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1 Jenl E. SUMPF & AsscAES, lnc. Cna na UNY D SVEOPM EN GvSNNMENAL APruNS

2 REQUES FOR OUALFCAONS RFQ ECONOMC DEVELOPMEN SRAEGC PLAN COLUMBABOROUGH COLUMBA, PENNSYLVANA MARCH 11,2008 SUBMED BY cm*i3$,.fi'#+fif,ffii?ij$'?iiiilf;nra', AFFARS

3 P.O. Bx 85 Willw Sree. Pennsvlvania JERr E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. COMMJNY DEVELOPMEN RBQUES FOR QUALFCAONS GOVERNMENAL AFEARS am pleased be able submi he fllwing infrmain cncerning my qualificains fbr he psiin f cnsulan he Brugh f Clumbia, in he develpmen f Clumbia Brugh's Ecnmic Develpmen Sraegic Plan. wuld like firs pin u ha have been invlved in cmmuniy planning, ecnmic develpmen, and cmmuniy revializain, my enire career spanning ver 35 years in ne capaciy r anher. his includes while wrking fr he Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin; a highly respeced privae planning cnsuling firm in Harrisburg; when Direcr f Ciy Planning fr he Ciy f Yrk; and as Execuive Direcr f he Ciy f Yrk's Redevelpmen Auhriy. is my passin! am als well knwn by Pennsylvania lcal gvernmen assciains, including he Penlsylvania Sae Assciain f Brughs, as a mivainal speaker and auhr- have spken frequenly a heir cnferences and seminars, and aricles have wrien n ecnmic divelpmen and cmmuniy revializain have been published in heir magazines. Examples f same are enclsed' alking abu planning and ecnmic develpmen is ne hing. Undersanding lcal pliics and making smehing "leave he exciing archiecural renderings" and acually ge buil, wih he suppr f everyne in he cmmuniy, including pliicians f all persuasins, is quie anher! My pliical sawy and cmmunicain skills were exremely helpful during my ime in yr[, as he Mayr and Ciy Cuncil were f differen pliical persuasins and here was much animsiy beween hem.. wrked well wih all f hem, and became he..bridge" fr implemening successful ecnmic develpmen prjecs. n fac, ne f my prudes accmplishmens was helping lead he Yrk Charree during he racial disrders f he 1960's while Yrk's Direcr f Ciy Planning. he ucmes f ha Charree included he esablishmen f he Yrk Cuny Husing Develpmen Crprain, f which was a charer member; and he Yrk Healh Clinic, bh f which are sill successfully peraing day! nfrmain n he Yrk Chanee is enclsed. Yu will see frm he infrmain have prvided wih his RFQ, ha have a rack recrd f "making hings happen"...and can, isn' in my vcabulary. ulmprving he Qualily f Peples Lives, One ndividual, Neighbrhd, and Cmmunig a a ime' jsumpfassc@al.cm

4 Undersanding Pennsylvania's lcal gvernmens; sae and lcal pliics, and having a keen ineres in a cmmuniy's hisry and is preservain in any revializain r sraegic ecnmic develpmen plan develped, is anher unique asse feel pssess. his resuls frm (l) my graduaing frm Dickinsn Cllege in Carlisle, Pennsylvania wih degrees in Pliical Science and Hisry ; (2) having spen 28 years in he Pennsylvania Legislaure as he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees; (3) undersanding and having wrked wih, Pennsylvania's lcal gvernmen enabling saues direcly affecing brughs, and (a) auhring sae ecnmic develpmen legislain, including PennVes and he award winning and highly successful, Keysne Oppruniy Znes (KOZ's) enabling saue. nfrmain relaive same is als enclsed. During my ime in Harrisburg als wrked clsely wih he Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f Brughs; Pennsylvania League f Ciies and Municipaliies; Sae Assciain f wnship Supervisrs; Cuny Cmmissiners Assciain f Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Planning Assciain; Pennsylvania Assciain f Husing & Redevelpmen Auhriies; Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener; Husing Alliance f Pennsylvania; 10,000 Friends f Pennsylvania, sae agencies, including he Deparmen f Cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen (DCED), PennVes, PennD, DEP, DCNR; as well as addiinal saewide grups and rganizains invlved in cmmuniy & ecnmic develpmen including hse wh have and cnrl he mney! i.e. sae and federal funders, fundains, banks, and her privae lenders. While par f my respnsibiliies wih he Pennsylvania Legislaure was "keep abs" n cmmuniy ecnmic develpmen plicies and sraegies ha were successful nainally, als (1) rganized a hearing a he Sae Capil n "he Fuure f Pennsylvania's Ciies & Brughs", and (2) cnduced a series f urs f ver 40 municipaliies in Pennsylvania, msly brughs, examine and view firs hand, h,,eir nfrmain n he afremenined is als enclsed. A few years ag he American Planning Assciain in Chicag used he repr prepared, ' Pennsvlvania in he 21' Cenurv", in he develpmen f heir new Eg!!g4g!-E!!gy n redevelping underuilized prpery in America.. nfrmain n same is enclsed. Addiinally, in 2003, when Gvernr Rendell decided esablish a new Gyernr's Office f Husinq & Cmmuniv Revializain, was asked help him se up and run he ffice which did fr 3 years. During ha ime, we cnsuled wih municipaliies all ver Pennsylvania n cmmuniy ecnmic develpmen and revializain issues. n he laer par f 2006, decided pu my knwledge and experience wrk fr cliens in he "privae secr", by saring my wn cnsuling firm, Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes.nc.

5 r "Wr i'hi*'- Area Revializain Crprain, as well as fr several her penial cliens in Pennsylvania. r am cu clien d experience can bes be p.j he principal r invlve hus in he cliens r have decided wrk wih dae. Being a naive f Yrk Cuny, and a frmer residen f Wrighsville, which menined in my cver leer, feel yur sraegic r Clumbia wuld be a "gd fi", and u prepare a highly successful Ecnmic - Bru r While i E. Sumpf & Assciaes, nc. is n a large cnsuling firm, we have needed, sm E, ure, and eng r services in h clien's prjecs and plans be successful. a ville

6 JER E. SMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. COry{^,(f-\r Y DE\ZE-O P\AENr: -_ GO-\ZEFLa:JV[ E\A-,{ FFr{ EL S Jeri E. Sumpf, Presiden O OVER 35 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMEN, HOUSNG, PLANj\N{G, COMMUN}'REVALZAON, AND GROWH MANAGEilEN EXPERENCE N HE PUBLC SECOR. A AGE 23, YOUNGES P,ANNNC DRECOR N Pf,NNSYLVANA O FRS EXECV,] DRECOR OF HE HOSE LOCAL GOVERNr,N & URBAN AFFARS COMMEES FOR''H] a a a a PENNSYLVANA LEG SLA,JRE 1]MPLOYED BY'HE FRS' EVER COVERNOR'S OFFC] OF HOUSNG & COMM. NY Rf,VALZA''ON 'O -ELP DEVELOP A NEW S''A'f,WDE HOJSNG & ROVALZAON SRAEGY 'OR PENNSYL\'AN] AU'HOR OF M.L-BLLON DOLLAR SA'E N'RAS]'R.]CURE FNANCNC PROGRAN - PrNNVESl' SERVED AS ONE OF 'HE FRS EVER SA'f, SRl]'EGC NVES'MEN OFFCERS AJ'OR OF NAONALLY RECOGNZED AND AWARD WNNNG ]CONOMC DEVELOPMEN PROGRAMS - KEYSONE OPPORUNY ZONES ANDNEGHBORHOOD MPROVf,Mf,N DSRCS AU'lOR OF "ERADCANG BLGH & EXPED'NG f,conomc DEVELOPNEN ln PENNSYLVANA ln Hf, 2s CENRY. RECENLY USf,D BY HE AMERCAN PLANNNG ASSOCAON N CHCACO N HER NEWLY ADOPED NAONAL REDEVELOPMEN POLCY FOR B,GED AND UNDERULZED PROPERY AUHOR OF NUMEROUS LOCAL GOVERNMEN AND ECONOMC DEVELOPMEN AR'C]LES FOR SAE LOCAL GOVERNMEN AND NON-PROF ORGANZAON MAGAZNES \ryell KNOWN SPEAKER A SAEWDE LOCAL GOVERNMEN,AND NON-PROF' CONFERENCES AND Sf,MNARS AFER OVER 3' YEARS NHE PJBC SECOR WORKNGFOR A COUNY PANMNG COMMSSON. A VELL RESPBCED PRVAE PLANMNG CONSULNG FRM, DRECNG A CY PLANNNG DEPARMBN AND CY REDEVEOPMEN AUHORY, HE PENNSY,VANA LEGSLAJRB'S LCAL C'OVERNMEN & URBANAFFARS COMMEES, AND MOS RECENY, ASSSNGHE c.vernr's OFFCE OF HOUSNG AND COMMUMY REVAZAON DEVELOP A NBVZ SAEVDE SRAEGY FOR HOUSNGAND COMMNY REVAZAON...JER S EXCED ABOU HEPNG MUNCPALES NPENNSYVANA SOLVX HER LOCAL GOVERNMEN, HOUSNG, PLANNNG, GROVH MANAGEMBN, AND COMMUMY REVAZAON PROBLEMS, AS A CONSULAN N HE PRVAE SECOR! VHBNNEBDED,JER WLL BRNGHE PERFEC ARCHECURAL, ENGNEERNG, AND PANMNG FRMS ALONG O rrhe ABLE", AS WELL AS HE FUNDS REQURED O BE SUCCESSFLL. JER HAS.'BEEN HERE''... ''DONE HA'' LE HM HELP YUR MUNcPALY sve S PRBLEMS. V^HLE ACHEVNGYOR VSONAND PLANS FOR HE FURE. JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. P.O. BOX 8' VNLOWSREE, PENNSYVAMA L7'84 (7D AOL.COM

7 Sepirea R. Reed rllayu Whm Vay Cncern: Ofice f he Mayr he Ciy f Harrisburg Ciy Gveruruen Cener l0 Nrh Nlar.ke Square Harrisburg, pa 70l-1678 June 29, 2001 (7r7)E;-3$4) wih grea pleasure, l am.delighed r prvide his lerler whic\ in brief away, cmpli.menrs he erceprinal wlk "iic, uigence, dedicain, skir ad readership f Mr. Jeri E. Sumpf f Willw Sree, f ernsyfvnial.-- his lice has cme knw him sv6r' he years because s; his cnspicuus service as he Erecuive Direcr f he Huse Urban Alleirs Cm-i11ss f be pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives.. Under his direc ;;1"n"", auirship and gd effr, an array f imprel eae iniiaives, plicy.nagi, ua revializarin prgra's were iniiaed brugh landmark legisrain.. ": i*" l_-rn, i is ne rhing r sugges id.eas bu quire aaher r ge hem adped hrugh he cmcer ad diver.e ragendas f a sae Legisalur. in ne f he naiin,s argei,*r. s cmprehensive and rignificaa have b er he iaiiaives u.uder Mr. sumpf,s leadersbip ha i is fair..and.a"i,.r.u *."p", ur, in ar, hey represen h ms impr^l advances a'ecing he ciies, rder iwns and rural areas f he esmmnnwear! f Penasylviq in a leas several generaias. [n bc, here has,,i u"" his degree f lng needed fcus n he issuer f *u- *i rural reviarizain" prper land.use and grwh mrngener sandards and presening 'arm^nrrs, p"" ;;;; a,u. envanmen since he begi'ning f he.20d cenury wh*a &" ciy Beauifu ni""-u,., k hld acrsc he nada and resuled in hc crearln f nr f be enduring insiuins, parks and lqndr'rrks r'r hrve since defined -ray e-eri"an and pennsylvania ciies. Mr. Sumpf has direced a prlbcrinal saf, lead.ing hem cnruc an exensive i". f public hearings acrls Peansylvenia, alag wir ber aciviies, h.a assured fha he views f many dive^e g:lpr aac gegraplic areas wurd firs be heard prir he drd'ing ead in*ducin 1n. u4*r"?i"j-niu*" fr which he is s we. l krwn us. lvlrever, his capaciy... frge fi_**.i-lcerxaece and suppr f.r mrj6; pubuc purpse causes furher disinguishes hi_. lvrany acrss his nain and sare have wndared and ^iscussed wha srcps are aeeded revirzli?e ur ciries and lder a save ur agricu-lural base, fbress and Pen spi'ce' reduce he Ngh css f scial servicer ud defrnde.i".,, resre vialiy all secrs f he ecnqmy and crea $usaixabl,e prgre'ss ba lwers unemplymen d +.is aend" prblenas, bu Mr. l""i B. glrrmpf is ne wh has demnsraed hughful clsideradn, effecive "rr *luccessful acdn n an rese rurrers. fle is held in he highes regard lbr his eral4inary prl'essinal accmplishmens. Wih warmes regardr, am Mayr

8 J.i Sumpf akes n landlrds whse negligence infecs neighbrhdr Bv CHrp Sunrnv Sundq Neus SWWrin csmedlq@lnpncus.cn Jeri Sumpf sis ina diner andwrries abu he fuure f urbanneighbrhds. He pus a cffee cup in he middle f an empy placema and says, "his is yur invesnen. Maybe i's a reail business. Maybe," he shrugs, "i's a cnvenin cener. Yur invesmen is surunded by neighbrhds. Sme f hem may be marginal, may have blighed prperies. f hse neighbrhds are n preced, wha willhappen yur invesmen?" Eliminaing bligh isn' jus abu fixingfacades, he preaches. 's abu susainable ecnmic gfwh. And i's abu jusice. He uses a mre individual analgy underscre his be[efha "slumlrds" need receive harsher reamen in cur. "f rb abankand ge caugh, am purished," he says. "Nw ake a cuple wh's geing lder. hey have a lifeime f equiy in heir prpery. Suddenly here's a blighed prpery in heir neighbrhd and he wner wn' d anyhingbecause he wans milkallf he equiy u fi. he prpery values in he neighbrhd g dwn and ha cuple lses heir equiy. ha wner is aking heir mney. sn' ha a crime?" Decreased prpery values lwer ax revenue. Mney ha municipaliies mus spend n blighed prperies r in chasing slumlrds cmes frmhe arpayer.funded general fund budge Simply, Sumpf believes ha bligh "saps he life bld uf hecmmuniy." 0n he aack A Yrk naive wh wrks u f his cnsuling firm in Willw Sree, Sumpf has been na crusade eradicae bligh and revialize 6p6"1nu1 ecnmies fr mre han 35. years. His ques receiveda sh in he arm ne year ag, when Surnpf k a call frm sae Sen. James Rhades f Schuylkill Cuny. He asked Sumpf cnsul wih a ask frce argeing bligh in Pennsylvania ciies and brughs. Sumpf laughsabuhe cnversain and says, " ld him was invlved inhis issue 10 years ag and nhing happened. said,''mn ging ge invlved if nhing is ging happen his ime, eiher.' " Rhades was emphaic. "e said, ' guaranee yu am ging db smehing abu i,' " Sfumpf recalls. When Rhades gave Sumpf he greenligh make dp he ask frce rser himself, Sumpf leapabard. Bu he sillremembers he unanimus passage f sae Huse Resluin 91. which direced he Urban Affairs Cmmiee examine he cause and effec fbligh in Pennsylvania's urban areas. he gal was deermine ulheher sae prgrams were addressing bligh and subsequen ecnmic revializain. f n, new legislain wuld be recmmended fixhe prblems. Sumpf ledhe sudy, cmpiled he research and drafed legislain. His repr pursuanhe sudy, "Urban Oppruniies, Eradicaing Bligh and E>rpediing Ecnmic Develpmen in Pennsylvania in he 21s Cenury," was used by he American Planning Assciain when i drafedanew redevelpmen plicy. Meanwhile, he sae kgislaure did nhing. Sumpf desn' say exacly why he legislain died in he sae Senae, bu rubs his humbs and index fingers geher indicaing his belief ha ahe ime, sme mnied ineress were in ppsiin. Fr a man wh spen his career in lcal gvernmen husing, planning and cmmuniy revializain wrk, ha sfmg. Given his energy level and passin fr he pic, i's easy undersand why he didn' reea. And nw Sumpf is fired up abu his secnd kick a he bligh can. Mufi-level apprach He is already he auhr f Pennves, Pennsylvania's muli-billin dllar infrasrucure financing prgram, alng wih he ecnmic develpmen prgrams f Keysne Oppnuniy Znes anci Neighbrhd mprvemen Disrics. Ye; while he believes hse prgrams are helpful, hey alne wn' succeed unless bligh, which desrys ciies andbrughs n many levels, is ackled. One f hse levels invlves he use f liens, which Sumpf believes are an exercise in fuiliy. "Say he redevelpmen auhriy mus demlish a dangerus, blighed srucure," he says, "and i css $30,0(X), s hey pu alien n he prpery. Excep nw he vacan l is wrh nly $5,000 and hey'll never recver he cs." He wdns g anher direcin. "he wnerwh le ha prpery deerirae has anher business, r her prperies, r a bank accun," Sumpf says. "he muricipaliy shnldbe able grigh afer his her asses recver heirlss." And here arepublic safey cncerns. Blighed prperies fferkids dangerus new envirnmens explre. hey als ffer drug dealers places se up business. Learning ins and us Sumpf 's bligh-fi ghing jurney began when he was a sphmre a Dickinsn Cllege and k an inernship wih he Yrk Redevelpmen Auhriy. Afer graduaing frm cllege, he heard in 19( hayrkwas lking fr a chief planner. ' Buherewasarub. "hehen-mayrf Yrk hadn' had aplanner fr six years," Sumpf recalls wih : smile. He inerviewed fr he pc "Afer abu 45 minues he mayr lked a me and said dn' like planners, dn' lil planning, bu wan yu as n direcr f planning,' " Sum laughs. A 23, he became heyur es planning direcr inhe sae and came knwhe ir and us f ciy cde enfrce men. He nex servedas direcr f Yrk's Redevelpmenl Auhriy, where he sawhu crucial prpery values werr verall ecnmic develpmen. Since henhe has wrked in he gvernr's ffice hel develp anew saewide hu ing and revializain sraeg and, prir ha, as he'firs execuive direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen an Urban Affairs Cmmiee. Alnghe way, he's hned his pliical skill and is deermined d allhe can avir ha frusraing experience c l0years ag. Back in he diner, Sumpf ' eyes winkle as he menins he "Clean and Green"pr gram, hw peple are drawn cachynames andhw he media has an affiniy fr repeainghem. S Sumpf says he decide< his legislaive package "shu have a name ha says wha il des and makes a saemen 1 he Legislaure." S he chse name his package he "Enhanced Qual iy f l,ife Ac," because i serves bh hse funcins. As well as ne mre. He eans backin his chair, spreads his arms, pahns up, smiles a brad bu inncen smile and asks, "Nw wh, ip an elecin year, culd ve agains he Enhanced Qualig f LifeAc?"r

