Minutes Of A Regular Meeting
Of The Board Of The
Redevelopment
Authority Of The
Immediately
Following The
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The members of the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the
Members of the Board in attendance were: Ralph Murray, Treasurer; James Shultz and Miriam Fletcher. Absent: Cindy Stewart, Neil Kinsey
Staff members present were: Matthew T. Sternberg, Executive Director; Aimee Tyson, Community Development Director; Steve Glatfelter, Community Development Specialist; and Marian Joyce, Secretary.
Mr. Murray called the meeting to order at 4:38 p.m.
Public Comment - None
Minutes of the
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report for the month of May was approved on a motion by Mr. Shultz, second by Ms. Fletcher, and unanimously accepted.
Report of the Executive Director: is attached hereto, and made a part hereof. Mr. Sternberg complimented and thanked David Brazina for successfully orchestrating the Authorities’ move to the new location at Prince/Chestnut Streets. Mr. Sternberg also updated Board members on progress of the Vacant Property Board and Borough Revitalization Collaborative projects. He shared that EDC wishes to propose the collaborative of Planning Commission and Redevelopment Authority as implementation partners for their downtown revitalization goals.
Correspondence or Communications – None
Committee Reports: None
Old Business - None
New Business:
1) The Board approved a resolution to provide a grant for the Lancaster County Housing Summit. The motion to accept was made by Mr. Shultz, second by Ms. Fletcher and unanimously carried. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #18] is attached hereto, and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to provide a sponsorship
grant of up to FIVE THOUSAND
The Board adopted New Business items 2 and 3 under one
motion by Ms. Fletcher, second by Mr. Shultz and unanimously carried.
Resolutions are as follows:
2) The Board approved a contract with Assets for the operation of a service for
self-employment training & support. (A copy of said Resolution
[Jun 07 #19] is attached hereto, and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with ASSETS to operate a micro-enterprise business training program
at 237 North Prince Street, Lancaster, for approximately 138 Lancaster City and
County residents (24 will be assisted with County CDBG funds) who wish to start
or expand their business for a period beginning
3) The Board approved a contract with the Community First Fund for the operation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #20] is attached hereto, and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the Community First Fund to operate a program providing
affordable loan capital and comprehensive technical assistance to viable
community projects which actively foster job creation, for approximately sixty
(60) income eligible clients and providing twenty (20) loans creating or
retaining twenty-five (25) jobs for a period beginning
The Board adopted New Business items 4 through 9 pertaining to Emergency Shelter Grant funds under one motion by Mr. Shultz, second by Ms. Fletcher and unanimously carried. Resolutions are as follows:
4) The Board approved a contract with United Veterans Beacon House. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #21] is attached hereto, and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the United Veteran’s Beacon House to provide for specific costs
related to the operation of the facility for approximately eight (8) veterans
for the period beginning
5) The Board approved a contract with
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a Contract with the Crispus Attucks
Community Center to provide for operational support ($16,400) for the Crispus Attucks Emergency Shelter
and the provision of essential services ($13,430) for a period beginning
6) The Board approved a contract with Clare House, Inc. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #23] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a Contract with Clare House, Inc. to provide for operational support ($10,000)
and case management services ($5,000) to approximately 60 residents of Clare
House, Inc. for a period beginning
7) The Board approved a contract with Community Action Program of Lancaster County, Inc. on behalf of Domestic Violence Services. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #24] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by
the Board of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve
the execution of a contract with the Community Action Program of Lancaster
County, Inc. to provide for specific costs related to the operation of the
Lancaster Domestic Violence Services for a period beginning
8) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services on behalf of the Shelter to Independent Living Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #25] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by
the Board of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve
the execution of a contract with Tabor Community Services, Inc. to provide for
specific costs related to the operation of the Shelter to Independent Living
Program for a period beginning
9) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services on behalf of the Transitional Living Center. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #26] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a Contract with Tabor Community Services, Inc. to provide for specific costs
related to the operation of the Transitional Living Center for a period
beginning
The Board adopted New Business items 10 through 29 related to Community Development Block Grant funds under one motion by Ms. Fletcher, second by Mr. Shultz and unanimously carried. Resolutions are as follows:
10) The Board
approved a contract with the
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster, contingent upon approval of
the Lancaster County Commissioners, approve the execution of a contract with
the Crispus Attucks
Community Center to provide temporary housing and meals to 32 Lancaster
homeless individuals and/or families, case management to help these residents
work toward self-sufficiency, and referrals to collaborating social service
agencies for a period beginning
11) The Board approved a contract with Community Action Program of Lancaster County, Inc. for the operation of the Outreach and Case Management Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #28] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the Community Action Program of Lancaster, Inc. to provide
