Clinton County staff outline CDBG, HOME and PennDOT multimodal projects including Renovo 12th Street work
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County engineer Steve Gibson told commissioners the county will seek approval for revised CDBG subrecipient agreements (Renovo/Western Clinton County Municipal Authority), a $400,000 HOME grant intake process, a $574,797 PennDOT multimodal grant application for State Route 150 (30% local match), and a $22,225 CDBG grant for historic Farronsville furnace roof repairs.
Steve Gibson, county engineer and planner, outlined several grant and subrecipient agreements under consideration by Clinton County commissioners at their Feb. 9 work session.
Gibson said the county is proposing a revision to existing 2022–2023 CDBG subrecipient paperwork because the Renovo Borough Water Authority has become part of the Western Clinton County Municipal Authority; the county would enter the same agreement with the consolidated authority to continue the 12th Street water main project.
The county is also preparing a 2024 CDBG subrecipient agreement with Renovo Borough to rehabilitate 12th Street once the water work is complete. "We will mill and overlay the whole street, fix all the curbing and all the drainage grates," Gibson said, and the project would include replacement of ADA-compliant sidewalks at each corner.
On housing, Gibson said the county expects $400,000 in HOME grant funds to be released and plans to hire CITICOG to perform intake interviews at $200 per interview. "At that point, we will start doing what are called intakes," he said, estimating 10–20 interviews. Gibson said the county plans to allocate about $60,000–$70,000 per home to remediate properties approaching blighted conditions — work such as roof replacement, window repairs, asbestos or lead piping abatement and bathroom accessibility improvements for elderly residents.
Gibson said the county is currently working from a StepMaster master list of prequalified applicants but acknowledged it is dated; some homes on the list have already been fixed. He asked residents who believe they may qualify to contact him or Beth Witte at (570) 893-4080 to request an inspection and be added to the intake process.
Gibson also said the county will apply to PennDOT for a multimodal grant covering State Route 150 phase 1, a project he described as focusing on the canal crossing and improving multimodal connections between Flemington and Mill Hall. He reported the project amount as $574,797 with a 30% local match (reported match: $172,439.15). "The grant covers all engineering design, admin services, and construction inspection and construction," he said, adding the proposal includes building a separated pedestrian bridge downstream of the Canal Street bridge to keep nonmotorized users off the state highway carriageway.
Finally, Gibson described a small CDBG blight-remediation grant of $22,225 to replace the roof and make structural improvements at the historic Farronsville furnace.
No formal votes were recorded at the work session; these items were presented for commissioners’ consideration at a future legislative meeting.