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11 feaure aricle ran Sunday...shuld be n he web mrrw Subj: feaure aricle ran Sunday...shuld be n he web mrrw Dae: :31:02 PM Easern Sandard ime Frm: chaines@heraldsandard.cm Jsumpfassc@al.cm : Frmer sae fficial pens cnsuling fi rm Page 1 f2 By Chrisine Haines Herald-Sandard Afer mre han 35 years f wrking in gvernmen, Jeri Sumpf wans each municipaliies hw ge wha hey wan and need fm gvernmen. Sumpf, he frmer special assisan Brwnsville fr he Gvernr's Office f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain, has frmed his wn cnsuling business, Jeri E. Sumpf and Assciaes nc. "My srengh is being able figure u wha peple need, hen being able wrk wih he sae and federal gvernmen ge i dne, because wha (municipaliies) need is n always wha he sae and federal gvernmen are willing pay fr," Sumpf said. Alhugh Sumpf is frm Easern Pennsylvania, Suhwesern Pennsylvania fund a sp in Sumpfs hear while he was wrking as he liaisn Brwnsville. "he wrk ehic in his par f Pennsylvania is unlike any her par f Pennsylvania. Yu wn' find harder wrking peple anywhere. n Suhwesern Pennsylvania, here is a sense f cmmuniy yu wn' find in Philadelphia. he nly hing hey lack is financial resurces," Sumpf said f Suhwesern Pennsylvania cmmuniies. Alhugh Sumpf is n lnger in ha psiin, he wans see resuls fr he wn. "l's becme mre han a jb. really wan see hings urn arund," Sumpf said. "l saw an awful l f brigh, alened peple. heir cmmimen heir cmmuniy is unparalleled in Pennsylvania. hey dn' jus wan alk abu i, hey wan make a change and make i happen. his is an area ha wans see resuls." Sumpf said he likes ake a prjec frm cncep fruiin. "ha's accunabiliy," Sumpf said. "l's mre han ju planning. l's mre han jus affrdable husing. l's imprving peple's lives. " Sumpf said he wuld like help cmmuniies bring residens back heir urbanized neighbrhds. "By rehabiliaing husing urban seings, i brings mre han aesheics. We've g make i prfiable inves in ur urban areas again. Our urban areas will never be wha hey were, bu yu can cerainly have mre peple. he penial is n nly ha he qualiy f life will imprve, bu we are als preserving farmland and pen spaces," Sumpf said. Sumpf has prepared a "D l Yurself Markeing Manual" fr brughs ha will be published his mnh hrugh he Jin Cener fr Urban Sudies in Wilkes-Barre. he manual pins municipaliies free infrmain n he nerne ha can help hem pu geher a cmmuniy prfile arac businesses and develpmen. "Wh ha manual, we can save hem ns f mney," Sumpf said. "A l f hings can be slved wihu mney. may mean ding hings differenly." Sumpf said Suhwesern Pennsylvania is n as gd as i culd be and he wuld like help i becme cmpeiive wih he her pars f he sae. Wednesday, Ocber 25,2006 America Online: Jsumpfassc

12 feaure aricle ran Sunday...shuld be n he web mrrw Page2 f2 "l hink in Wesern Pennsylvania we need mre cuncils f gvernmens han we already have. We need cde enfrcemen invlving several cmmuniies. knw everyne wan have heir wn and heir wn cnrl, bu he realiy is, in 2006, municipalilies d n have he resurces," Sumpf said. Sumpf said he is willing wrk wih several municipaliies a ne ime develp an affrdable plan and maximize sae and federalfunding ha may be available. "Yu dn' have spend a l f mney be innvaive and creaive," Sumpf said. Sumpf said ha in addiin he municipal cnsuling business, he wuld als like develp affrdable husing, paricularly husing ha is handicapped-accessible, hrugh his cmpany's "Smar Grwh Parners" divisin. Sumpf said ms new hme cnsrucin in he sae sars a $200,000, puing i u f he affrdabiliy range fr many wrking families. '\Mren we alk abu affrdable husing day, we're alking abu peple wh wrk in banks, peple wh have w incmes, bu can' affrd rens le alne buying a huse. 'm n lking a duplicaing wha he husing auhriies are already ding," Sumpf said. Sumpf said he wuld arge individuals wh earn much mney qualify fr subsidized husing. "l'd really like ge in disabiliy husing, because peple wih disabiliies shuld have pins,' Sumpf said. "Everyhing we-alk abu wih disabiliy husing are hings yur hme shuld have already. Assuming i's fla land yu're building n, i's really n mre expensive." Sumpf said accessible husing is needed by all segmens f sciey s mre peple will be able say in heir wn hmes as hey grw ld. Sumpf liss his cmpany's areas f experise as lcal gvernmen research cnsuling, public relains, municipal and infrasrucure finance and gvernmen affairs-lbbying. he Smar Grwh Parners divisin is als ffering grwh managemen cnsulain, urban revializain iniiaives, cmprehensive planning, ecnmic and cmmuniy develpmen, affrdable husing, and mediain services. Wednesday, Ocber 25,2006 America Online: Jsumpfassc

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18 Ship dwnwn is a reasurer speaker says By ArLOR SMCOX SaffWrier Dwuwn revializain speaker ;"i $frrmpf gave a presenain a he Chamber f Cmmerce lunchen a he Marke Crss Pub Wednesday afbernn, anal alked abu ways f bringing new - b'sinesis in Shippensburg, while reviaiizing he dwuwn's curren elemens. Sumpf began by saying he was impressed wih he dwuwn. " jus drve hrugh Shippensburg, and yu have a beauiful dwnwn. jus wan cmplimen yu because Ss ha desn' happen by acciden." niy shuld always have a SUMPF game plan fr vacancies he whle idea is mu*imiz" f raffic in r:r dwuwus," he said. Sumpf said hisrically in Pe..sylvania, he dwnwn area was he cener qf lanking, gv_ emmen and scial aciviy. day, bmughs average 82 businesses in heir dwnwn, breaking dwu 4 l percen reail, 35 percen senrices, 14 percen educain and nn-pmfi, and 4 percen each fr cuny gvernmens and manufacuring. Malls, bx sres, shpping ceners and suburban life ceners are nw ilesigned lk like dwuwns, bu Sumpf said hey cau' recapure he charm and ambience f a real dwnwn. his wn has nn-chain resaurans, hisric arehiecure and beauiful libraries, peplewaching and sree benches," he said. "Wha a reasure; hey can' replace wba cra.fsmen did (See DOWNOWN, page 3)

19 Cninued frm page 1 here in he 17h arrd 18h cenuries." Beinvesing in dwnwn Shipperuburg wuld save farmland and pen space, said Srrrnpf, which is smehing ds/irdling in his regin. He said here are cerain cnsiilerains which mus be made when reinvesing dwnwn, such as public safey, parking availabil.iy, glsanline5s and signage. Quesinp cncerning he business aspec f dwnwn are wheher he sres are inviing, unique and affrdable, and wheher heir prducs r seryices are readily available and cnsr:mer-friendly. Sumpf als said he righ nir sf businesses is impraa when cnsidering he fbligh, buildings ha have been abaadaed r severely negleced. "f 'm an invesr and here is bligh, waa knw whaf,s being dne. Wha is said n wha's rbs equiy frm peple he sane as if wele 1qf s lank." $frrmpf said ha cm.municains beween a cllege and a cmnuni5r 3s6a nlmssf, always be be rp ShippeDsburg Universiy Preeilen Bill Ruud "i6sa asked hw beer parner wih be needs f a clwnwn. cmmuniy. "f anyne hws wha will wrk wih busi- Susirresees need prperly marke he suaess, i G he business c-muni Yu can' have dens. f sudens shp dwnwn" hy d ye g! Lalf-f he businesses peu and half f -Cnmuicrlca ie +riical,' clsed, wih a f heu gingfi-llreren 6ns. Yu have be c-feiuve wih mall hurs; ans "make he universiy fr wih he cmnuniy and he cmmuaiy fr wih i1 hes be markedriven." As far as cmpeiin beween dwnwn busi- he uriversiy, be flevihle and mske a l f Desses is cnceraed, Sunpf desn' see he pin. mne/ fr he area. 'f we're ging ge businesses aad dwuwn Overdl, Sunpf sees a l f penial fr Shiprcvifqlized, we need lk fr wha's unique, pensbnrg. wha we have a marke fr. hink f wha we aeed "n all hnesy, really was impressed. hps a and wha we have, and wha will g wih he cur- clean Ms cmren businesses.' muni dn' hink glrrmpf said hs cunen busiaesses in Ship- saw any. Yu culil ell a l f buildings were pensburg are he lifebld f dwnwn, and when resred, i was aracive and appealiag.. i cmej such cusiderains as zni.ug rdi- "he nly hing wuld sugges is maybe sme nances, ke shuld be flexible and reasnable." rnre grreenery fr sudmer, addii-al landscap "fs easy inpse hse rdinances r u w ing r brick sidew:ll', bu all" Lhe 'bifrinesses"' buildingsbecauseheyaren'upye,buwihcur- appear be n he righ rack. has a grea rea businesses, i's easier fr hem say and ambience.n wan say wihu meeing ridiculus.rdi- Sumpf said here is a paern f peple wan- Dances, such as hallway wiclhs br parking ing ge u f heir small [s6swn8, nly reu.m years laer, waning revialize and mein- allwance. "Give hese businesses a break. lrey're here; air ha small-wn flavrle's n make i hard fr hem be," said Sumpf. 'n Shippensburg yu've dne s much dready' 1y5i[s grrrmpf wans fleribiliy n zning fr' a] yu have d is mainain i and say mpecurren businesses, he is less lenien n he pic iive in he fuure."

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21 ilnfr]l fr{}" :'.l *' * Annual Cnlerence Ocber 22-24,2006 Hiln Harrisburg Ps Cnlerence Ocber 25, 2006 emple Universiy Harrisburg (, n-".change... ffi Educainal Sessins wih Excellen Ke5rne Pres enains ffi Mbile Wrkshps ffi Hisric Guided urs f he Sae Capil Sunday Nigh Recepin a he Harrisburg ransprain Cener Mnday Evening Recepin a he Sae Capil

22 28 Gu"rn, Bard Rm Using USDA Rural Develpmen Funds Fser Cmmuniy Develpmen USDA Rural Develpmen ffers rural and suburban cmmuniies a wide variey l funding prgrams help cmmuniies build infrasrucure and elecmmunicains capaciy, enhance cmmuniy faciliies, prme ecnmic and business develpmen, and imprve husing sck. his sessin will cver basics f wrking wih USDA RD, help paricipans access RD financial and echnical assisance, and prvide valuable guidance n using RD prgrams in cncer wih her sae and lederal prgrams. 1.2s cpd credrs GEORGE K-AUS, USDA Rural Develpmen 29 negreny nm OD and RD - Wha's Happening Ouhere? his sessin will lcus n he saus f implemenain l Ac 238, cncerning RD, as well as examples f curren OD planning in Suheasern Pennsylvania and Beaver Cuny. Specific ND raining and inirmainal maerials will be prvided, as well as summaries l curren OD prjecs. Paricipans will learn abu he cmpnens l successful OD and hw use RD accmplish lcal OD planning and implemenain. 1.2s cpd credrs RCHARD G. BlCKEl, ACP, Delaware Valley Reglnal Planning Cmmissln; MARY JO MORANDN, Beaver Cuny ransi Auhry; SARA BEZ, Delaware Valley Reginal Planning Cmmissin 30 l""n lnnvaive Zning and Preseryain Mehds A pwerpin presenain will illusrae creaive mehds ha can be used in zning and her rdinances, such as DR, ND, and hisric preservain cpd credrs CHARLE SCHMEH. Urban Research and Develpmen Crp. 3L xarrisnurger B Smar Grwh in Brwnfield Cmmuniies: ls fr Managing Change Lancaser Cuny, in parnership wih w neighbring municipaliies, used an EPA Smar Grwh in Brwnfield Cmmuniies gran creae a revializain sraegy fr a 600-acre area surrunding Lancaser's Amrak rain Sain. Learn abu challenges he mulimunicipal eam faced wrking in his cmplex urban area, and hw he Speciiic Plan can be used as a l r faciliaing change CPD CREDS MARY GA$SCH ELL, lancaser Cuny Plan ning Cmm issin; MAHEW J. BENNE, ACB McCmick aylr 32 relnp" Lecure Hall Building Cdes: he Fundain f Cmmuni$ Revializain Hw can cmmuniies iniiae a cmmuniy revializain plan when faced wih vacan srefrns and abandned buildings? his sessin 20 PPA Annual Cnference 2006 will prvide a real life scenari f ne small wn held hsage by he verwhelming physical deerirain l is buil envirnmen and wha cmmuniy leaders did urn he ide f neglec. Speakers will share heir elfrs increase lcal capaciy allec a renewal l cmmuniy spiri and ecnmic develpmen. 1.2s cpd credls JOY M. WHELM, ACB Mackln Englneerlng Cmpany; JER E. SruMPF, Jed E. Sumpf & Assclaes 33 p"nn Hanis A lmplemening a Business Cninuiy Plan his presenain will explain in deail he mehdlgy by which a business cninuiy prgram can be implemened. pics will include risk evaluain, business impac analysis, develpmen f sraegies, emergency respnse, and crdinain wih public auhriies. ls ha can assis wih his planning as well as a case sudy will be presened cp credrrs FRANK PERMUER, Srae$c BCB nc. 34 Punn Haris B Subdivisin and Land Develpmen ips lmprve he Review and Prcess his sessin is par i he cnference rack designed fr municipal eleced llicials and planning cmmissin members. is an inrducry level sessin n subdivisin and and develpmen aken irm maerial in he PPA cerified PMPE curse "Subdivisin and Land Develmen Review." W PMPE insrucrs will lead he discussin and exercises inrduce paricipans elemenary aspecs i prcessing subdivisins lr review, hw read engineered plan drawings, and hw avid incremenal develpmen f yur cmmuniy cpd credlrs PEER WUFHORS, ACB Penn Sae Cperaive Exensin; SHRLF YANNCH, ACP, Cnsulan 1O:15-1O:30a Refreshmen Break 10:30-1!45a WORKSHOP SERES #5 35 ru"g "ny Rm Wha ls New wih he Gvem/s Cenerfr Lcal Gvemmen Services he Gvernr's Cener lr Lcal Gvernmen Services will prvide an verview f he curren planning and land use relaed pics fr he Cmmnwealh's perspecive. Safi will discuss any new pririies and discuss relevan changes he guidelines lr he Land Use Planning and echnical Assisance Prgram (LUPAP). will als discuss any new iniiaives and plicies relaing land use planning. 1.2s cpd credrs JOHN MZERAK and DENNY PUKO, PA DCED, Gvernr's Cener fr Lcal Gvernmen Services

