CHAIRPERSONS : PETER CASSIDY & TIM WALKER
TREASURER : DORTHY ROTH
SECERTARY : JOE EHLAND
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DATE : Wednesday, February 23, 2000
LOCATION : CECIL FIRE HALL
TIME : 7:00 PM
ATTENDANCE: SEE SIGN IN SHEET
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The meeting was called to order by Pete Cassidy at 7:10 PM

1. Pete reported that there isn’t any treasury report at the present time.
2. Tim Walker gave a detailed explanation of the proposed Southern Beltway routes B1, B2, and B3, on a large map of the area between I79 and Route 22.
3. Stephanie Lucchino outlined the specific areas of each route that included advantages and disadvantages as seen by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC).
4. Stephanie stated the importance and legality of disclosing the proposed beltway to any prospective property sellers.
5. Pete briefed the audience about the upcoming meeting with Senator Stout, tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 3rd, 2000, 4:00 PM at the McDonald Library and also indicated that the Senator may have to postpone the meeting.  Pete then requested the following individuals attend the meeting and be prepared to talk:

  Pete Cassidy  Tim Walker  Gordon McKay Joe Ehland
 Tom Prickett  Margie Boggs  Joe Almady  Mike Monaco
 Robert Dell  Stephanie Lucchino Ray Morgan  Howard Boggs
 Denise Almady Nancy Lohr  Nancy Gielarowski John Gielarowski
 Gary Markovich Kathy Morgan  Donna Meade  Bob Meade
 John Candee  Dorthy Roth  Frank Samarin  Dan Kemp
 Patty Walker

6. The subject of  soliciting signatures for petitions was mentioned. These petitions will then    be presented to Senator Stout, then forwarded to the PTC. The goal is to obtain 1000 – 2000 signatures of people indicating their support of the B1 route.
7. Tim and Nancy Lohr will be making videotape of all the homes in the area, statistics will then be added to include number of residents, ages, etc. The tape will then be professionally edited and shown to Senator Stout. Copies will also be sent to other politicians as well as the PTC to show the families that will be displaced or affected by this project.
8. An information center is being planned to assist those whom can’t attend any meetings.
9. 50 signs will be posted on Saturday, February 26th, 2000, indicating support of B1; the sign also includes the PTC’s phone number.  It was requested for as many people possible to call the PTC on Monday, February 28th, 2000, and voice their support of B1 and no other route.
10. John Candee has established a WEBSITE. The domain name of the site is www.notollroad.org an email address of timw@notollroad.org (this has been changed to committee@notollroad.org --webmaster ) can be used to get information to John to post on the site.  The site contains many links to sites associated with the Southern Beltway Project.
11. Time is of the essence, Pete indicated that the PTC will make the decision by June.
12. Funds are needed in our attempt to accomplish our goal, buckets were setup for donations,
The Concerned Citizens Against the Tollroad have donated T-shirts and sweatshirts
to be sold to help raise funds.
13. Volunteers are needed to pass out forthcoming literature.  A sign up sheet was passed around.
14. Elizabeth Cowden spoke briefly about The Concerned Citizens Against the Tollroad history with getting Cecil Twp supervisors to submit a letter to the PTC 4 years ago indicating that we didn’t want this road in our township.
15. The lack of support by Representative Victor Lescovitz was discussed.
16. The PTC will not distribute any information concerning costs, time frame, etc until the route is finalized.
17. Tom Casciola, Cecil Twp supervisor explained how the PTC uses the process of elimination in determining the route that will be selected.  Tom stated that we should concentrate on getting the Gladden Heights area out of the proposed routes.
18. Elizabeth Cowden spoke again, about the funding for this project.  At the present  time there isn’t any funding, but, the PTC will continue to in their efforts  to gain funding for this project and this can change at any time.
19. It was stated that Cecil Township and its supervisors are behind our fight.
20. The meeting was then adjourned.