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Economic Development & Code Enforcement Meeting Minutes
April 20, 2010
- Guest: Marie-Louise Faber, Planning Commission Candidate
- Interviewed Marie-Louise and will be recommending her for Planning Commission pending getting her resume
- Downtown East Neighborhood Meeting Debrief
- Mr. Jillson stopped by Borough Hall and said that the American Legion may be interested in donating small trash cans that can be attached to poles in the neighborhood.
- Agreed to do next meeting in Sycamore Park (assuming the weather allows) on June 24th at 7pm
- Review Active Codes Case Property Report
- Discussed the need to look into Bond issues for contractors working on large projects in the Borough
- Asked codes department to investigate why work has not been completed on the front porch of 74?Ardmore Ave (former fire-damaged property)
- B&B Ordinance Update
- Ordinance was delivered to County for review
- 35 & 37 N. Wycombe Discussion (fire-damaged vacant lots caddy corner from Sycamore park) update
- Chickens
- Developer Updates
- The owner of Ardmore Court Apartments visited us and discussed his very successful endeavor in the past 6 months of upgrading apartments and filling them with tenants.
- Parking
- Discussed strategy for keeping visitors from parking in residential areas and taking up street parking
- Agreed that we will collaborate with Public Safety on this item
- Will look into whether the Borough is interested in buying the parking lot at Lansdowne Shopping Center
- White Elephants Program – What else are other communities doing about this?
- Will invite Gloria and Mike Carpenter to come in and talk with us about a multitude of real estate issues, including strategies for maintaining large homes
- Main Street Manager Replacement
- Discussed the fact that Rachel Van Tosh will be taking over for Michael Grant as LEDC Main Street Manager starting 5/1/10
- Status on other committees
- Planning Commission
- ZHB
- HARB
- Arts Board
- LEDC
- LBPA
- Codes appeals board
- RDA
- Vacant Property Review Board
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