emergency material assistance and crisis intervention, service planning, and
case management to 3,437 economically-disadvantaged clients residing in Lancaster
County (outside the City of Lancaster) for a period beginning
12) The Board approved a contract with Clare House, Inc. for the operation of the Clare House Case Management Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #29] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the Redevelopment Authority of the
County of Lancaster, contingent upon approval of the Lancaster County
Commissioners, to approve the execution of a contract with Clare House, Inc. to
provide case management services to 110 clients who reside in one of the two
(2) transitional shelters for women or women with children, for a period
beginning
13) The Board approved a contract with The Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster for the operation of the Columbia Clubhouse. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #30] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster to provide social,
recreational, physical, educational, and other related developmental activities
for approximately 850 Columbia Area youth between the ages of 6 and 18 for a
period beginning
14) The Board approved a contract with The Community Action Program of Lancaster County Inc. for the operation of the Domestic Violence Services Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #31] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the Community Action Program of Lancaster, Inc. to provide
comprehensive services to approximately 800 County residents who are victims of
domestic violence and their dependents through the provision of protective
shelter, individual and group counseling, legal advocacy and paralegal
assistance, food, children’s programming, and informational and referral
services for a period beginning
15) The Board approved a contract with the Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster for the operation of the Family Intervention and Treatment Services Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #32] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster, contingent upon the
approval of the Lancaster County Commissioners, approve the execution of a
contract with the Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster, Inc., to prevent long-term
problems and dependence utilizing family-based prevention and early
intervention services to approximately 40 families experiencing a risk for
abuse or neglect of their children, for a period beginning
16) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services, Inc. for the operation of the Family Self Sufficiency Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #33] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster, contingent upon approval of
the Lancaster County Commissioners, to approve the execution of a contract with
Tabor Community Services, Inc. to provide approximately 70 families in the
program with the skills and resources they need to become self-sufficient
within five years of entering the program for a period beginning
17) The Board approved a contract with the Gathering Place for the operation of the Case Management/Support Services Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #34] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE
IT RESOLVED by the Board of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of
Lancaster to approve the execution of a contract with The Gathering Place to
provide compassionate care to 23 members of the HIV population of Lancaster
County, by meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those who use
their services for a period beginning
18) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services, Inc. for the operation of the Jubilee House Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #35] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster, contingent upon approval of
the Lancaster County Commissioners, approve the execution of a contract with
Tabor Community Services, Inc. to provide approximately one (1) household (with
two to three individuals) in the program with approximately 194 nights of
transitional housing and supportive services for a period beginning
19) The Board approved a contract with Catholic Charities, Diocese of Harrisburg for the Operation of the Lancaster Intensive Day Treatment Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #36] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the Redevelopment Authority of the County of
Lancaster, contingent upon the approval of the Lancaster County Commissioners,
to approve the execution of a contract with Catholic Charities to provide the
emotional support needs of eight (8) children, between the ages of nine (9) and
15 years, who have serious difficulties in school and who have not been helped
by less restrictive approaches, for a period beginning
20) The Board approved a contract with MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. for the operation of the Civil Legal Aid to Vulnerable Populations Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #37] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. to
provide free legal services in civil matters to low-income individuals/
families living in Lancaster County (outside the City of :Lancaster) for a
period beginning
21) The Board
approved a contract with Family & Children Services, Inc. for the operation
of the Pregnancy and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with Family and Children Services of Central Pennsylvania to provide
group education around pre-natal and parenting issues, support groups for teens
post-partum, case management, referrals, counseling, transportation, pregnancy
testing, child abuse and developmental screenings, and information and referral
for approximately 272 individuals (teens and infants) for a period beginning
22) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services, Inc. for the operation of the Rental Counseling to Prevent Homelessness Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #39] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the Redevelopment
Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of a contract with
Tabor Community Services, Inc. to prevent homelessness through the provision
of comprehensive rental housing and budget counseling, intensive case
management, advocacy and landlord mediation to 42 individuals or families for a
period beginning
exceed THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND
Year 2007 Community Development Block Grant Funds.