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24 PO. Bx 85 Willw Sree, Pennsylvania JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. COMMUNY DEVELOPMEN ABLE OF CONENS 1. BOGRAPHCAL SCKECH OF HE PRESDEN JERr E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES,NC. 2. LEERS OF REFERENCE WH RESPEC O QUALFCAONS & EXPERENCE OF JER E. SUMPF 3. SPECFC OUALFCAONS & EXPERENCE JER E. SUMPF NCLUDES SAE LOCAL GOVERNMEN SAUES JER E. SUMPF WAS PERSONALLY KNOWLEpGABLE OF AND WOKED WH WLE EXECUVE DRECOR OF HE HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMEN & URBAN AF'ARS COMMEES FOR HE PENNSYLVANA HOUSE OF REPRESENAYES 4. COMMUNY REVALZAON "BES PRACCES" HEARNG ON "FUURE OF PENNSYLVANA'S CES A\D BOROUGHS'' ORGANZED BY JER E. SUMPF AND HELD A HE SAE CAPOL 40 COMMUNY REVALZAON'BES PRACCES" OUR OF PENNSYLVANA'S BOROUGHS ORGANZED A\D CONDUCED BY JER E. SUMPF 5. ARCLES AUHORED BY JER E. SUMPF FOR SAE LOCAL GOVERNMEN ORGANZAON MAGAZNES NCL]DNG HE PENNSYLVANA SAE BOROUGHS ASSOCAON GOVERNMENAL AFFARS "mprving he Qualiy f Peples Lives, One ndividual, Neighbrhd, and Cmmunily a a ime" SECON 1 SECON 2 SECON 3 SECON 4 SECON jsumpfassc@al cm

25 7. 9. NEWSPAPER ARCLES REFERENCNG BACKGROU\D & EXPERENCE OF JER E. S]MPF ADDONAL COMMENARY ON HE QUALFCAONS & EXPERENCE OF JER E. S'MPF AMERCA PLANNNG ASSOCAON'S USE OF JER E. SUMPF'S REPOR "ERADCANG BLG A\[D EXPDNG ECONOMC rnn zr* CENURY N HER NEWLY ADOPED NAONAL POLCY FOR REDEVELOPNG J\DERULZED PROPERY N AMERCA CHARREE N YORK. PENNSYLVANA LED BY JER E. SUMPF. DRECOR OF CY PLAN\NG. YOR( PENSYLVAYA 10. ADDONAL SPECALY AREAS JER E. S]MPF & ASSOCAES 11. WHA OHERS HAVE SAD ABOU JER E. SUMPF 12. REFERENCES SECON 6 SECON 7 SECON 8 SECON 9 SECON 10 SECON 11 SECON 12

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27 P.O. Bx 85 Willw Sree, Pennsylvania 7584 JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. COMMUNY DEVELOPMEN BOGRAPHCAL SCKECH GOVERMENAL AFEARS JER E. SUMPF, PRESDEN JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCA'ES, NC. Jeri E. Sumpf is currenly Presiden f Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, nc., a cmmuniy develpmen-gvernmenal affairs, cnsuling, lbbying, and develpmen firm specializing in cde enfrcemen, ecnmic develpmen, and dwnwn revializain. Prir saring his firm in 2006, Jeri wrked fr 3 years fr he firs ever, Gvernr's Office f Husinq & Cmmuniy Revializain where he helped develp a new Befre jining he Gvernr's Oflice, Jeri wrked fr 28 years as he firs Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen & Urban Affairs Cmmiees fr he Pennsvlvania Legislaure. His award winning wrk n lcal evernmen. blish. Upn gladuain frm Dickinsn Cllege in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he majred in Pliical Science and minred in Hisry, Jeri was a planner wih he Yrk Cunv Plannins Cmmissin and Clifn E. Rdeers & Assciaes, a well respeced privae planning cnsuling firm in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Jeri als served as Pennsylvania's yunges (1) Direcr f Civ Plannine & (2) Redevelmen Auhrifv Direcr, in Yrk Pennsylvania, befre aking his psiin wih he Pennsylvania Legislaure. "mprving he Qualiy f Peples Lives, Onc ndividual, Neighbrhd, and Cmmuniy a c ime" f0 jsumpfassc@al.cm

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29 Sephen R. Reed Office f he Mayr he Ciy f Harrisburg Ciy Gvernmen Cener 10 Nrh Marke Sq,uare frarrisburg, PA (7r7\255-3A40 Mayr 'Whm Mey Csncern: Jlle Wih grea pl,ea*ure, rl d,elf,gh,d prvide 'his leer which, im brief a way, c,nryliirens he excepinal wrk ehie, diiligenee, dedicaisn, sldll and leadership f Mr. Jeri E. Sqmpf sf WiHw Sreef Fenrnylvania his ffice has cme knw him ver he years becarme f his cmpicuus service as he Execl#ive D,iresGsr ef be Liluee Urbn Aff.irs Cmmiee sf he Pqnnsylvania Huee f RepreseMa*ives. Un&r hi d,i-rc gnicance, aa&r*ip rmd gpd ef"fn, an a,rray f irmpran sae irdi*ives, priey chamges and revidizain prerarils were imiiaed hr@gb ladmrk legie.liw. As rma.my knw, i is me hig swgges ideas b'r qde aneber Ep &em &d@ hrnryh he em@x amd diverse agdas f a sae Legislar.re in ne f {ne nim's l*rge sarres. $ eryr&em,ive and nip*man hsve heerl che inif*eives smder lvrr. $rmpfs leadership &* i i$ f,ai,r and *ceurae reper ha, hey represen fe ms. imprm' advaaees rcefulg &e ciies, lder wns End rural arees ef &e Cmmnwealh f Pemsylvcnia in a lee* severl geuerafins. n f*e here hss ns been h,is degree f lng needcd feis n he i*'ues f rrban end rurd revidibrin, prper landme and grwh m*pagpmen slfdard md preeervfurg fard*nds, ryer space amd he envirnmen sbce he beginfug f he 20r Cermury when he Ciy Beauiful Mvenmn' k hld acnss he nain and resuhed in he creaisn f rrs f he enduring insfiufien, parks and landmarks ha have since defincd nnarny Anrerican and Penneylvalria eiies. Mr. Sumpf has direced a pr essi,nal saff, leariimg hem cndnc an exensive series f pblic bcarings acrss Pennsylvania, a'lung wih her aciviies, ha aseured ha he views f meny diverse grup and gegraphic areas wu$ frrs be heard prir he drafing and inrducin f he legi,laive packnge fr which he is s well knwn us. Mrever, his cepaciy frge bi-parisan accepanee and suppr fr majr public purpse causes furher dishgr,rishes him.

30 l'. Whrn May Cncern Page w June Many acrss his nain and sae have wmdered a*d di*cussed whal seps are needed ciies and elder cwrm, save eur agricul*ural base fress amd pen spa e, red,uee he l*igh css,f sci*l serviees a*d &pendencies, resere viajfy a[ seers f he ec nil@my amd creae suainahe prere$$ ** lwers nmemplymen and a.h is a,rer*dan prb,lems, bu Mr. Jeri E. S&enryf is *e wh has dem'rnsraed hughfd ensideraiin, effecive eff'r and successfu:l aeim n ah hese mers. He is hed in he ldghes regard fr his exrardinary prfessi'n,l accmplishmems. Wih warmes regardsr l am Mayr SRR/psr-j

31 DENNS M. O'BREN, SPEAKER FENNSYLVAN!{ HOUSE OF REPRESENA'VES ROOM 39 MAN CAPOL PO BOX HARRSBURG PA PHONE: {J17) 747'461O FAX: (717) 7A7'1339 Ocber Whm May Cncern: HOUSE OF REPRESENAVES COMMONWEALH OF PENNSYLVANA HARRSBURG PHLADELPHA DSRC OFFCE 9A ACADEMY ROAD, LOWER LEVEL PHLADELPHA PA PHONE: (215) FAX: (215) am exremely pleased prvide his leer f persnal recmmendain fr Jeri E. Sumpf. have had he high hnr and disinc privilege f wrking wih Jeri Sumpf n a myriad f sae issues ver he pas 25 + years in his capaciy as he firs ever Execuive Direcr f he Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees f he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives. n his capaciy as Execuive Direcr, Jeri was respnsible fr he develpmen and supervisin f a prfessinal saff fr w (2) cmmiees and five (5) sub-cmmiees. he Huse Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiee's legislaive respnsibiliies cvered a wide alray f cmplex inergvernmenal issues, such as: crnmuniy revializain; urban redevelpmen; municipal and sae axes; planning, grwh managemen, zning; and municipal finance, amng hers. n his prfessinal capaciy, i is clear ha Jeri was inegrally invlved in a number f cuingedge public plicy issues f he day, including affrdable husing, ecnmic develpmen, pen space planning, cmmuniy develpmen, and infrasrucure finance menin a few. Ye, his credenials and abiliies are n simply based n his many prfessinal accmplishmens. Jeri's srng persnal skills and aribues as well as his cnsensus building and bi-parisan apprach prblern-slving, are all firs rae and srngly cmplnen his experience and prfessinal credenials. cnsider Jeri be a persnal friend, as well as a valued legislaive saff member when he wrked fr he Pennsylvania Legislaure as he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen & Urban Affairs Cmmiees. His ireless wrk invlving he rehabiliain and successful re-use f a blighed aparmen cmplex in my legislaive disric many years ag, is bu ne persnal example f his creaive leadership skills and his srng cmmimen prblem slving. He is cnsisenly willing g he "exfia mile" and share credi acrss prfessinal and

32 Leer f Recmmendain Ocber 23,2007 Page w pliical lines in rder advance he paricular legislaive cause in quesin. n fac, his recen wrk n eliminaing bligh and esablishing he Pennsylvania Mrgage Guarany Crprain has been highlighed and praised by a number f independen agencies and individuals. Jeri was als emplyed by Gvernr Ed Rendell recenly, in Purnsylvania's firs ever Gvernr's Office f lusing and Cmmuniy Revializain, where he assised in he develpmen f a new husing and cmmuniy revializain saegy fr he Cmmnwealh. Jeri's new firm, Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes nc., was named he cnsulan Senar James Rhade's recenly appined Saewide Blish ask Frce. he ask Frce will make a remendus impac, n imprving he fuure "qualiy f life" in Pennsylvania's neighbrhds and cmmuniies. n fac, he Chicag based American Plannine Assciain. recenly used Jeri's repr "Eradicaine Blish and E 9gg], in he develpmen f he new EAggLe!-E!!gy, hey adped eliminae bligh and redevelp underuilized prpery in America. n shr, Jeri has a rare cmbinain f individual skillsjeadership drive-experience-and he innae abiliy fr cnsensus building-which has permied him remendus success in he always diverse, fen difficul, area f sae pliics and public plicy. Jeri has my highes persnal and prfessinal recmmendain as a persn f inegriy, lyaly and accmplishmen. Yu will n be disappined, in anyhing yu have Jeri and his firm invlved in. DMO'B:mp S M. O'BREN, Speaker ia Huse f Represenaives

33 ROBER L FREEMAN. MEMBEa 36H LEGS.AVE OSRC 215 NORHAMPON SREE EASON. PA 1SO42 PHON : 6r FA)C 61G s G. SOUH OFFCE EU..NG. HOUSEsOX ARFSAURG. PENNSYLVAiA 1 712G2O20 PHONE: FAX: W?rm v{ay Cncern: prrure uf $feprwn#rhes COMMONWEAH O F PENNSYLVA}A {ARRSBURG January 24,2002 COMMEES OEMOCRAC POUCY ENVRONM NALRESOURCES AND ENERGY SUBCOMMEE ON PARKS Ar.D FORESS. DEMOCRANCCHAR JAORFELAflO{S L@ALGOVERNMEN SAEGOVERNMEN _ am wriing in reference Jeri E. Sumpf, wh has served as he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee fr he Republican Caucus and wh fr 23 f he pas 28 A yeas, als held he psiin f Execuive Direcr f he ncal Gvernmen Cmmiee. specifically, am wiing wih respe Mr. sumpf s cnribuins arnendmens he Pennsylvania Municipaliies Plaming Cde, and mre receniy, rqslving Pennsylv.a[ia's grwh man4gemen prblems including urban revializain iniiai ves. Mr. Surnpf waq insewnengal in drafrng cmprehensive amendmens he Pennsylvania Mr.nricipaliies Planning Cqde (Ac 2ai f 1968) in rder.ha i cuid keep pace wih plaruring iniiaives being underaken nainally. hese changes were enaced in 1988, and included saury auhrizain fr municipal impac fees, which Jeri auhred., Mr- Sumpf has been invlved in planning, land use, and grwh managemen issues since his iniial emplymen by he Pennsylvania General Assembly h iqzf. Mre specifically, Jeri saffed he Selec Crnmiee n Land use and Grwh Managemen which chaired during he Sessiry frhe Republican Chairman f he Crnrniee, Peck Fser, f Yrk Cuny, rvh was als he Republican Chairman f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen crnmiee a he ime. Mr. Sumpf als wrked wih an ad hc grup f sae iegislars fllwing he release f ur repr, which included hen Represenaive Jim Gerlach, currenly a Sae Senar, draf legislain implemen he repr recmmendains. Mr. Srumpf s assisance he Selec Cmmiee n Land Use and Grwh Managemen, as well as he ad hc grup f iegislars during ur meeings, was invaluable. Ms recenly, Mr. Surqpf &afed. Huse Bill 14 fr Represenraive Dave Seii, yu.h was hisric grwh managemen legislain, eqaced.by ifr. frgplaure and signed in law by he Gvernr as A-c 67 f While his legislaive iniiiiive represens a cmprmise and des n g far enugh wih respec he gwh managemen iegislain he Cmsrnwealh ulirnarely needs enac, i is.a gd beginning, and represens he culminain f a cnsiderable amun f.wrk and effr n he nar f many individuals in Pennsylvania, inside and uside f sae gvernmen, n he leas f which was he cnribuin f Jeri Sumpf.

