Radnor Township Board of Commissioners Meeting Summary – November 10, 2025
Radnor Township Board of Commissioners Meeting – November 10, 2025
The Radnor Township Board of Commissioners convened on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the Radnorshire Room. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and notice of an executive session held immediately beforehand on real estate and legal issues. The chair announced at the outset that two business agenda items, Resolution 2025-121 and Resolution 2025-158, had been pulled from the agenda.
Presentation: Vision Zero Delco
- Kathy Sparr, infrastructure planner with the Delaware County Planning Department and project manager for the county's Vision Zero Delco plan, presented the program. Vision Zero is an approach to eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injury crashes; Delaware County's goal year is 2050, aligning with DVRPC and PennDOT.
- Outreach included trained safety ambassadors, 15 walk audits, six focus groups, and about 700 mapped community concerns entered into GIS.
- Countywide 2018-2022 data showed 130 traffic deaths, including 28 pedestrians and two bicyclists; 56% of fatal or serious pedestrian crashes occurred while walking or crossing the road; 51% of fatal or serious injury crashes occurred at intersections; and 85% of fatal crashes occurred on PennDOT roads.
- Sparr stated that a pedestrian struck at 20 mph has a 90% chance of survival, while at 40 mph the survival chance drops to 20%.
- Radnor's crash profile showed 12 crashes per 1,000 people and three crashes per mile, ranking ninth in crash count among Delaware County's 49 municipalities. The DVRPC regional high injury network highlighted Route 30, and West Chester Pike appeared on the county-level corridors of concern list.
- The plan includes about 65 to 67 countermeasures and recommendations, including quick-build options. Sparr also said Radnor's planner had applied for a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant related to Route 30.
- No board vote was taken on Vision Zero. Sparr said she would send an adoption resolution for possible consideration at a future meeting.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the minutes of the October 27, 2025 Board of Commissioners meeting.
- Resolution 2025-156: approval to submit a grant application to the Commonwealth Financing Authority's Statewide Local Share Assessment Grant for Creutzburg Center improvements in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.
- Resolution 2025-157: authorization for the Township Manager to bind Municipal Pollution Legal Liability coverage for $16,058 for the period November 15, 2025 through November 14, 2026.
- Resolution 2025-159: approval of the JustFOIA Pro Plus subscription renewal at a total cost of $12,371.16.
- No consent item was pulled; the consent agenda passed unanimously on a motion by Commissioner Mulrooney, seconded by Commissioner Riley.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public came forward to offer testimony during the meeting's public participation periods. The board invited public comment before the consent agenda, on the Askin Road subdivision, on the Philadelphia Print Shop motions, and at the close of the meeting.
Discussion Items
- 3A. Resolution 2025-150 – 518 Askin Road Minor Subdivision and Land Development Plan: The applicant proposed subdividing a vacant lot of about 60,000 square feet into two lots of about 30,000 square feet, each with a planned residential dwelling. The private street currently contains nine lots and eight homes; the R-3 zoning requires only 10,000 square feet. The developer agreed to mill and repave the full road after construction, grant five additional feet of right-of-way, and widen the roadway by four feet along the frontage. A proposed maintenance agreement with all neighbors could not be completed because one or two neighbors declined; the developer then agreed to do the repaving at his own cost. Waivers covered stormwater infiltration (handled with a rain garden and detention basin), the 500-foot facility-feature requirement, sidewalks (with a fee in lieu), cobblestone curbs instead of granite, and the private-road lot waiver. Commissioner Agnew, who met with the developer and neighbors, said the developer had worked well with neighbors but expressed disappointment that a proposed $10,000 future repaving fund could not be established without a homeowners association. The board approved Resolution 2025-150 unanimously.
- 3D. Philadelphia Print Shop Zoning Appeal: The board considered a motion concerning David Mackey of the Philadelphia Print Shop, whose sign requires a variance because of a changed interpretation of the sign ordinance, Section 280-122. Mackey used the same sign at two previous Wayne locations and wants to install it at 122 West Lancaster Avenue. His sign is 16.36 square feet; a new backing would increase it to 28.75 square feet (roughly 2 feet by 14 feet). Under the Design Review Board's long-standing interpretation, his 18 linear feet of frontage would allow 33 square feet; under a literal reading, the allowance would be only 5 square feet. The DRB approved the sign's appearance but conditioned approval on a variance. The chair said Mackey is only the second applicant affected by the changed reading, that the code is being reviewed, and that a letter of support from a commercial real estate firm had been submitted. Commissioner Agnew called the literal result a "postage stamp" and supported relief. The township solicitor advised that a letter on township letterhead was more appropriate than sending an attorney because the applicant is represented by counsel. The board unanimously directed the solicitor to send a letter of support to the Zoning Hearing Board for the November 20, 2025 hearing.
- The board also approved a motion to waive the zoning hearing board fee. During the discussion, Mr. White clarified that the actual fee was $900, not $1,000. The motion was rephrased as the "zoning hearing board fee" and the waiver was approved unanimously for this issue only.
