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Bike lanes, new housing, parking and more: Lancaster city takes input on key 20-year plan

Bike lanes, new housing, parking and more: Lancaster city takes input on key 20-year plan
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Lancaster city shifts more funds to affordable housing in next five-year grant spending plan

Affordable housing, quality of life and homeless services make up the bulk of Lancaster City Council’s five-year plan for using money it expects to receive from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The plan, approved unanimously by council on Tuesday night, focuses specifically on about $8.37 million in Community Development Block Grant funding anticipated between 2021 and 2025 as well as about $710,000 in Emergency Solutions funds. Council President Ismail Smith-Wade-El and Council Member Janet Diaz were absent. “The city plans to allocate a total of $9 million over the next five years to a set of five major funding categories or priorities: [to maintain] affordable, good quality housing; increase affordable housing opportunities; promote neighborhood quality of life through investment in community assets and engaging services; expand economic opportunities with an emphasis on small businesses; and support homeless services,” said Council Member Fai

Transparency by government officials critical during and after pandemic | News, Sports, Jobs

Coronvirus pretty much made face-to-face engagement between the public and government representatives temporarily impossible. But the COVID-19 pandemic did not stop the lines of communication at several City Halls and municipal buildings around the state. In the Pittsburgh suburb of Bethel Park, municipal officials improvised when they closed the office last year. “We knew we could not communicate normally,” said Lawrence Christian, Bethel Park’s manager. “You can’t be transparent enough.” The local government posted its agenda and minutes on its website, including budgets and hired a part-time social media provider, produced its Quarterly Chronicles report and developed a system of having the mayor do two- to- three-minute discussions with constituents via their home phones, Christian said.

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