34 Previusly his emplynen - wih he Pennsylvania Legislaure, Jeri was a planner wih he Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin; a planner *if a well-respeced Harrisburg planning cnsuling finn (Clifn E. Rgers and Assciaes); and h! Direcr f Ciy Planning in Yrk, Pennsylvani4 frm , during which ime he als served as he Redevelpmen Auhriy Direcr fr a year. Jeri is knwn hrughu Pennsyivania planning and.ecnmic develprnen circles and has been a leader in he ms recen iniiaive n he par f he kgislaure save farmland, pen space, and ciies, by direcing funre ecnmic deveipmln inward and rebuilding Pennsylvania's ciies and bruqhs, including hse in mre rural pars f Many hrughu he sae have recgnized his excellen wrk in his area, l*yu*ia- including legisiain reiaed Huse Resluin 9l passed by he Huse. Je,ri has als been'insrunenal in mving my E[m Sbee egislaive iniiaive frward. Huse Bill 1934 wuld ake he highly successful Main See prgrax, which is well knwn aainally as well as in Pennsylvania, and apply hse principles he rehabiliain f cniguus residenial and mixed *s" *"ug adiaceni Ue fr{ain Sree will help 3reas. _his creae a viable, buil in cusmer base needed.suppr exising Main See businesses as well as new businesses he cmmuniy hpes arac he dwnwn in he funre. All f his new develpmen dwnwn wiil g a lng way ward saving irreplaceable farmland and pen space in he suburbs. cnsider Mr. Srumpf be an exper in planning, grwh managernen, lcal gvernmen and ecnnmic develpmen issues, and his high energy, biparisan spiri and al cmmuniy invlvemen apprach slving municipal prblems, has cnribued grealy imprving Pennsylvania's apprach slving land use and grwh managemen prblems. have knwn Jeri fr many years and i has aiways been a pleasure wrk wih him n numerus prjecs, wih which was ineresed and invlved. Jeri's rademark n he Hili is "geing hings dne;" expediiusly and crrecly. am cnfiden he wuld be an asse any rganizain ha culd uilize his many alens and skills. RLF/jmw Sincerely, fuilr/fl.,* Rber L. Freeman Sae Represenaive i 36h Legislaive Disric

35 Vflrru N4ay Csneem: prru*e uf pep wssnsires C OMM O".UMAL OF PE NNS YLVANA }ARRSBURG KEYSO\M OPPO]RhY ZOF{E LEGSLAON AC 92 0F 1998 AC 119 il'2$ffi As a frnrer rn ffrber f he Perursylvamia Gem'eral Assennbly and Chairnran f h.e Huse Labr Relains Cr.nrni'ee, rny pri iies have a;lways iahd d ecnrnic devel.plr,r,en issues md he creain f mear*ingful er.mpilyfsnl ppruniies in Pennsylvania. Sweral years ag, began gl"ing ser'ius hcr.1gld hw we mighf crefie mme jb mrmn**ec in Pmnsyivamia amd a Sre sailr,e fume, Jury slr" cmmdc dcvebpme,nf in ur ciies md brmnghs, inming rural are&r f he sage. During my many years raveling hrughu Fennsylvani4 bsenred he ng'ing deerirain f ed DBg eha,remed, neamffiffi@ ems and cme'reial buid"ings in rne f he ur:ban areas,ured. ars saw he smle ype f abmdmd buildhgs and wdcnililizcd f,srmer nemllr.facnring sies, in dre nrere rwal areas f Pennsy'lvmia; clse Penmsy{vmia's ilrder breqfus. was a M Finf &d ge f;lr i&a ha wha Femmsylvada ne#d, \Ma:s slr* gpe f ax free zneq in rder emiee pniva*e fuwesmen in hese amned amd underuilized sies. uuly be*i,eved his cr*ld be he caalys c,r ee rww jb pprudies and ignie lrr criial eqnmic develpnaarerfi iniiaives wildn ur ciies md brughs; desperaely r'mdd dmrryh@.u Pem,m.ylv,arda. mk ry i&a J,eri Sffiry'f, &e Exeeufue Eirecr ef & Euee Urb,an Affairs Cmiee fr he Rcpnbrican Cmus. Jeri had ais been he Execr,rive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvmnmren Cmrnife fr ver 22 yews, handling bh Crnmiees unil he vslume f wr,k necessiaed a spli f cmrnifiee assigrnnens jus prir my speaking wih him. knew Jeri fr many years and was aware he had been ernplyed previusly as a plarmer wih he Yrk Cuay Planning Cmmissin and a privae planning cnsuling firm, as well as serving as he Direcr f Ciy Planning fr he Ciy f Yrk fr five years, during which ime he was ais he Redevelpnen Auhriy Decr fr a year, prir his being e,mplyed by he Pennsyivarria Huse f Represenaives in L973, as Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees.

36 '. asked Jeri wha he hugh f my idea. Jeri indicaed he fel i had remendus prmise. was a ha pin ha asked him ass,is me in drafine enabling leeielai,n fr such a prgrarn and he "res is hisry." (KOZ') he legislain Jeri drafed fr me was riginally referred as he "ax Free Zne" legislain. he Huse Urban Affairs Cmrniee held hearings n he legislain, as par f is invesigain in he causes f biigh in Pennsylvania, and ways expedie ecnmic develprnen in he sae. Fllwing he herings, he Urban Affairs Cmmiee repred he bill u f Cmmiffee and Jeri assised nre in geing his legislain passed in he Huse. Unfrunaely, he Bill2498) was n csnsidered by he Senae during he firs sessin i was inrduced. During he nex sessin f he Legislaure, , Gvernr Ridge fr he fus ime, k a serius lk a my prpsal. He, believed i culd have a significan irnpac n irnprving Pemrsylvania's ecnmy and di,recing mre devel,pmen ward Pennsylvania's urbm arees. As did, he als believed rny legisrain culdhelp slve Pennsylvania's cluren grwr managernen prblems. nsead f ry develpmen being bnr'il in he subu,rbs, hus eliminaiug Perursylva,nia's sca;rce and inepiaceable farrnland and pen sp&, my prpeal wuld recvele rder buildinss and exising sies. lng abaldned ia Pennsylvania. Gvernr Ridge rena.med my prpsal he Kevsne Oppf,unifv Zme (KOZ) legi*lain and i was signed in law n llecember 28,20C0 as Ac 119 f Pennsylvania's KOZs, frs designaed by Gvernr Ridge n February 25,1999, and expanded n Ma,rch 27 f his year, virualy elininae sae and l,cal axes in KOZ's in rder simndse j,b creain and cmr*r'niy renewal, in sme f he sae's mre challenged neighbrhsds and areas. he award-wkr,ing K:AZ prryram-which cvers mre &an 36rCS0 &eres f iand in Pennsylvania" has generaed m@hre han 110 ecmmic-dwelpmen priees d*e, hnn 10rm0 new jbs, while reaining mre han 3,100 exicing j.ebs during he sam i'me. Busfless Faciliies Mcgazine-a pwhlicain f chice fr business execuives lking fr new sie le*ins-e eseffid P@sv,[.v ia's lfuys@e Opurumiv Zne prgra'm wi,h he Gld LeveVl' Flace Award, in he Saewide Ecnmic Devclprnen Sraery caegry, as'par f is 2CCO Ecnmic Develp,men Achievemen Awards. S successful was he KOZ legislain ha during he Sessin f he Legislaure, Jeri als assised me in having he Euse Urban Affairs Cmmiee amend he legislain (1) inchrde banks aed insurance cm,panies wh creae ibs in KOZ areas, as well as her indusries previus,ly exsl&ded in he iniial enabling saue, while (2) addine r8.000 new acres f land fr ax free znes. My purpse in wriing his is infrm anyne reading his leffer, ha Jeri Sumpf s assisance and cnribuins in drafing he Kevs.ne Opprnniv Z,ne legislai,n and is subsequen amendmens, as well as his help in Cmmiee and n he Flr, was invaluable and insrurnenal in mv KOZ legislain becming law. is my

37 pinin, haf Jeri Snm'pf is ns nlv a d,ed,ieaed, and ha,rd-w,rking nrf'essimal, b,u he is a,ls remendus.ly kn'rvledeea,bile. a'nd an exder, wih respec leal gver,,nrnenl plannimg. ecnmic develpmen, and rlrb,a, revia,fizaim in 66J:e'ri is persnable and Pennsvlv,annia. n addiin, and perhaps equa,lly knsws hw "Slb!ggp-@! was a pleasure wrking wih Jeri n wha feel is a legislaive iniiaive which has made, and believe will cninue make in he firure, signfrcamfi cm,ribu0ime, Pennsylvania's fiifinre grwh and develp@pn. P,mfrm, sfi.fu,'mn*adr MZme edfufiem Hsuse Bi232s f 1998 (Ac 92 f 1998) Huse ffi 249E (Ac 119 ef 20$0) -

38 Mre ypesf"business,es wlll, ge ax,br,eaks ByMA,RQ{ES6;;ABpER..;'.'.r:, -..,,'j.,,, il ir: A hill'ei-scin aw by.gv- m Riqee his y_""k yl "xpand he Keys4p Ope"i"niy /:anf : ac'a,ed cqld siengrea.he regin,s cnances fr seri.rrs a*rmlqv"fuwdn6ie., anc ecnmic.glwh i$e"er*cecaa",lfui fflcialssay,:i i "'r",:i;:4--' ^.Sqry*4;$r Aepublican sae Reps,. Jseph 91"r* a4d Dqrid c. arsau; h;.6il fu;ff; Pf's, pru$+"e c${npanies anrl grher fuercial _rnsnurfins-qfleqg{ified bu.gneseis under he KZ'iniiaive; elii mu., ng-"ulf, ['x il, b'renfs r$af"were. f.fefgd ' businesses in he inifial F.g5asr. _ he rigial.&ozprgram uas sared.in Since hen;.rnre l*+,g00 jfi:h?i; been creaedin he sag.c"rci"g,p ficials. ;"F."f...,. _,_.. rs$ a{az meas ha municiaijes. r scbl,disrie,s ard ecnmic devaibs,reni agencies culd arae businesses"p;*,irav f desiguaing and free f fn..raie.mlll i axps'fr 12 years,. r--- -a! 1,r n Luzerqe and Lackawanna cuaies, he ' {OZrinii4ive has prduced $100 millin in in- vespnen papi?l andmrc han 1,400,jbs, said ls6 l{amay, crdiqar f he Luze,r" e/la&-' ayr-annaprgbrr" : ; ', Jeri E. Sumpf, execuive,direcr f he ' Huse U$gn Mairs.Cnmiee, said hursday lha lhe new Keysne OpBruuiy.l.'Oe and Kcvsane,qsnr_rrgiHF$papsin Aau,a Acrclar,. ifi,s,senpaj.iggrry. q;.,1qd, udrag: w{4,9a,$*8lieec., busiq ssis,., ' ii'"' ': ::,'.'-'', :l,.. i Sme ffrcials say he prgran is criical fr urbanrenewal llulever, n every cuny.and nnuqrcibelijr.-anpliec paricipae irr 4 KQZ h -" n,. '' '' ' i fus imear.und- -'ln an aremp spark ecnrnii grwh and ai{$gher dwnum redevelepmen hrugr- u,hega;en lawma&ers decided qjshech he r $O8,prgfarn.s1d rrslce i available,cunie' ' and municipaliiesfa didn, prbviusly apply; " Under he receuly sig[ed law, budinicses.suah^as l4ibqad$, ruelq bus pad.aidi4ecmp6 sicgeflilnaur gassnd$racp,psgrnraqiq$wquld: be eli ihlefr jb-ar credis. Hereaqe'bighlighs abu be ngw KOZ p1-'.glasi:,';i 'irr "r'i 'i ffiekeysne ': -, Opprruiisxpansin Zng gay C.g$ain up, " eigh expansin sphznes.l Expansin znes mus cnsis f deeri,raed,

39 Sephen R. Reed Mavr Hnrable James Rhades, Member Senae f Pennsylvania Senae Ps Office Main Capil Building Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Dear Senar Rhades: Office f he Mayr he Ciy f Harrisburg M.L.K. Ciy Gvernmen Cener 10 Nrh Secnd Sree Harrisburg, PA Sepember 14,2006 (77) 2ss-3040 is ur undersanding ha yu are aking seps esablish a saewide Bligh ask Frce ha wuld, amngs her maers, seek he inrducin r reinrducin f a series f bligh-miigain bills as par f is wrk. Brav! Such an acin is much needed fr he ciies, lder wns and even he lder peripheral suburbs in ur Cmmnwealh. Knw ha yu have ur full endrsemen and suppr in his effr. Jeri Sumpf was a key figure in he preparain f essenially all f he previusly drafed bligh-miigain legislain. As yu prbably knw, he was Execuive Direcr f he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee and,laer, served in he Office f he Gvernr in a similar cmmuniy revializain rle. He wuld be exper n his subjec and has had and cninues mainain srng cnac wih varius mayrs and her gvernmenal fficials acrss he sae, which wuld be ms helpful any saewide Bligh ask Frce ha wuld be frmed. his herefre serves recmmend ha Mr. Sumpf be cnsidered as a paid cnsulan fr ask Frce-relaed wrk. He wuld, wihu quesin, be seadfas in his zeal and dedicain assuring he ask Frce's success and ha f legislain ha wuld resul frm ask Frce wrk. We wish yu well in hese endeavrs and appreciae yur cnsiderain f his suggesin.

40 -n 'l.,#u" James Rhades Sepember 14,2006 srr/krk Wih warmes persnal regards, f am fis sincerely S^ry KpH Sephen R. Reed Mavr 'l

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42 r JER E. SUMPF 62 Hawhrne Circle Willw Sree, Pennsylvania (717) Office EDUCAON: Dickinsn Cllege Graduae Carlisle, Pennsylvania B.A., Pliical Science EXPERENCE PennsylvaniaSaeUniversiy -1967Ps-GraduaeCurses Middlewn Campus Reginal Planning Gerge Masn Universiy i',1'llli,l,'r?x'*''" r 2006-PRESEN Presiden, Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes,nc. Presiden, Smar Grwh Parners, nc. Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes,nc. prvides cmmuniy r r redevelpmen, and lcal gvernmen Pennsylvania municipaliies and cliens ;5::*;'x1H":",1""#x:]:,4:r{f"ilffi*ill;,1#.* lcal gvernmens. Oher gvernmenal affairs services are als Prvided' Smar Grwh Parners, [nc., a divisin f Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, is he develpmen divisin, engaged in cmmercial and residenial develpmen including affrdable, and special needs husing.

43 Gvernr's Office Husing & Cmmuniy Revializain Lef he cnsuling firm help Gvernr Rendell se up and perae Pennsylvania's fns Gvernr's Offrce f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain. Prvided cnsuling services municipaliies in Pennsylvania invlving lcal gvernmen, urban affairs, cmmuniy revializain, husing, and ecnmic develpmen. Helped develp a new saewide cmmuniy develpmen and husing sraegy fr he Cmmnwealh. Als develped and iniiaed new saewide markeing sraegies fr Pennsylvania' s municipaliies including, "Markeing Pennsylvania's Older UrbanNeighbrhds" and a "D i Yurself Markeing Prgram" fr municipaliies use when aracing new emplyers and cmmercial businesses heir dwnwns as par f revializain iniiaives. Als cnsuled wih municipaliies n eminen dmain, cde enfrcemen, and bligh issues and legislain. Served as he Saegic nvesmen Officer fr Brwnsville, Pennsylvania under DCED's Cmmuniy Acin eam Prgram. While wih he Gvernr's Ofice, he American Planning Assciain in Chicag used my wrk n he redevelpmen f underuilized prperies in he develpmen f heir recenly released new nainal plicy n cmmuniy revializain Presiden, Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes,nc. Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, nc prvided cmmuniy planning, cmmuniy revializain, and lcal gvernmen cnsuling services municipaliies in Pennsylvania and cliens in he privae secr.

44 Execuive Direcr, Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Emplyed as he sae's firs Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees fllwing a recmmendain by he Pennsylvania Ecnmy League ha he Legislaure hire prfessinal saff. As such, esablished he Legislaure's firs research and advisry prgriln in he area f Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs including he develpmen and supervisin f prfessinal safffr he w Cmmiees and five Sub-Cmmiees. Respnsibiliies invlve serving as he CEO fr he Cmmiees, and advising he members f he Caucus and heir cnsiuens, including Sae and lcal rganizains, and fficials, such as municipal slicirs; mayrs; brugh and ciy cuncils; wnship supervisrs and wnship cmmissiners; wnship managers; cuny cmmissiners; cuny execuives; execuive direcrs f husing and redevelpmen auhriies; and Huse leadership; n a variey f issues relaing Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs and FederaVsae Relains. Specific subjec areas include: husing issues, including manufacured husing; cndminium law; enan landlrd relains; ecnmic develpmen, cmmuniy revializain; eminen dmain and urban redevelpmen; grwh managemen; planning and zning; municipal and sae axes; cde enfrcemen; municipal managemen; municipal finance; infrasrucure finance; and municipal law. Als respnsible fr he develpmen and supervisin f primary and secndary research; repr preparain; scheduling and saffing f legislaive and invesigaive hearings; drafing f legislain and amendmens; and he review and analysis f sae, and federal legislain, prgrams, and issues in he afremenined areas. Public relains aciviies include he preparain and delivery f speeches and he develpmen f public relains prgfms, including press releases, audi-visual presenains, vides, and annual reprs Direcr f Ciy Planning, Yrk Pennsylvania

45 Develped and implemened planning prgflms fr he Ciy f Yrk afer a six-year absence f any planning aciviies, including he hiring and supervisin f he prfessinal planning saff implemen he prgrams. ncluded was an emphasis n visining; ciizen paricipain; cmprehensive planning; capial budgeing; affrdable husing; cmmuniy and neighbrhd revializain; jb raining and suppr sysems; ecnmic develpmen; urban renewal; cde enfrcemen; hisrical preservain; reginal cperain; grwh managemen, infrasrucure imprvemens, public ransprain; and a $10 millin rehabiliain prgram fr he Ciy's park and recreain sysem. he Planning Deparmen was als respnsible fr (l) adminisering he Ciy's zning rdinance and (2) drafing and adminisraing he Cry's firs sub-divisin regulains, in addiin preparing all ciy sae and federal funding applicains. als served fr a year as he Execuive Direcr f he Ciy's Redevelpmen Auhriy during his ime. Planner, Clifn E. Rgers & Assciaes Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Planning Cnsulans Assised in supervising he frm's planning cnracs in Pennsylvania as well as preparing (l) Cmprehensive Plans (2) MunicipalZnng Ordinances (3) Sub-Divisin Regulains (a) Cuny Sewer and Waer Plans, and (5) varius feasibiliy sudies. Planning echnician, Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin Yrk Cuny, Pennsylvania niiaed research suppr he aciviies f he senir planning saff, including he preparain f saisical daa and varius reprs, including sci-ecnmic analyses and frecass. Adminisraive Assisan, Redevelpmen Auhriy Ciy f Yrk, Pennsylvania

46 Prepared a cmprehensive husing analysis and several husing relcain suryeys, in addiin perfrming varius adminisraive duies fr he Redevelpmen Auhriy's execuive direcr REFERENCES: Available upn reques.

