Community Development Committee meeting
Thursday, October 22, 6PM
call-in number: (610) 997-7963
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Neighborhoods are worth fighting for, the Gadfly has always said.
And over the last two years he has joined with you in that fighting in various parts of the City.
Now the Southsiders around Lehigh need our help.
An ordinance to regulate student housing in that neighborhood comes before the City Council Community Development Committee tonight.
The proposal is fair, reasonable, well researched, collegially developed, and modeled on national best practices.
It has the imprimatur of the City Administration.
It has been approved by the Planning Commission.
It has been approved by the Zoning Board.
All it needs now is City Council approval.
But we can expect that there will be strong business and perhaps institutional forces opposing it.
Please read the following letter to Council signed by several dozen of the affected neighbors.
And then see the ways in which you can help.
To show your support, you can:
- add your name to a letter to Council from affordable housing advocates throughout our community: CLICK HERE to read and sign.
and/or
- speak at tonight’s Community Development Committee meeting in support of the proposal: you can sign up in advance or call (610) 997-7963 when the chair asks for public comment. If you would like to sign up to speak, email the following information to the Bethlehem City Clerk’s office (cityclerk@bethlehem-pa.gov) no later than 2:00 PM on October 22, 2020 (a) name; (b) address; (c) phone number; and (d) topic of comments. If you are signed up to speak, the Committee Chair will call you from (610) 997-7963.
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