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Among the highlights of last evenings regular business meeting of Borough Council:
By a 5-3 vote Council appointed Marcia Eldred to fill the Planning Commission seat formerly held by Michael Hott. Eldred, a former Haverford Township Planning Board member, was selected from a field of four candidates that had also included William McCarron, Michelle Beaver, and John Messina.
Father James Evans, on behalf of Episcopal Community Services, presented sketch plans for a proposed 80-unit, $10 million HUD-financed elderly housing project, seeking Council support. The project was to be located at Starr and Church Streets, on a portion of property now owned by Holy Ghost Orthodox Church. However, in the face of strenuous opposition to the sale of the property from members of the church congregation, Evans withdrew the proposal.
CDC director Barry Cassidy spoke on behalf of Penny Washington, King Terrace, and Seraphine Thomas, Fairview Village, and presented documentation, on the condition of their housing facilities owned and operated by the Chester County Housing Authority. [We] question the ability of the Housing Authority to maintain, rent and provide safe and adequate housing for those they are charged to serve, he said.
A full recodification of Borough ordinances a project underway for three years was approved unanimously.
Proposed changes to zoning ordinance parking requirements infill development requirements were both approved unanimously. An ordinance revising area and design requirements in the Downtown Commercial (D-COMM) district was sent back to the Planning Commission for reconsideration of its original 6-0 vote to approve, on the grounds that PC member Fr. James Evans may have had an undisclosed conflict of interest.
Borough staff members were directed to work with PennDOT officials to revise again the traffic pattern for the southbound lanes of Main Street at Bridge. The Borough had made the left lane a left-turn only lane, but, presumably under the authority of original PennDOT bridge reconstruction plans, PennDOT crews had painted it out.
Discussion and action on a Borough Parking Authority was postponed and the meeting for business formally continued to April 28 to accommodate it and other business. The public meeting scheduled on the Authority ordinance and articles of incorporation had not been properly advertised in The Phoenix.
Posted by
G.E. Skip Lawrence
By a 5-3 vote Council appointed Marcia Eldred to fill the Planning Commission seat formerly held by Michael Hott. Eldred, a former Haverford Township Planning Board member, was selected from a field of four candidates that had also included William McCarron, Michelle Beaver, and John Messina.
Father James Evans, on behalf of Episcopal Community Services, presented sketch plans for a proposed 80-unit, $10 million HUD-financed elderly housing project, seeking Council support. The project was to be located at Starr and Church Streets, on a portion of property now owned by Holy Ghost Orthodox Church. However, in the face of strenuous opposition to the sale of the property from members of the church congregation, Evans withdrew the proposal.
CDC director Barry Cassidy spoke on behalf of Penny Washington, King Terrace, and Seraphine Thomas, Fairview Village, and presented documentation, on the condition of their housing facilities owned and operated by the Chester County Housing Authority. [We] question the ability of the Housing Authority to maintain, rent and provide safe and adequate housing for those they are charged to serve, he said.
A full recodification of Borough ordinances a project underway for three years was approved unanimously.
Proposed changes to zoning ordinance parking requirements infill development requirements were both approved unanimously. An ordinance revising area and design requirements in the Downtown Commercial (D-COMM) district was sent back to the Planning Commission for reconsideration of its original 6-0 vote to approve, on the grounds that PC member Fr. James Evans may have had an undisclosed conflict of interest.
Borough staff members were directed to work with PennDOT officials to revise again the traffic pattern for the southbound lanes of Main Street at Bridge. The Borough had made the left lane a left-turn only lane, but, presumably under the authority of original PennDOT bridge reconstruction plans, PennDOT crews had painted it out.
Discussion and action on a Borough Parking Authority was postponed and the meeting for business formally continued to April 28 to accommodate it and other business. The public meeting scheduled on the Authority ordinance and articles of incorporation had not been properly advertised in The Phoenix.
Posted by
G.E. Skip Lawrence
posted by The Phoenix Files at
10:08 AM
2 Comments:
How nice to get a quick summary of the high/low lights of the meeting first thing this morning. Usually we have to go to Councilman Senley's blog to get this info. Hopefully this catchup effort sticks and it's something we can look forward to after every Council meeting.
Father Evans DID have a conflict of interest and not "may have had a conflict of interest"
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