Agenda Items Pulled or Deferred
- Resolution 2025-121, final land development approval for Strafford Walk at 204-208 Strafford Avenue and 18 Forest Lane (demolition of three dwellings and construction of 29 single-family dwellings), was announced as pulled and was tabled to the November 24, 2025 meeting.
- Resolution 2025-158, the Radnor Wayne Little League Encke Park irrigation, sod, and consolidated agreement, was listed on the agenda but was not acted upon.
Reports and New Business
- No reports of board liaisons were given.
- Under New Business, the board announced a food drive supporting Wayne CARES and the senior center because of the government shutdown and delayed SNAP benefits. A collection box is in the township lobby, and Radnor Police will transport donations. The parks and recreation department's Santa's delivery program was also encouraged to include food donations.
- No old business was discussed.
Key Outcomes
- The consent agenda was approved unanimously.
- Resolution 2025-150 (518 Askin Road) was approved unanimously.
- The board unanimously directed the Township Solicitor to send a letter of support for the Philadelphia Print Shop appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board.
- The board unanimously waived the zoning hearing board fee for the Philadelphia Print Shop; the fee was clarified as $900.
- Resolution 2025-121 was tabled to November 24, 2025; Resolution 2025-158 was not acted upon.
- Vision Zero Delco adoption materials are expected to be sent for future board consideration.
- The meeting adjourned unanimously without further business.
Meeting Transcript
First, um, I'd like to call together, uh, call to order the Board of Commissioners meeting for Monday, November 10th, 2025. Um, if we could start with a Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance. Undergo individual liberty. All right, um, I want to give notice that we had an executive session immediately prior to this where we discussed real estate and legal issues. I also want to up front um let you know that on our business agenda, item 3B, um resolution 2025-121 and item 3C. Resolution 2025-158 have been pulled from the agenda. Um, tonight we're gonna start with a presentation by Kathy Sparr from the uh Delaware County Planning Commission. Uh, gonna talk about her uh the the county's vision zero delco. Good evening, everybody. I want to thank you for letting me come here and talk to you about Vision Zero Delco. My name is Kathy Sparr. I'm an infrastructure planner for the Delaware County Planning Department, and I'm also the project manager for this plan. So tonight we're gonna talk about what Vision Zero is, and it doesn't have anything to do with your eyesight. We're gonna talk about what we heard, um, the state of safety in Delaware County and Radner Township and what we're gonna do to address that via countermeasures and taking action. So, what is Vision Zero? Vision Zero is an approach to eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injury crashes on our roadways. Delaware County has made a commitment to uh have a goal of 2050 to accomplish that, which aligns with Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, also known as DVRPC, as well as Pendot. We are going to be using a lot of alphabet soup here tonight, so I will try and keep you on board with me. Um, really important to this approach is the idea that we understand humans make mistakes, we are not perfect, um, that we are also fragile, we are not iron men. Um when we get in a crash, we can be severely injured and killed. Um we want those mistakes to not be deadly. Roads should be safe for everybody, whether you're walking, biking, or driving, or using some other form of transportation. Um through all of this, it's really important that we engage the community as part of this process and try and be proactive with our safety versus reactive. So, what's Delaware County's place in Vision Zero? Because quite frankly, we don't own any roads, so why the heck are we doing this anyway, right? Um, well, we believe that we're here to facilitate this process. We're here to bring people together, collaborating with our partners, our municipal partners, D VRPC, and PEN DOT. Um, we are also a hub for data gathering and then sharing that data out through our GIS department and other methods. We're also a guide for funding. We like to know where the money is, and we like to share that with you guys. And we believe that traffic safety is the foundation of everything that we do, especially when it comes to other plans like active transportation and our walk-roll Delco plan. So, why should Radner consider adopting Vision Zero Delco? What's it do for you? Well, it unlocks federal dollars, and who doesn't want access to that money? Um, it's also an opportunity to use it as leverage. So when you're applying for grants, you can say, we believe in safety, and I can prove that to you because we adopted this plan. It helps you identify projects, it gives you an opportunity to collaborate with your neighbors. There's absolutely no cost to it, and it's an opportunity for Radner to say we believe in safety and tell that to your community by making this commitment. So, what did we hear throughout this process? Like I said, community engagement was integral to this. We had a task force that was comprised of all of the alphabet soups from AARP to DVRPC to the FHWA and DCTMA. So we also tried something new in Delaware County for our community engagement. We developed a safety task force through our safety ambassadors, which were everyday people from our community that went out and worked together to engage the community. And it was a new way to do it. We wanted to do that because neighbors know their neighbors best. Like I am from Bethel Township, so I know how to engage with Bethel. I don't really know what to do here in Ratner. So why not partner with somebody who lives here and and has a better framework for that? We wanted to make sure we are uplifting perspectives and experiences of people and with the road and safety.
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