47 GENERAL: SPECALZED SKLLS A\D ABLMS Experience dae invlves he areas f (l) Municipal [-aw; (2) Lcal, Sae, and Federal Affairs; (3) Husing; (4) Grwh Managemen! (5) Reginal, Cuny, Ciy, and Municipal Cmprehensive Planning and Znning; (6) Cmmuniy Visining and Neighbrhd Revializain; (7) Bligh eliminain and Cde Enfrcemen; (8) Ecnmic Develpmen[ (9) Urban Renewal; (10) Dumwn Revializain; (11) Hisric Preservain; (12) Cmmuniy Organizain and Cmmuniy Advcacy; and (13) Lbbying and he Legislaive Prcess. PUBLC RELAONS: n addiin public speaking, prepared several audi/visual presenains, annual reprs, vides; and public relains prgrams. Wrked wih members f he news media n a regular basis. ECHMCAL REPOR WRNG: Respnsibiliies have included he uniing f echnical reprs and dcumens, including he preparain f suppring graphics, and he supervisin f same by hers. Specific echnical reprs r dcumens include: Sci/Ecnmic Frecass; Feasibiliy Sudies; Municipal, Cuny andreginal Cmprehensive Plans; Zning Ordinances; Sub-Dvisin Regulains; Cuny Sewer and Waer Plans; Municipal Ordinances; Sae and Federal Legislain; and Specialized Sudies f Sae and Federal lssues inhe area f Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs including husing; bligh eliminain; ecnmic develpmen; cmmuniy revializain, manufacured husing; and infrasrucure finance. \WESGAVE REPOR WRNG: Supervised several legislaive invesigains and wre reprs based n he findings, which included recmmendains fr crrecive acins and implemening legislain in he areas f (1) Husing; (2) Cmmuniy Revializairu (3) Bligh Eliminain; (4) Ecnmic Develpmen; (5) Lng-erm Care; (6) lncinerars and Slid Wase Managemen; (7) ransprain; (8) Public Safef and (9) $10 millin in cs veruns invlving he Pisburgh Cnvenin Cener.

48 PROBLEM SOLVNG.ANALYSS A{D EVALUAON: he echnical ar-rd invesigaive reprs supervised r wrien were dne s nly afer cnsiderable researcr, evaluain, and analysis f he prblem r prblems. Addrinally, analyical skills were applied in evaluaing Sae and Federal legislain, rules, regulains, and issues, in rder advise sae and lcal fficials and members f he Caucus and Huse Leadership f he pins available relaive plicy issues, befre decisins were made r plicy was esablished. ADVSORY SKLLS Experience has included advising sae and lcal rganizains and sae and lcal fficials including Mayrs, Cuny Cmmissiners, Municipal Slicirs, Brugh and wnship Officials, Sae Legislars, andhe Majriy Leader and Speaker f he Huse frepresenaives, relaive municipal law; municipal prblems and issues including urban issues; and suggesins fr reslving same including legislaive sluins. NNOVA{E PROGRAM DEVELOPMEN A{D MPLEMENAON; A age 23 esablished a Deparfinen f Ciy Planning fr he Ciy f Yrh Pennsylvania. As he Direcr f Ciy Planning implemened he planning prgnlms develped afer a six-year absence f any deparfrnen r saff. A age 27,ww par f he firs prfessinal saffhired by he Pennsylvania Legislaure. As he fns Execuive Direc"r fr he Huse Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees, was respnsible fr develping he iniial prgram fr he Pennsylvania Legislaure in he area f Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs, fllwing a recmmendain fr such acin fllwing a deailed sudy f he Pennsylvania General Assembly by he Pennsylvania Ecnmy League in 1972.

49 PRMARY EMPHASS A. MUNCPAL LAW.MUNCPAL LEGSLApN he Lcal Gvemmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees and heir subcmmiees, cver a wide range f Municipal laws and municipal issues affecing Cunies, Ciies, Firs and Secnd Class wnships, Brughs, and MunicipalAuhriies in Pennsylvania. he sae saues wih which we had be knwledgeable and cnversan are aached. B. ]ODERNrAON AND UPDAE OF HE HRD CLASS CY CODE C. COi'MUMY-ECONOMC DEVELOPMEN. r Ananged fr and cnduced, saewide legislaive hearings n eliminaing bligh and expediing ecnmic develpmen in rder revialize Pennsylvania's urban areas large and small, including ciies and brughs wih a primary galbeing increasing new H"::1ffi:::ff?"il:,?51$':fl,li"lffi"ji??l;3lilr#Hiaracins implemening legislain drafed was enaced in lawfllq^/ing he hearings and flre remaining legislain is scheduled be his sessin. D. HOUSNG: LEGSLAVE AREAS. ax incenives fr invesmen in urban areas.. Expanded Public/Privae Parnerships. Enerprise Znes. nernainal Gd's Mvemen ask Frce: Ecnmic Develpmen alng he Delaware River/Philadelphia Allegheny Cuny ReginalAsse Disric.. Ecnmic Revializain f he Philadelphia Navy Yard. e Hisric Preservain and he Expansin f Hisric ax Credis NOE: Auhr f Pennsylvania's Xeysne Oppruniy Zne Ac and he Neighbrhd lmprcvemen Disfric Ac he fllwing represen examples f specific husing ar as was invlved in (1) drafing legislain, (2) prviding infrmain and echnical advice; (3) esablishing public plicy; and (4) cnsuling.. Cndminium Ac. Husing Cperaive Ac. Landlrd and enan Ac r Mbile Hme Park Righs Ac. Hmewners Emergency Mrgage Assisance Ac. Federal Fair Husing Ac Sae Fair Husing Ac Federal Cnsrucin Cdes and Sandards Ac. Cuny Husing rus Fund Husing prgrams adminisered by he Deparsnen f Cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen

50 a a. Husing prgrams adminisered by he Pennsylvania Husing Finance Agency. FederalManufacured Husing Cnsrucin Sandards Ac. Federal husing prgrams adminisered by HUD including he Secin 8 prgram r enan Landlrd Righs. Manufacured hme wner righs r Husing and Building Cdes. Gde Enfrcemen Sae Building Cde r Husing, as i relaes requiremens in (1) he Sae's Municipal Planning Cde and (2) lcalzning and subdivisin rdinances Sae Cnslidaed Husing Plan r Srm waer managemen prblems. Financing fr sae husing prgrams Mrgage insurance prblems nnvaive husing develpmens as hey relae grrh managernen Auhr f he firs "Urban Hmeseading" Ac in he nain. Arranged fr and cnduced he sae's firs affrdable husing frums a he Universiy f Pisburgh and Universiy f Pennsylvania and drarfed aifrrdable husing implemening legislain based n recmmendains made a hse frums. Sme f he legislain drafed was recgnized as mdels nainally by he American Legislaive Exchange Cuncil. Drafed an riginal 6 bil legislaive package aimed a srenghening he righs and safey f manufacured husing cnsumers ha was recgnized as mdel legislain nainally. Cnsuled wih saewide nn-prfi husing rganizains n a variey f husing issues and helped esablish a saewide nn-prfi husing rganizain. Cunenly serving as an fficer n bh a sae and nainal nn-prfi husin ranizain. E. COiiUNY,NEGHBORHOOD,ANDDOWNOWNREVALZAON r lniiaed nainal research n urban rcvializain "bes pracices", and ananged fr urs by members f he Huse Urlran Afiairs Cmmiee f 40 urban areas, bh ciies and brughs, large and small, in Pennsylvania in AXll, and reviewed and anallzed heir successful rcvializain prgmms. e Arranged and cnduced in Ocber f 2000, hree days f hearings a he Sae Capil, n HE FUURE OF PENNSYLVANA CES a which sae and nainal exers esifid, sme via sae f he ar "elecnferencing." r n he prcess f preparing a fug ggpgf!, vide, and ineracive CD-ROM, n he afremenined revializain urs and Fuhrre f Pennsylvania Ciies hearings fr disribuin lcal vernrnens. sae and nainal fficiale. sae and nainal ranizains. includin HUD and he sae D,earmen f Cmmuniv and Ecnmic Develpmen, as well as and manizains invlved wih cmmuniy implemen recmmendains made a he Egglggg.'1ls Fuurc f Pennsvlvania's Ciies and he revializain urs, including he creain f a $1 billin Sae Urban Develmen rus Fund, a Cmrnnwealh lnfrasrucure Develmen Bank. and a Residenial Sae ncrne ax Gredi Ac as an incenive encurae exisin residens rcmain livinq in he ciies wlrile encurainq new eple mve here.

51 ELMNAON OF BLGH Drafed Huse Resluin 91, which passed unanimusly,!gjnv causes f bliqh in Pennsvlvania and review he effeciveness f exisinq sae ecnmic develpmen prrams. Based n HR 91, arranged and cnduced a series f 10 saewide hearings which fcused n (l) hw eliminae bligh and {2} hw imprve and exand exisine sae ecnmic develpmen saues and prqrams includinq drafinq new laws if needed. Based n his invesigain (1 drafied a repr and creaed a vide which he Urban Afrairs Cmmiee released n urfindings and (2) drafed a 30 bill leislaive packae implemen he repr recmmendains. Ms f he bills have passed he Huse and many have been enaced in law r will be his sessin. NFRASRUCURE FNANCE Drffied legislain esablish he Pennsylvania nvesmen Auhriy Ac finance municipal sewer. waer. and srm waer prjecs. Since is esablishmen in 1988, PENNVES has financed ver $l billin in municipal sewer, waer and srm waer infrasrucurc priecs in Pennsylvania. URBAN REDEVELOPMEN: EMNEN DOMAN Cnduced hearings and research n needed changes Pennsylvania's Urban Redevelpmen Law and he use f eminen dmain in he redevelpmen prccess. Upn he cmplein f he afremenined, drafed amendmens he Saes Urban Redevelpmen and Eminen Dmain Laws mre equiably balance he righs f prpery wners and he needs f lcal gvernmens, develpens, and redevelpmen auhriies when using eminen dmain under he Urban Redevelpmen Larar fr Eg$[g PLANNNG, ZONNG, LAND USE: GROWH ianageien Prvided advice and drafed legislaiin dealing wih planning, zning, subdivisins, land use, land develpmen, and grwh managemen issues. his includes drafring arnendmens he Pennsylvania's unicipaliies Planning Gde; drafing legislain auhrize municipal impac'fees; and drafing legislain auhrizing sewer and waer hpin fees, Sared Pennsylvania's firs Selec Gmmiee n land Use and Grwh Managernen whicfr issued a repr cnaining ver 60 legislaive recmmendains and auhred he saes firs rwh manaemen leislain. (HB 14 and SB 3(D) which became Ac 67 and Ac 68 rcsecivelv in Drafed he Cmmmuealh's firc cuny infrasrucure planning legislafin fr capial imprvemens relaive naining and managing grw. Drafed amendmens afiecing grrvh managenen Ac 537, Pennsylvania's Sewerage Faciliies Ac

52 a a a PHLADELPHA lniiaed research r gfggedlggigee!, and e@gedlff hearins, lgrcrve and/gf-reslve he fllwing municipal rblems r issues in Philadelphia: Prpery Assessmen Pracices Budgeing Priess/Lcal axes Eliminain f BlighUExpediin f Cmmuniy Revializain Aciviies in Neighbrhds Nn-Mine Subsidence prblems in he Lgan sec'in f Philadelphia, 1gfiigl-lg desrvinq a neiqhbrhd wih ver hmes Reduced css and imprved service and delivery f gas and waer service hrugh he creain f a Ciy wned Gas and Waer Auhriy Creain f Pennsylvania nergvemmenal Cperaive Auhriy (PCA) imprve Philadelphia's Gredi Raing and expand ifs Municipal Bnd Auhriy Expansin and Develpmen f he Giy's pr faciliies and Naval Yard nvesigain f he sie selecin prcess fr Philadelphia's w new sprs sadiunp be cnsruced fr which he sae has cmmied ver $160 millin dllars in cnsrucin funds Sch vilence in Philadephia schls Privaizain f Philadelphia Airpr lmprved managemen pracices FLOOD P.AN'SORM WAER ANAGEMEN Drafed legislain expand and imprve fld plain zning and srm waer managemen wihin he Gmmnwealh; including funding fr srm waer managemen planning and capial cnsrucin. LOCAL GOVERNMEN AX REFORM Draf d lcal ax refrm prpsals: Esablishing a cenralized ax cllecin sysem n a cuny basis. Eliminaing lcal Ac 511 "nuisance" axes. ncreasing municipal revenues frm he wage ax while &creasing reliance n municipal and schl disric prpery axs. Prcviding a municipal services ax fr ciies wih a high percenage f axcxemp prpery. SAEVVDE ASSESS'EN REFORi' Drafed legislain change he curren assessmen pracices in he Cmmnwealh induding unifrm raes f assessmens, sandardized assessmen prcedures, and mandaed educain and raining f assessrs. PSBURGH CONVENON'EXPOSON CENER cnsrucin delavs invlving he Pisburgh Cnvenin/Expsiin issued a rer n same cnaininq rccmmendains preven his frm ccunin in he fuhrre.