23) The Board approved a contract with Neighborhood Services for the operation of the Representative Payee Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #40] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with Neighborhood Services to serve as fiduciary Representative
Payee for 20 individuals who have been determined to be unable to manage their
own finances in order to enable clients to receive their Social Security
Disability Income (SSDI) or Special Supplemental Income (SSI) entitlement to
live within their limited financial resources and enjoy a quality of life
through careful management of their funds that would otherwise not be possible,
for a period beginning
24) The Board approved a contract with SouthEast Lancaster Health Services, Inc. for the operation
of the Comprehensive Primary Medical and Dental Care Program. (A copy of said
Resolution [Jun 07 #41] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the Redevelopment
Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of a contract with
the SouthEast Lancaster Health Services, Inc. to provide basic and
comprehensive quality health (medical and dental) care to approximately 4,627
residents of
those families and individuals who are typically medically or dentally underserved
because of financial limitations, inadequate health care insurance or geographic
isolation for a period beginning
an amount not to exceed THIRTY
Year 2007 Community Development Block Grant Funds.
25) The Board
approved a contract with The Lodge, Inc. of Pennsylvania for the operation of
the Supported Housing and Outreach Program (
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with The Lodge, Inc. of Pennsylvania to provide non-facility based
housing and supportive services to 60 seriously mentally ill homeless
individuals in Lancaster County, outside the City, for a period beginning
26) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services on behalf of the Shelter to Independent Living Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #43] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the Redevelopment
Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of a contract with
Tabor Community Services, Inc. to assist Lancaster County homeless
individuals and families through the provision of housing search, landlord
advocacy, budget counseling and education, and intensive case management to
90 individuals or families for a period beginning
HUNDRED
Year 2007 Community Development Block Grant Funds.
27) The Board approved a contract with Tabor Community Services, Inc. for the operation of the Transitional Living Center Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #44] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster, contingent upon approval of
the Lancaster County Commissioners, to approve the execution of a contract with
Tabor Community Services, Inc. to provide approximately seven (7) homeless
families/individuals in the program with long-term transitional shelter and
case management services for a period beginning
28) The Board approved a contract with Welsh Mountain Medical & Dental Center, Inc. for the operation of the Medical and Dental Services Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #45] is attached hereto and made a part hereof.)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster to approve the execution of
a contract with the Welsh Mountain Medical & Dental Center, Inc. to provide
quality primary health care and/or dental care services to assist approximately
600 CDBG-eligible patients in achieving their ultimate health status for a
period beginning
29) The Board approved a contract with the Lancaster YWCA for the operation of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Counseling Program. (A copy of said Resolution [Jun 07 #46] is attached hereto, and made a part hereof).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Lancaster, contingent upon approval of
the Lancaster County Commissioners, to approve the execution of a contract with
the Lancaster YWCA. to provide direct services to approximately 114 sexual
assault victims under the age of 18 and their families free of charge for a
period beginning
Mr. Murray
announced that the next meeting of the Board of the Redevelopment Authority of the
County of Lancaster is expected to be held Tuesday,
The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
Marian C. Joyce, Secretary