and conducting traffic control all while dealing with plummeting cold temperatures.

Sergeants Dori and Molineux,

Corporals Spirito, Meoli, and

Smethers, Detective

Spurlock, and Officers

Fanizzi, Jackson, Munro,

Davis, and Jonas Sergeant Dori - 20 Detective McFadden -30 Detective Carsello -25 Officer Harhut - 20 Officer Butler - 20 Officer Jackson -10 Officer Maugle - 5 Officer Middleton -5 Fran Talucci-D'Amato -5

2021 Perfect Attendance

Lieutenant Moyer Sergeant Moore Sergeant Scott Sergeant Dori Sergeant Costa Detective Sergeant Slavin Detective Carsello Detective Spurlock Officer Carroll Officer Fanizzi Officer Butler Officer Maugle

Report Fraud

Due to ongoing fraud complaints, please be reminded, if someone asks you to pay them with gift cards:

Report it to the Federal Trade Commission at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Report it even if you didn't pay. Your report helps law enforcement stop scams. You can also report it to your state attorney general. If you lost money, also report it to local law enforcement. A police report may help when you deal with the card issuer.

ELECTION DAY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You know the saying, “All politics are local.” It's true. Nothing affects you more directly than decisions that are made by your Township Supervisors, County Commissioners, or State Legislature. We all feel the impact of what ordinances or laws are passed by these governmental entities. You can have a say in who represents you on these bodies. If you are 18 or over, you can vote. You can register as an Independent, Republican, or Democrat. You choose the one that best fits you. Registration To vote in Pennsylvania, you must first register to vote at least 15 days before the election. You can register to vote online, by mail, or at a number of government agencies, including Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Photo License and Driver's License Centers. To register to vote in Pennsylvania, you must:

Be a citizen of the United States for at least one month before the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.

Be a resident of Pennsylvania and the election district in which you want to register and vote for at least 30 days before the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.

Be at least 18 years of age on or before the day of the next primary, special, municipal, or general election.

Tredyffrin's Community Energy Profile and a Pathway to Sustainability

Every five years, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) creates an inventory of Greater Philadelphia's energy use, energy expenditures, and GHG emissions to understand our impact on climate. Tracking energy use, energy expenditures, and GHG emissions over time enables us to know how best to increase energy efficiency and how to transition to renewable energy most effectively, and so reduce GHG emissions. The DVRPC's most recent inventory is for 2015 and the 2020 inventory is in preparation. The DVRPC calculated a profile for each township in their region. It is worth looking up Tredyffrin's profile on the DVRPC website; to do so click Tredyffrin's Township map to get a summary of municipal GHG emissions at https://www.dvrpc.org/webmaps/ MunicipalEnergy.

Though the energy profile is based on 2015 data, it gives a good overview how we, as a community, use energy. The inventory estimates energy use and GHG emissions for our community. It covers the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, as well as transportation sectors (on-road transportation, passenger and freight rail, aviation, and off-road vehicles, and equipment). Note that the “commercial sector” refers to facilities such as office buildings, warehouses, retail outlets, schools, and some large-scale residential units. They all use a commercial meter.

The ultimate goal is to reduce the emissions over the next 28 years to zero or close to zero, which points to substantial changes that we need to make as a community and as individuals.

Figure 1: The relative energy use by sector in 2015 including the absolute energy usage in CO2e.

A Path to Sustainability

The Board of Supervisors adopted the Comprehensive Plan for Tredyffrin Township in May 2021. The first chapter of the plan focusses on Tredyffrin Township's natural resources and the environment, but elements of sustainability are interwoven throughout the plan. This is important, as we need to have a holistic view of sustainability that includes individual residents and Township government, as well as other stakeholders in the community, such as our school district.

The EAC has created a Renewable Energy Transition Plan for the Township, which falls in line with the Comprehensive Plan, and can be summarized as follows.

First, the Township leads by example, as explained in the Summer 2022

Newsletter.

Second, the Township supports and gives guidance, via the Planning Commission and Zoning Hearing Board, for new buildings to be either solar-ready, or (preferably) to include solar when built.

A solar-ready building, for example, places an air conditioning vent on the roof in such a way that it will not prohibit solar installation. Buildings have a long lifespan, and it is imperative that the Planning Commission advise on this in all future building-permit requests.

Another recommendation is for new buildings (commercial, residential, apartment) to be ready with electric vehicle charging stations. In the near future, as the range of electric vehicles increases, it is estimated that around 90% of charging will happen at home and work. According to the DVRPC, “In order to provide the charging infrastructure that supports a transition to electric vehicles, it is important that when new developments are built or parking lots are resurfaced, they are made charger-ready by putting in conduits and wire (at minimum) and ensuring that electrical panels are ready to provide the increased electricity needed.” Third, the Township works with DVRPC, the Chester County Planning Commission (CCPC), the EAC, and other environmental organizations, to educate the public. To that end, the EAC is coordinating with the CCPC (with help from a Conestoga High School Senior Intern) to create outreach materials on topics such as solar energy, electrification, geothermal energy, heat pumps, and electric vehicles. In October, the EAC will also host a Clean Energy Tour to highlight the sustainable features of participating residences, businesses, and nonprofits across the Township, including residential rain gardens from the EAC's new Rain Garden Program*. If you have solar, geothermal, a native plant garden or other sustainable features, and would like to be a host, please let us know by emailing tredyffrin@tredyffrin.org with the subject line: Tredyffrin Environmental Advisory Council.

*Note: This year, to date, the EAC has installed two residential rain gardens and two educational rain gardens. The educational rain gardens can be found at Strafford Park, near the Tredyffrin Library, and in Chesterbrook on a median in Chesterbrook Boulevard, near the Duportail House.

As a final component of Tredyffrin Township's Renewable Energy Transition Plan, the Township and the EAC will continue to apply for grants that support and enhance sustainability within our community.

Moving to a sustainable future is possible, but it requires planning and implementing continues on page28

COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL SECTOR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR RESIDENTIAL SECTOR

40%

ENERGY CONSUMED 241,999 MTCO2e EMITTED

42%

ENERGY CONSUMED

220,244 MTCO2e EMITTED

18%

ENERGY CONSUMED 91,322 MTCO2e EMITTED

the use of new technologies. As Robert Swan said, “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” The good news is, we live in a time of improved technologies in the areas of heating and cooling, driving and cooking that make the transition to a sustainable future possible. And the costs have come down tremendously. Now we must use them, and not wait for someone else to do it! Pay a visit to the Demonstration Rain Garden at the Tredyffrin Library to learn about Rain Garden Plants.

Submitted by Jennifer Cox, EAC member

The EAC's hard-working Senior Intern from Conestoga, Lavanya Ahluwalia at the Tredyffrin Library Rain Garden in June. Lavanya designed signs (seen here) that map the plants in the rain garden and give their common names. The QR codes on the signs provide more information about the individual plants. Thank you, Lavanya! The Tredyffrin Library Demonstration Rain Garden is in Strafford Park next to the Library parking lot. The curb was cut between the parking lot and the garden to enable the rain garden to receive and absorb stormwater runoff from the paved surface of the parking lot through the channel filled with rocks that is visible in the forefront of the photo.