53 P. SOLD WASE MANAGEMEN Supervised a leislaive invesiain sf curren and pas slid wase manaemen pracices in Philadelhia and issued a repr n same cnaining recmmendains fr imprvemens make he prram envirnmenallv and financiallv sund. NORHWES NCNERAOR lnvesiaed he Nrhwes ncinerar in Philadelphia. which was pg!!g!ing-&,-e!f and rundwaer. and causinq cancer in residens livin nearbv, Wihin eigheen nrnhs f issuing ur repr, which included findings and incinerarwas clsed as we recmmended. PUBLC SAFEY Sudied public safey prcedures nainally wih resped imprvin public safev in urban arcas and in Philadephia, including he "911" emergency respnse prgram. Made recmmendains fr imprvemens Philadelphia's sysem based n ur research. nvesigaed he feasibiliy f esablishing a Plice Review Bard in Philadelphia and drafed implemening legislain Drafed legislain allwfrhe creain f Neiqhbrhd lmrvemen Digrics in Pennsvlvania paemed afer he highly successful Business lmprvemen Disrics. his included PENNSYLVANA URNPKE Saffed he Gvem/s ll Rad ask Frce and (1) cnduced legislaive hearings and (2) assised in drafing legislain allw Sre cnsrucin f exensins he exising umpike Sysem, which aled ver 31,5 billin. LONG ERM CARE Cnduced a legislaive invesigain f Lng erm Care Prblerns in Pennsylvania which cncluded wuld cs ver 31 billin slve. Based n ha invesigain prepared a series f deailed financial rers. includin deailed cs cmparaive analvses f ln-erm care faciliies in Pennsvlvania. bv size. vpe. and reins f he sae which received saewide and nainal rccqniin. als drafed leislain implemen he repr recmmendains; and an audi-visual resenain n urfindins. he reprs included rccmmendains and enabling legislainfr@anda safev imrvemens a nursin hmes. reprs were made ar f he Cnqressinal Recrd and Resealch lnsiue as well as frm libraries a medical schls hrughu he Unied Saes. he recmmendain made in arc sill valid dav. Cpies f rcprs and eramples f wrk available upn reques. he

54 GENERAL: REGREAON: DRECOR OF CY PLANNNG CY OF YORK, PENNSYLVANA EXAMPLES OF PRMARY ACVES Organized and develped he Deparmen f Ciy Planning. Upn assuming he psiin in 1968, here was n Deparmen f Planning r saff. Upn leaving, he saff aled 15, wih an annual budge f ver $200,000. Cmpleed a $10 millin Cmprehensive Recreain Plan fr Supervised he design, funding and cnsrucin f w new parks, aling $1.2 millin, wih an addiinal $500,000 in park imprvemens scheduled fr cnsrucin upn leaving my psiin. -AND USE CONROLS: Prepared and adminisered Yrk's frs subdivisin regulains wih primary emphasis n a newly annexed area f 260 acres. Assised in he develpmen f a Hislric Disric Ordinance and he esablishmen f a Hisric Disfic Review Bard. Assised in he develpmen f a Shade ree Ordinance, and he esablishmen f a Shade ree Cmmissin. Prepared he wrk prgram fr revising he Ciy's Zning Ordinance. URBAN RENEWAL: Assised in he preparain and implemenain f he Redevelpmen Auhriy's Urban Renewal Prjecs as Direcr fr ne year, and afer 1971, prvided echnical assisance as required. FEDERAL AD - SAE AD: HOUSNG: Preparcd and updaed he Giy's U\lrkable Prgram, and plepared funding applicains fr all Ciy deparmens aling ver a billin dllars. Prgrams fr which funds were secured included: Urban Renewal, Neighbrhd Develpmen (NDP), HUD 701, BOR Recreain, CRP, Sewer and Waer, Rden Cnrl, ec. Supervised and clsed u a husing rchabiliain prjec fr he Redevelprnen Auhriy while Dirccr. Assised in he esablishmen f a Cmmuniy Husing Cuncil and a nn-prfi Husing Develpmen Crprain.

55 r r r Prepared a Prblem Analysis and Overall Prgram Design fr he U. S. Deparmen f Husing and Urban Develpmen, ulining husing prblerns and sciecnmic cndiins in he Ciy f Yrk. Assised he Husing Auhriy in he develpmen f heir umkey Husing Prgram. Develped a prgram fr aumaing he recrds f he Giy Enfrcemen Bureau ensure a mre sysemaic mehd f cde enfrcemen. RANSPORAON: Assised he Yf Guny Planning Cmmissin in he preparain f he area-wide ransprain plan (Yrk Area ransprain Sudy) cmpleed in Assised in he preparain f OPCS prgram in cpera$n wih he Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin. Assised he Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin and cnsulan invlved in he preparain f an area-wide Mass ransi Sudy. COi'PREHENSVE PLAN: 3:il3Efi"ffJ3l'":iliffiffi'ilil'":il,',"'il1fr':l"l"r#l'"J:J"Jfil3g"il?3ijlpi"=i" placed n husing and scialand healh rclaed prblems. he revised Cmprehensive plan was als mre managemen-riened, wih special aenin given he fllwing areas: emplymen, educain, public safey, and ecnmic develpmen. PUBLC RELAONS: Prepared and presened he Ciy's firs public relains prgram, which included an "Annual Reprf'and a 2$minue audi-visual presenain, eniled "Yrk llves in he'70's". wrkrsrudy PRGRAms: Develped and crdinaed wrk-sudy prgrams wih Pennsylvania Sae Universiy, leparmen f Archiecure (Sae Cllege), and Shippensburg and Yrk Clleges. COi] MUNY GROUPS AND ORGANZAONS REGULARLY ASSSED Yrk Cuny Husing Cuncil Husing Develpmen Crprain - Served n firs Bard f Direcrs Cmmuniy Prgress Cuncil Yrk Cuny Healh Grprain Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin ffffi::lgffffi,*i.rmiee Redevelpmen Auhriy Ciizens Advisry Cmmiee Yrk Cuny Galiin - Reginal Guncil

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58 Murrcrpnr Law LEGAL RnnnnNCES Sae saues we had l be kniledgeable abu and n which we drafed amwdm'enls and pryided advice und cn'su'lai,n: Leadership, Cam'miee Chairm,en, Hase Menbers, Cuny Cde Secnd Class Cuny Cde (AJlegheny) Firs Class Ciy Gvanmen Secnd Ciass Ciy hird Class Ciy Cde Brugh Cde ncrpraed wns Firs Class wnship Cde Secnd Class wnship Cde l,cal ax Enabling Ac (Ac 5l l) Serling Ac a,x Exempin fr Disabled Ves mprvemen f Deeriraing Real Prpery r Areas ax Exempin Ac nangible Persnal Prperly ax Law General Cuny Assessmen Law Bard f Revisin f axes (Firs Class (Cunies) hird Class Cwry Assessmen Bard Law Secnd Class Cuny Assessmen Law Furh Eighh Class Cuny Assessmen Law Lcal ax Cliecin Law Real Esae ax Sale Law ax Refrm Cde f 1971 Special Fire Plice Child Labr Laws (Junir Firanen) 16 $ $ 3l0r 53 $ s3 $ s3 $ s3 $ 4s101 s3 $ s3101 s3 $ s5101 s3 $ s3 $ 6e1 s3 $ 1597r r 72 S 47r\-r0r 72 S 482r 72 $ s s34r s s4s2.r 72 $ s343.r01 72 $ 5s $ s r0r 3s $ $41

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62 nr J urna! f P Lr b ic Adnr i i sr ra i n, 29 : 31-1'7 1' 2006 aylr & Francis Grup. LLC SSN prin nline DO: / E) Ruledqe $\ raylrafranciicrup Business mprvemen Disrics in Pennsylvania: mplicains fr Demcraic Merplian Gvernance Giiku! Mrgiil and Paricia A. Parick Schl f Public Affairs. Pennsylvania Sae Univelsiy a Harrisburg, Middlewn. Pennsvlvania. USA AbSraC: his aricle discuses he resuls f an empirical sudy n he busness imprvemen disrics (BD)s in Pennsylvania. As self-assessmen disrics ha have gained ecnmic and pliical imprance in merplian areas. BDs pse challenges fr merpliran -svernance. his aricle examines Pennsylvania's BlDs illusrae hese challenges. Pennsvlvania is ne fhe earlier saes legally enable BDs and i has a wide variey f BDs: im he wealhies and ms funcinally diverse hse wih very limied flrnds and scpe. he evluin f he BD laws in Pennsylvania are discussed. Als discussed are he prcesses fbd creain. cninuain, and dissluinl he pflif'erain f heir funcins and pwers: heir revenue surces; and heir accunabiliy lcal -qvefnmens and general publics. he indings f he research sugges ha muliple hereical explanains are needed undersand BDs since hey are sinrulaneusly mechanisms f privaized public service delivery and plicy implenenain and acive paricipans in merplian -qvernance Keywrds: business impr'emen disrics. merplian gvernance Business imprvemen disrics (BDs), self'-assessmen disrics ha perae in urban and suburban business ceners. have becme increasin-g ppular in he las hree decades. he esimaed numbers f BDs in he Unied Saes and canada ran-se beween 800 and l200.ll BDs ale -cainin-s ecnnric and pliical inflrence in merplian gvernance as lcal svernlnens increasingly rely n hem fr service delivery. BDs are n merely ls f service delivery r public plicy inrplemenain. hweverl hey are a fbrm f selfg\/ernance by prpery (primarily cmmercial) wners. As such. hey are Address crrespndence Gdku! Mrqcil. Schl f Public Affairs. Penn Sae a Harrisburg. Wl60 Olmsread Building. 1'77 W. Harrisburs Pike. Middlewn- PA USA: E-rnail

63 166 Mrqiil and Parick 9. Fr he her seings he research was cnduced, see he aricles by Meek and Hubler; Wlf; and Mrqdl and Zimmermann, "Cmmuniy lmprvemen Disrics in Merplian Alana" ln his issue. 0. he research quesins are menined and discussed in he aricles by Meek and Hubler; Wlfl Mrgcil and Zimmermann, "Cmmuniy lmprvemen Disrics in Merplian Alana"; and Mrqcil and Zimmermann, "Merplian Gvernance and Business lmprvemen Disrics" in his issue. he ull lising f he quesins and he research design can be bained frm he firs auhr f his aricle. ll. Fr he def,rniins and names used in differen saes see he her aricle in his issue. Als see Brifaul, R.A Gvernmen br Our ime? Business lmprvemen Disrics and Urban Gvernance. Clumbia Law Review 1999,99 (2),365411; Pack, J.R. BDs, DDs, SDs, SADs: Privae Gvernmens n Urban America. Brkings Review 1992, 0 (4), L Fr example, see Husun, L. O. Jr.Business mprvemen Disrics 2nd Ed.: Urban Land nsiue & [nernainal Dwnwn Assciain: Washingn, DC, Fr an exensive discussin f he hisry and curren saus f municipal auhriies in Pennsylvania, see Gvernr's Cener fr Lcal Gvernmen Services, Municipal Auhriies in Pennsylvania, 9h Ed.; Cmmnwealh f Pennsylvania, Deparmen f Cmmuniy and Ecnmlc Develpmen: Harrisburg, PA, Augus his pwer was graned municipaliies by he curs (See: Gvernr's Cener fr Lcal Gvernmen Services. p. ci. 2002,'7). l5. Gvernr's Cener fr Lcal Gvernmen Services. p. ci.2oo2,2. [6. Gvernr's Cener br Lcal Gvernmen Services. p. ci.2002, 16, Surces f he inbrmain in his paragraph are ur inerview wih Jeri Sumpf, wh was he execuive direcr f he Urban Afairs Cmmiee f he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives during he 990s and played a majr rle in drafing he 1998 and 2000 acs, and he fllwing dcumens, f which he was he lead auhr: Eradicaing Bligh and Expediing Ecnmic DeveLpmen in PennsyLvania in he 2l' Cenury: A Repr PA General Assembly Pursuan Huse Resluin 91. March 1996; Huse Resluin 9l: Legislaive Sluins fr Ending BLigh in PennsyLvania. Augus 1998: Urban Revicrlizain and he Eradicain f' Bligh. March he 1998 ac redefined he sauses f BDs fr he "ciies f he irs class" in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). he 2000 ac expanded he cverage f he 1998 ac he res f he sae. 19. n Pennsylvania, he required percenlages f prpery wners blck he esablishmen f a BD changed ver ime. he 1967 ac saed ha blck he esablishmens f a BD, eiher mre han 507 f he persns represening he wnership in he disric r wners whse prpery valuain were assessed fr 5l% r mre f he al prpery valuain in

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67 ! Secin RESEARCH ACMES Secin nn Or CONENS A. HuseResluin9l: Hearings andrepr B. Cmmuniy Revializain Visis C. "he Fuure f Pennsylvania Ciies" Hearings....7 A. B. c. D. E. MPLEMENNG LEGSLAON ENACED, O BE RENRODUCED, OR BENG DRAFED FOR NRODUCON Cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen Ani-Bligh and Slumlrds Husing Financing Prpsals...4 Real Esae ax Sale Prcess Secin HOUSE RESOLUON 9l MPLEMENNG LEGSLAON LEGSLAVE SESSON - FNAL SAUS

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69 l: *ry"* HOUSE RESOLUON N. 91 *,.*".n\:lb. Husn fficlrren,,,..ilij.l.:,--,,, llus ^fsoluil(rn9 l.}:(;s-l..lnl.n)l-l.l'7nns :OR A)N(; BU Gr r.\,}} Ns"l7.Vr{.V,1.{ '#E 'brs--ac* h(re{$g- -.-le:*- rhll-'..- lla " r'.' 'f(l.,. :r+.:-.\\ :r. xa, :!. rr:..r r., r'ijr 'irr'd "rrrr'' ) RESO,UON 91: BCCROUND HE RESOLUON On March 16,1995, he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives uvmimusly passed Huse Resluin 91. Huse Resluin 91 direced he Urban Aflairs Cmmiee examine he cause and eflec f bligh in Pennsylvania's urban areas, including hse in rural seings. n addiin, he Cmmiee was asked (1) deermine he exen which exising Cmmnwealh saues and prgrams adequaely addressed he eliminain f bligh and ecnmic revlaluain in hese blighed areas and (2) where necessary, recmmend prgram r legislaive changes. he Urban Aflairs Cmmiee held eigh public hearings acrss he sae frm Pisburgh Philadelphia and heard esimny frm a wide range f expers, including municipal and sae fficials, ecnmic develpmen prfessinals, cde enfrcemen persnnel husing and redevelpmen safi nnprfi rganizains, and ciizens. HE REPOR he Huse Resluin 91 repr fcused primarily n he specific prblem areas idenified by he expers wh esified a he public hearings, and wha hey suggesed needed be dne eliminae he prblems. Wihhis in mind, he final repr included: findings, cnclusi ns, and le gis laive and pr gmm re cmmendains. he Cmmiee believed ha he reading fhe repr by pubc fficials, civic grups, rganizains, and ciizens ineresed in eliminaing bligh and encuraging ecnmic revializain in Pennsylvania's urban and rural areas, wuld: 1) simulae fuure dialgue and discussin; and 2) lead even mre innvaive ideas fr changes in sae wbanprgrams and plicies, and addiinal remedial legislain in he fuure. MPLEMENNG LEGSLAON Unlike ms reprs ha end up cllecing dus, he Urban Affairs Cmmiee saff immediae ly draf ed remedial le gis lain implemen he recmmendains cnained in he repr. weny-nine bills were inrduced during he legislaive sessin and hers were inrduced laer. Urban areas, wheher hey are ciies, r brughs in rural areas fhe sae, are an impran asse and resurce he Cmmnwealh f Pennsylvania and is ecnmy. Having available, adequae affrdable husing, needed cmmuniy services and faciliies, and a sable lcal ecnmy, including gd jbs and jb raining ppruniies, is as impran he Cmmnwealh's urban areas as is, imprving he physical cndiin fhe blighed buildings and infrasrucure ha is lcaed here.

