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Williamsport committee reviews environmental-review contract for Willow Street upgrades
Summary
City staff presented a resolution to contract with a review consultant to satisfy HUD environmental-review requirements for Willow Street improvements funded with CDBG money; members discussed scope, historic-resource review and routine HUD checklists. No formal vote was recorded in the transcript.
A resolution authorizing a professional and administrative services agreement to perform the HUD-required environmental review for the Willow Street improvements was presented Tuesday at the City of Williamsport Public Works Committee meeting.
The item, introduced by Valerie Bessler (Community and Development), would hire a consultant to complete the environmental review that HUD requires whenever Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) construction funds are used. "This is a easy and straightforward resolution," Bessler said.
The nut of the matter is procedural: HUD requires environmental reviews for CDBG-funded construction work, and the consultant checks for potential environmental constraints before the city proceeds with design and construction. Bill Scott, city…
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