70 Uarch 29 March 29 March 29 March 30 March 30 March 30 April25 April25 April25 Aprll26 April26 Aprll26 Nlay l7 May22 May22 May 23 May 23 Nay 24 June Augus 7 Augus 8 Augus 9 Augus l0 Augus l0 Augus l1 Augus Augus 1l Augus 2l Augus 22 Augus 22 Augus 23 Augus 23 Augus 24 Augus 24 Augus 25 Augus 25 Sepember 5 Sepember 5 Sepember 20 Sepember 20 Husn UnnaN Arrarns CvrMrrrnE C vrvrunrry RnvrraLz ArN Vrsrr Scnnur,n Mancs 29 - SnprnvrBnR 30, 2000 Dle ar Sie Membr imc Ambler Manayunk Special Services Disric Bchlehem Quakerrvn Dylcsrvn Caesville Chescrbrk Village l.lusing Develpmen Universiy f Pennsylvan ia Habr Eaglevicw Husing Develpmen Dwningwn Lingleswn Williamspr rvanda Wellsbr Cuderspr Warren Pisburgh - Waerlin Prjec Mcadville Greenville Carnegie Phillipsburg yrne Alna Hllidaysburg Bcdfbrd Airpr Penn's Landing Old Ciy Philadelphia Abingn+ Nrriswn Phenixville Wes Reading Read i ng l{usin g hjecs Elyerwn Emmaus Wilkes Bane KOZ Luzeme Brugh Pswn Wes Philadclphia ing n Huse Bill 1829 McGill Mandcrin -. Chen Samuelsn Clymcr Mcllhinney Hennessey Rubley Hrsey/Rebuck Crnell Schrder Schrdcr Marsic Dempsey Chadwick Baker Jadlwiec Lynch Habay Frcier wil Pippv Herman Saher Geis Scm Hess Lederer Lederer Bard Ficher Rublcy Rhrer CalagirndSanni Leh Snyder Blaum Yudichak Dailey Hrsev 9AM - l0:30am l:3oam - 2PM 3PM - 4:30PM 9n M - l0:30am 1l:30AM - lpm 2PM - 3:30PM 9AM - 0:30AM AM - 2PM 2PM - 3:30PM 9:30AM- llam l;l5pm -2:45PM 3PM - 4PM OAM - 2PM 9AM- AM l:30pm - 3PM 9AM - AM PM - 3PM OAM - 2PM 9AM - AM PM - 3PM PM - 2PM OAM - 2PM 9:30AM - l:30am PM.3PM 8AM. AM l:30am - 2PM 3PM.4PM PM - 6PM 9AM - lam l:30pm - 3PM 9AM - AM 2PM - 3PM 9AM - AM l:30am - 3PM 9AM - AM 2PM - 3PM 9:30AM - l2:30pm PM - 3PM 9:3OAM - l2:30pm l:30pm - 3:3OPM.:

71 C nnnnuny RN Vrr ALZ A ON Vr Srr S : B NC GROD 4 r he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee beween March - Sepember,2000, visied ver 40, ras r Wellsbr in rural areas f he sae. he gegr ies were lcaed were als diverse, and included he Pennsylvania, as well as Cenral Pennsylvania, m r Pennsylvania. A cmplee lis f he cmmuniies and daes visied is included n he preceding Page' Currenly, he Urban Afairs C in preparing a final repr which will include findings and recmm s. New legislain, r changes exising legislain, as well as DCED prgrams like he Main Sree Prgrarn, will als be a par f he Cmmiee's final repr. PJRPOSE Lcal ffrcials and cmmuniy leaders were infrmed in advance f he visis, ha he Cmmiee's purpse was view successful cmmuniy revializain effrs ha had already been cmpleed; were currenly undemay; r ha were planned fr he fuure. n addiin, lcal fficials and cmmuniy leaders were asked prvide cmmiee members wih infrmain cncerning wha hey aribued heir pas success, r wha hey fel wuld be he primary facrs which wuld cnribue he success f heir revializain prjecs currenly underway, r planned fr he fuure. Addiinally, hey were asked discuss wih cmmiee members, he prblems hey encunered relaive heir cmmuniy revializain endeavrs and hw hey were successfully reslved. Since he prblems facing urban areas in Pennsylvani4 wheher large r small, are fr he ms p wha didn'; and ulimaely Ṭ cnnecin wih he cmmuniy revializain aciviies, which will als be included in he Cmmiee's final repr. :

72 l. ) KEY QJESONS ASKED Wha seps, in rder f pririy, wuld yu recmmend ha a cmmuniy iniially ake launch is cmmuniy revializain eflrs? Wha rganizainal srucure d yu feel wrks bes a he cmmuniy level, manage lcal revializain aciviies? Wha d yu feel were he p five prblems yur cmmuniy encunered wih respec lcal revializain, and hw were hey reslved? Lis he funding surces ha made yur cmmuniy's revializain effrs pssible, including sae, federal, cuny, fundain, r privae surces? Hw d yu feel yw cmmuniy: 1) has changed as a resul f yur revialzain effirs, r 2) will change in he fuure as a resul f same? Wha changes any sae prgrams, regulains, r guidelines, d yu feel wuld be helpful in expediing revializain eflrs in cmmuniies in Pennsylvania in he fuure? PRELMNARY CONCLUSONS Direcing fuure develpmen Pennsylvania's urban areas will n nly expedie he renaissance f Pennsyvania's ciies and urban ceners in rural pars f he sae as has ccurred in her areas f he cunry, bu i will als aid in eliminaing sprawl and managing grwh in he suburban areas sulrunding Pennsylvania's urban ceners. his will resul in saving vial and limied farmland, naural resurces, and pen space, frm develpmen in he fuwe. While sreescape and building fagade prgrams; mainsree prgrams; business imprvemen disrics; new and rehabiliaed husing; hisric preservain; and park imprvemens, name a few, are all impran and necessary fr successful cmmunify revializain, hey alne will ry! accmplish he bjecive. Successful cmmuniy revializain is marke driven! New businesses which can be successful in a specifrc cmmuniy, mus be sugh and assised in lcaing here. ax credis and her frms f incenives mus be made available arac invesmen in he dwnwns f urban areas. A marke mus als be develped suppr new and exisins businesses, in he frm f aracing new emplyers and emplyees he dwnwn area. New cusmers fr hese businesses can als be generaed hrugh he develpmen f new sales and renal husing ppruniies dwnwn, all f which resul in increased pedesrian aciviy needed suppr exising businesses r new businesses which are araced he cmmuniv.

73 Fr revializain efflrs be successful and wrk, a plan mus be develped wih ime sensiive gals and bjecives, as well as a budge and funding surces fr same, including a financial cmmimen frm he privae secr wih respec prpsed expendiures. Criical in aracing new emplyers urban areas, are he culural, scial, enerainmen, and recreain aciviies, as well as sales and renal husing ppruniies, available in he. cmmuniy fr emplyees f businesses and cmpanies ha lcae here. he qualiy f he educainal prgrams available in he schl sysem ha serves he urban area is als as criical he success f lcal revializain effrs and he aracin f new emplyers and businesses he cmmuniy, as is public safey, and he percepin ha he cmmunify, especially he dwnwn area, is a safe area in which live and shp. FNAL REPOR RE,COMMENDAONS resae, he safff he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee is currenly in he prcess f evaluaing r all f he infrmain and maerials discussed and reviewed by Cmmiee members in he 40 cmmuniies which were visied beween March - Sepember, r Addiinally, infrmain n successful revializain aciviies has als been requesed frm ciies r r Upn he cmplein f his saffreview and analysis, a final repr will be issued by he lluse Urban Affairs Cmmiee and made available all members f he Caucus fr use in cmmuniies in heir legislaive disrics which migh be ineresed in underaking cmmuniy revializain prgrams and prjecs in he fufure.

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75 "ril Furunn r PnrwsylvAlra crues": BacrcRrND When he Urban Afairs Cmmiee released is final repr eniled Urban Oppruniies: Eradicaing Bligh and Expediing Ecnmic Develpmen in Pennsylvania n he 2l' Cenury, in 1996, i saed: " irsure ha his dcumen des n becme jus "ne mre" repr ha gahers dus, he Urban Affairs Cmmiee a he presen ime is in he prcess f drafing remedial legislain implemen many f he recmmendains cnained in his repr." dae, nnny bills in he legislaive package inrduced implemen he HR 91 repr recmmendains, and included in his repr, have already been enaced in law. he Cmmiee's gal is have he remainine bills enaced in law his sessin! OCOBER HEARNGS n lking bevnd wha he Cmmiee had alreadv dne, and hus he fuure, he Huse Urban Aflairs Cmmiee held hree daysf hearings in he Majriy Caucus Rm a he Sae Capil in Harrisburg n Ocber 17h, 18h, and 19h, 2000, n he subjec f, he "Fufure f Pennsylvania's Ciies." n-sal and u-f-sae expers were invied and paricipaed, sme fr he firs ime via elecnferencing frm as far away as Califmia. he hree-day sessin fcused n: (1) differences beween urban revializain eflrs in ciies in Eurpe as cnrased ciies in he Unied Saes; (2) successful revializain eflrs in ciies in he Unied Saes dae, including Pennsylvania; and (3) wha he fuure f Pennsylvania's ciies, bh large and small, lks like, including any impedimens grwh and develpmen. he issues discussed included: Husing (al gpes) Ecnmic Develpmen Urban Educain Urban Crime/Public Safey ransprain Urban SciallllealhAilelfare ssues - Minriy ppulains - he elderly - Special needs ppulains Municipal X'inance/lVlanagemen Recreain/Envirnmen he Cmmiee's gal was hear frm expers: (1) where hev saw Pennsvlvania's ciies headed; (2) wha hey fel he fuure prblem areas were sins be; (3) hw n.y f. 1n. "lglgliplgll prblems culd bes be reslved; and (4) wha hey fel he Pennsylvania Legisla"re "uo O

76 faciliae reslving same, in rder fr he fuure f Pennsylvania's urban areas, large and small, be brigh and enlighening fr he peple living here. PURPOSE resae, he purpse f he Cmmiee in hlding hese hearings was hear frm sae and nainal expers, wha hey fel he challenges wuld be fr Pennsylvania's urban areas in he fuure, and hw he General Assembly culd assis lcal fficials in he sae in meeing hse challenges. his included ciies and brughs, as well as any urban area in he Cmmnwealr, including urban areas in wnships facing similar prblems, i.e. "suburban renewal." he Cmmiee is well aware ha bligh; a decreasing ppulain; and a decreasing ax base, are nly a few f he prblems facing many urban areas in Pennsylvania day. Seps fr reversing hese rends, and aracing increased invesmens w cmmuniies in rder revialize hern, mus include, a a minimurn, making ur cmmuniies safer; imprving rban schl sysems; develping aflrdable husing dwnwn; expanding and imprving public ransprain; fagade and sreescape imprvemens; making ur cmmuniies fiscally sund hrugh increased effrciencies, imprved managemen, and changes in sae and lcal a:< plicies; prviding adequae services and faciliies fr he elderly, minriy, and special needs ppulains; and addressing infrasrucure, and envirnmenal cncerns. Pennsylvania mus succeed, and cann fail, wih respec he afremenined, if Pennsylvania hpes imprve he qualiy f life in is ciies and brughs in he fuure, and arac new privae invesmen and new jbs hese cmmuniies. he Cmmiee viewed hese Ocber hearings as a saring pin in beginning a dialgue amng all ineresed paries, cncerning: 1) he key prblems and issues which Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs will be facing in he fuure, and2) he public plicy pins which exis and which need be cnsidered by sae and lcal fficials including he Pennsylvania General Assembly, wih respec reslving same. he Cmmiee is als well aware ha direcing fuure invesmen ur urban ceners, will als help Pennsylvania address curren prblems assciaed wih sprawl, as a resul f being able save Pennsylvania's diminishing farmland, pen space, and naural resurces, which herwise wuld be used cnsruc he new develpmens which can be buil in ur urban cmmuniies. As a resul f he Cmmiee's desire hear frm expers wihin and uside f Pennsylvania ha he Legislaure des n ruinely hear frm during he legislaive sessin, grups and rganizains ha did n have an ppruniy esiff a hese hearings, including bu n limied : he Pennsylvania League f Ciies and Municipaliies; he Pennsylvania Planning Assciain; Pennsylvania Assciain f Husing and Redevelpmen Auhriies; Pennsylvania Brughs Assciain, and her saewide grups and rganizains having ideas and suggesins cnribue, were asked he Cmmiee will be publishing n hese hearings.

77 NEW LEGSLAVE RECOMMENDAONS: FNAL REPOR Creae echnical assisance prgrams help cmmuniies and nnprfis rehabiliae hisric srucures fr adapive public purpse reuse. Creae prgrams aimed a he renvain and cnversin f vacan secnd and hird flr ffrce space abve business prperies dwnwn fr use as new ffrce space r affrdable husing. Prvide financing and echnical assisance municipaliies and nnprfis fr uilizain in redevelping key srucures and sies wihin he cenral business disric, essenial he ecnmic, scial r civic fabric f he cmmuniy. ncrease funding and echnical assisance fr he curren main sree prgram; business, residenial, and mixed-use imprvemen disrics; dwnwn cmmercial incubar prgrams; and digial service ceners. Creae a sae Urban nvesmen rus Fund finance majr capial prjecs needed suppr and achieve successful cmmuniy revializain. r Creae a significan new infrasrucure financing prgram suppr cmmuniy revializain eflrs capable f prviding flexible financing fr capial prjecs, including bu n limied, highways, bridges, mass ransi, elecmmunicains, and her infrasrucure prjecs criical he successful revializain f he cmmuniy. Esablish a sae incme ax credi prgram encurage he rehabiliain f residenial prperies in urban areas by curren wners, nnprfis, new wners and he privae secr. his will lead 1) increased purchases f residenial prpery in urban areas and 2) he suppr f her cmmuniy rcvial:r;ain effrs. Expand curren business lan prgrams and increase he amun f venure capial funds available fr businesses willing lcae in a cmmunify as par f is revializain sraegy. Link jb raining prgram funding he develpmen f educainal prgrams in urban areas needed develp he jb frce necessary fr businesses ha wan lcae here. Change curren sae and lcal ax plicies encurage increased invesmen by he privae secr in he dwnwns f cmmuniies as par f a revializain iniiaive. A mre deailed descripin f he abve recmmendains, many f which were made by winesses wh esified a he Urban Affairs Cmmiee hearings n he Fuure f Pennsylvania Ciies in Ocber f 2000, will be included in he final repr issued by he cmmiee. L-egislain implemen he abve recmmendains is als currenly beins drafed bv Cmmiee Safffr inrduci, cnsiderain, and passage by ne Aenerl e.r""ufy ir sessin. l0

78 C OvnvruNY AND Ec NMC DevprPMENr Pnp SALS El R" 92 f Esablished he Keysne Opprnrni y ZnePrgram which creaed ax-free znes in Pennsylvania expedie ecnmic develpmen in deeriraing and underuilized areas f urban and rural cmmuniies. Sae and lcal axes in hese areas are waived as incenives arac new businesses and creae new jbs. ElA" fi4 f Drafed, in cnjuncin wih he Pennsylvania Lw ncme Husing Caliin and he Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener, he "Cmmuniy and Ecnmic mprvemen Ac" prvides fr he creain and perain fneighbrhd mprvemen Disrics, (residenial r mixed use) similar curren Business mprvemen Disrics, (cmmercial nly) in jus Philadelphia. ElR. 32 f Esablished he "Dwnvrm Lcain Law" which required DGS esablish guidelines encurage Sae agencies : 1) lcae all new ffices and faciliies r; 2) ener in a lease f real esae fr ffice purpses, in dwnwn areas. Ele. 119 f Amended he "Pennsylvania Keysne Oppruniy ZneAc" by: 1) expanding he ax free znes by 18,000 acres (12 new znes a maximum 1500 acres each) 2) making several changes and clarificains address echnical cncerns ha have arisen since he iniial implemenain f he Ac, and 3) prviding addiinal ax exempins fr businesses previusly excluded frm he Keysne Oppruniy Zne prgram, including banks, hrifs, insurance cmpanies, uiliy, ruck, bus, and rail cmpanies. (See Ac 92 f 1998 abve.) E n 130 f Prvides fr he creain and perain fneighbrhd mprvemen Disrics in all municipaliies acrss he Cmmnwealh, excep Philadelphia. (See Ac 174 f 1998 abve.) ')<. -^Yi: U echnical assisance prgrams help cmmuniies and nnprfis rehabiliae hisric srucres fr adapive reuse public purpses..,!<-,4r/- U Funding fr renvain prgrams aimed a cnvering vacan secnd and hird flr ffrce space abve business prperies dwnwn fr use as new ffrce space r aflrdable husing r marke rae husins. -75r 4ll- U Financing and echnical assisance municipaliies and nnprfis fr uilizain in redevelping key srucwes and sies wihin he cenral business disric essenial he ecnmic, scial r civic fabric f he cmmuniy. -)+ -.9/.- H ncreased funding and echnical assisance fr he curren Main Sree prgram, business imprvemen disrics, dwnwn cmmercial incubar prgrams, and digial service ceners. E Era"d ir Law?E Being Redrafed fr Reinrducin f New deas Being Drafed fr nrducin

79 r1[ \) ANil-SLGH AND SU RD PnpSALS E A" 34 f Amended he "Husing Auhriies Law" preven a husing auhriy frm enering axes. in a cnrac wih a landlrd wh wns municipal, cuny r schl disric Ele. 135 f his saue increases criminal penalies fr serius cde vilains r ax delinquencies. g=.l. (ScriminalPenaly Package - hese bills wuld make habiual vilains f building, husing, prpery mainenance, r public safey rdinances by slumlrds a criminal ffense punishable by up ne year in jail. Privae Righ f Acin - his prpsal wuld amend ile 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Prcedure) allw privae individuals and cmmuniy grups in Pisburgh file civil acins in he Pisburgh Magisraes Cur agains slumlrds cmpel cmpliance wih Ciy prpery mainenance rdinances, r fr damages in cnnecin wih he vilain f hse rdinances. A separae prpsal has been ffered fr her municipaliies in he Cmmnwealh.?BSru,. Permi Denial - his prpsal wuld allw he Sae deny sae permis, licenses r apprvals slumlrds wh wn prpery wih unabaed husing cde vilains r wh wn ax delinquen prpery in any municipaliy in he sae. (Examples wuld include: sae liqur licenses, DEP sewer permis, PENNDO curb cu permis, ec.) (gprivae Asse Aachmen - his prpsal wuld amend ile 53 Municipaliies Generally, allw lcal gvernmens aach any privae asses f slumlrds cver all municipal expendiures assciaed wih cde enfrcemen aciviies includine demliin css. EUuniripal Permi Denial - hese prpsals wuld allw municipaliies deny municipal permis, licenses, r apprvals slumlrds wh wn prpery wih unabaed serius husing cde vilains r wh wn ax delinquen prpery in any municipaliy in he sae. Examples include: municipal building permis, zning variances, licenses and ccupancy permis, ec.?bsu.*ide Cmpuer Regisry - his prpsal wuld esablish a saewide cmpuer regisry ha wuld rack nging, unabaed, serius husing cde vilains r ax delinquencies fr prperfy wned by slumlrds. Pennsylvania Cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen Advisry Cmmiee - his prpsal wuld creae a Pennsylvania Cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen Advisry Cmmiee similar he curren Sae Husing Advisry Cmmiee. E Enaced in Law E e"ing n"dr.f"d fr Reinrducrn f New dem Being Drafed fr nbducin 2

80 13 Husnrc PnPsALS?Bl.*rylvania Mrgage Guarany Crprain - Guaranee municipal r redevelpmen auhriy lans fr ecnmic develpmen (including neighbrhd cmmercial) r husing prjecs (including single family) in blighed areas. his wuld include lans nnprfi crarains. - Guaranee privae lending insiuin lans and mrgages in blighed areas. g> (KReceivership - his prpsal wuld allw nnprfi crprains be named "receivers" by he curs in rder ake cnrl f prpery ha is negleced by he wner f recrd. Receivers wuld mainain and manage prpery in lieu f he wner unil such ime as he wner redeems i r he cur apprves a ransfer fhe prpery. (ffmrgage Lenders Respnsibiliy Ac - his prpsal wuld make anyne wih a financial ineres in a prpery, including banks and mrgage cmpanies, ec., respnsible fr he prpery's mainenance and cde cmpliance, when he wner f recrd fails in ha bligain. iif; U Funding fr renvain prgrams aimed a cnvering vacan secnd and hird flr ffice space abve business prperies dwnwn fr use as new ffrce space r affrdable husing r marke rae husing. (, 1?,r H A sae ax credi prgram encurage individuals purchase residenial hmes in urban areas as par f a cmmuniy revializain prgram and rehabiliae same fr wner ccupancy. E Enaaed in Law?B l"ig n"a.afed fr Reinrducin f New deas Being Drafed fr nbducin

81 r r r r FnvaNcNG PnpSALS ElA. 160 f Amended he Hmewners Emergency Mrgage Assisance Prgram GEMAP) by reducing he amun f assisance available individual hmewners s ha mre hrn"*n rs culd be served by he prgram which is adminisered by he Pennsylvania Husing Finance Agency. (&lpracive F Designain - his prpsal wuld amend he ax ncremen Financing Ac by making he Ac applicable areas ha are n ye blighed enugh be in an esablished "redeveldmen area." q;r' (SMajriy Opin - his prpsal wuld amend he ax ncremen Financing Ac allw a majriy f axing auhriies wih jurisdicin ver he prpsed F disric cmpel he hird axing auhriy paricipae in he F. rain pmen auhriy lans fr ecnmic develpmen (including neighbrhd cmmercial) r husing prjecs (including single family) in blighed areas. his wuld include lans nnprfi crprains. in lans and mrgages in blighed areas. 4 r capial prjecs needed fr successful cmmuniy r ')<' {0F 'Sigdn.an flexible financing fr capial infrasrucure prjecs including highways, bridges, mass ransi and her ype in-frasrucure prjecs necessary fr he successful revializain f he increased venwe capial funds fr businesses willing f a revializain sraegy. i;'r, H Changes in curren sae and lcal ax plicies encurage increased privae invesmen in he dwnwns f cmmuniies as par f a revializain iniiaive. El Enu"r"d in L"* k B"ing R"druf"d fr Reinrduci. f New deas Being Drafed fr hrducin

82 5 Rpar Esrarp, ax Sarp Pncpss PnpsALS Er R. 5 f Amended he "Real Esae ax Sale Law" auhrize hird paries saisff ax claims held by a municipaliy agains ax delinquen real prperies. Als allwed a municipaliy peiin he Cur f Cmmn Pleas prhibi he ransfer f prpery sld a a judicial sale any purchaser wh failed cmply wih he lcal husing cde wih respec her prperies hey wn. E a. 44 f Amended he "hird Class Ciy Cde" prvide a waiver f he curren adverising and bidding requiremens fr he sale f real prpery wned by he municipaliy when sld nnprfi cmmuniy develpmen crprains develp fr cmmercial, indusrial and aflrdable husing purpses. E R. 47 f Amended Secin 2541 (Public Sale f Prpery Saisfu ax Claims) f he "hild Class Ciy Cde" by defining "delinquen axes" as axes delinquen hiry days afer he final deadline fr paymen f such axes fr he curren ax year. Ere" 48 f Repealed Secin 2545 f he "hfud Class Ciy Cde" which prvides fr he redempin f real prpery sld a a judicial sale. ElR. 133 f Amended he "Real Esae ax Sale Law" prhibi he cmplein f a sale persns wh wn her prpery wih delinquen real esae axes r usanding municipal uiliy bills. ErR" 73 f Amended he "Cury Cde" prvide a waiver f he curren adverising and bidding requiremens fr he sale f real prpery wned by he cuny when sld nnprfi cmmuniy develpmen crprains develp fr cmmercial, indusrial and affrdable husing purpses. l.kps-sheriff s Sale Cde Cmpliance - his prpsal wuld amend he "Real Esae ax Sale Law" require ha all prpery purchased a a sheriffs sale be brugh up cde sandards wihin a reasnable perid f ime, in rder preven speculars and slumlrds frm purchasing mre prpery fr "speculaive" purpses and simply barding i up. al;-r ('{Carifi'Hardship" Case - his prpsal wuld amend he "Real Esae ax Sale Law" furher clariff wha cnsiues a'hardship" case, in which he cur can legally permi a paymen schedule fr axes due n ax delinquen prpery. he bill wuld als impse sancins n prpery wners wh defaul n esablished paymen schedules during an auhrized exensin f ime. ElEnaced in Law /S Being Redrafed fr Reinrducin f New ldeas Being Drafed fr nfiducin

83 Hnrable Ry Reinard, Majriy Chairman (R) Hnrable David Argall, Majriy Chairman (R) Hnrable Jhn aylr, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Jeffrey Habay, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable m Dempsey, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies. Cunies Hnrable Jhn Pippy, Secreary Hnrable Lia Chen Hnrable im Hennessey Hnrable Dick Hess Hnrable Dennis Leh Hnrable Rn Marsic Hnrable Eugene McGil Hnrable Charles Mcllhinney Hnrable m Sevensn Hnrable Frank ulli, Jr. Hnrable Rd Wil Jeri E. Sumpf, Execuive Direcr Jeffrey S. Hwell, Research Analys Renee Pwell. Secreary Hnrable hmas Perne, Minriy Hnrable LeAnna Washingn, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Ralph Kaiser, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable P. Michael Sfurla, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Jennifer Mann, Secreary Hnrable Alan Bukviz Hnrable Paul Csa Hnrable Michael Hrsey Hnrable haddeus Kirkland Hnrable Marie Lederer Hnrable Benjamin Rams Jn Caselli, Execuive Direcr Daisy Pagan, Research Analys Mary Adams, Secreary

84 Hnrable Gerge Kenney, Majriy Chairman (R) Hnrable Jhn aylr, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Jeffrey Habay, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Seven Cappelli, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Rn Miller, Secreary Hnrable Ellen Bard Hnrable Pa Brwne Hnrable Lia Chen Hnrable im Hennessey Hnrable Dick Hess Hnrable Jhn Maher Hnrable Jhn Pippy Hnrable m Sevensn Hnrable Rd Wil Hnrable Mahew \Mrigh Jeri E. Sumpf, Execuive Direcr Jeffrey S. Hwell, Research Analys Renee Pwell, Secreary Hnrable hmas Perne, Minriy Hnrable Marie Lederer, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Dan Frankel, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies lnrable P. Michael Surla, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies, Cunies lnrable Alan Bukviz, Secreary Hnrable Angel Cruz Hnrable Michael Diven Hnrable Mike Hrsey Hnrable haddeus Kirkland Hnrable Jennifer Mann Hnrable Mike Surla Hnrable Jewell Williams Jn Caselli, Execuive Direcr Daisy Pagan, Research Analys Mary Adams, Secreary

85 Hnrable Chris Wgan, Majriy Chairman (R) Hnrable Jhn aylr, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Jeffrey Habay, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable m Dempsey, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable im Hennessey, Secreary Hnrable Pa Brwne Hnrable Lia Chen lnrable Charles Den lnrable Edward Krebs Hnrable Dennis O'Brien Hnrable Alber Pei Hnrable Carle Rubley Hnrable David Seil Hnrable Mahew Wrigh Jeri E. Sumpf, Execuive Direcr ry Beaversn, Research Analys Renee Pwell, Secreary Jdie Suck, nem Hnrable hmas Perne, Minriy Hnrable LeAnna Washingn, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Dn Walk, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable P. Michael Sfurla, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Alan Bukviz Hnrable haddeus Kirkland Hnrable Benjamin Rams Hnrable William Rbinsn Hnrable Sephen Seler Hnrable erry Van Hrne Gail Davis, Execuive Direcr Jn Caselli, Research Analys Lisa Luden, Secreary

86 HOUSE URBAN AFFARS COMilEE AND SAFF Lesislaive Sessin Hnrable Ry Reinard, Majriy Chairman (R) Hnrable Jhn aylr, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Jeffrey Habay, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable m Dempsey, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Jhn Pippy, Secreary Hnrable Pa Brwne Hnrable Pa Carne Hnrable Je Cni Hnrable im Hennessey Hnrable Dick Hess Hnrable Dennis Leh Hnrable Rn Marsic Hnrable Jane Orie Hnrable David Seil Hnrable m Sevensn Jeri E. Sumpf, Execuive Direcr ry Beaversn, Research Analys Jeffrey S. Hwell, Research Analys Renee Pwell. Secrearv Hnrable hmas Perne, Minriy Hnrable LeAnna Washingn, Subcmmiee Chairman n Firs Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable Dn Walk, Subcmmiee Chairman n Secnd Class Ciies, Cunies Hnrable P. Michael Surla, Subcmmiee Chairman n hird Class Ciies. Cunies Hnrable W. Cur hmas, Secreary Hnrable Babee Jsephs Hnrable Ralph Kaiser Hnrable haddeus Kirkland Hnrable Benjamin Rams Hnrable William Rbinsn Hnrable Sephen Seler Gail Davis, Execuive Direcr Jn Caselli, Research Analys Mary Adams, Secreary Lisa Luden, Secreary

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94 b1 Jeri E. Sumpf, Execuiue Direcr Huse Urban Afairs Cmmiee n case yu haven' heard, Pennsylvania's urban areas are n he rebund. he renaissance being experienced in many ciries nainally, is ccurring here,. he fuure f Pennsylvania's ciies lks brigh, in my pinin! predicr ha many "baby bmers" in Pennsylvania wh fled ciries fr he suburbs during he 1950s and 60 s, and che rs, will increasingly wan make heir hme nce mre, r fr rhe firs ime, in Pennsylvania's ciries, and brughs in rural pars f Pennsylvania. hey cnain, amng many hings, hisric buildings, ineresring archirecure and ameniies, culural reasures, and he charm affrded by heir dwnwns. Peple fighring he daily cmmue frm he suburbs, are slwly beginning lk fr a mre inreresring place "rerea " afrer cmpering in rhe high rech, wrldwide ecnmy every day. Pennsylvania ciies and brughs ffer such a "respie." he ambiance ffered by Pennsylvania urban areas cann be duplicaed in rhe suburbs, despie develpers' aremps. he newes suburban rend is cnsrucring ne-rradiind residenial develpmenrs where he densiry is higher, he yards are small r nnexisen, he srees are narrwer and have back alleys, hmes have frn prches, and peple living rhere have rhe abiliry knw heir neighbrs living acrss and dwn he srree frm rhem. Sunds like a neighbrhd in any ne f Pennsylvania's ciies r brughs r me! Addiinally, hse wh riginally fled Pennsylvania urban areas fr rhe suburbs are nw finding hac everyday he rural landscape - he rlling hills and ferile farms har arracred rhem here in he firs place - is being replaced by sprawling husing develpmens, indisinguishable frm ne anher, which cnain nne f he unique archiecural aribures ha husing in Pennsylvaniak urban Che Kenassnnce s llnderway areas affrds buyers. hey are als subieced r endless miles f archiecurally unineresring cmmercial malls, indusrial parks, and idenical narinal chain rescaurans and rerail sres, which repea hemselves every s many miles. Rural rads which were n buil accmmdae a high vlume Fraffic, quickly becme parking ls. \Wha was nce a 15- minue rip hme frm he ffice, vernigh becmes a 45-minue nighmare ar ru-sh hur. Ms unfrcunare, is ha rhese develpmens are being cnsrruced n Pennsylvania's limied and irreplaceable Farmland and pen space, rhe very asses ha make Pennsylvania ne f he ms beauiful saes in he narin; bu Fr hw lng? deermine hw he Pennsylvania Ceneral Assembly migh help Pennsylvanias urban areas vercme he challenges creaed by he exdus fhe 950 and 60 s, and becme rhe residenial and business lcain fchice in he 2lsr cenury, rhe General Assembly passed Huse Resluin 9l f HR 9l direced he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmirree r examine rhe causes f bligh in Pennsylvanias urban areas, and rhe effeciveness f exisring ecnmic develpmen prgrams. Afer sarewide hearings, a repr was released, and ver 30 bills were drafed and inrduced implemen he repr's recmmendains assisr Pennsylvania's urban areas "urn hings arund." Fllwing ha, rhe Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiree reviewed cmmuniry reviralizain "Besr Pracrices" nainally. he Cmmirree als ured 40 cmmunicies in Pennsylvania berween March and Sepember f 2000, r view rheir successful reviralizarin prjecs bh cmpleed r planned. he Cmmirree rhen held hearings a rhe Srae Capil in Ocber f 2000, n che Fuure f Pennsylvania Ciies and Brughs. he purpse he hearings was examine where Pennsylvaniak ciies and urban areas are headed, rhe prblems and challenges heywill be facing, and he addiinal "ls" he Pennsylvania General Assembly migh prvide hem assisr in heir successful renaissance. n-sae expers, and many nainal expers, paricipaed via relecnferencing. \While he Urban Affairs Cmmiee will be issuing a final repr cnaining deailed findings and recmmendains, his aricle is inrended r highligh (l) sme cnclusins and (2) legislarive "ls" enacred dae, r which he Cmmiee hpes have enacred during he legislaive sessin r help. Keuializin Direcing fuure develpmenr Pennsylvania's urban areas will d mre rhan expedie he renaissance f Pennsylvania's ciies and urban areas in rural parrs frhe sae. will als aid in eliminaring sprawl; managing grwh; and saving limied farmland, pen space, and naural resurces, which wuld rherwise be develped. \While srreescape and facade imprvemen prgrams, new and rehabiliraed husing, hisric preservain, recreain and park imprvemens, are impran and necessary fr successful reviralizain, hey alne will n accmplish he bjecive Successful cmmuniry revializain musr be marke-driven and develped wich he inpu and suppr f neighbrhd residens and he lcal business cmmuniry Prviding a wide range f husing chices fr all ecnmic levels, including special needs ppulains and senir ciizens; aracing new businesses back dwnwn rhrugh creaive and innvaive financial prgrams and rax incenivesl develping and imprving cmmuniry culural, scial, enerainmenr, and recrearinal acriviies and faciliies - which are als f ineres 2ls cenury emplyees - will all help increase pedesrian raffic in urban areas, which is criical suppr exisring and new dwnwn businesses. Qualiry urban schl syscems and public safery are as criical he success f urban

95 revicalizain effrs as any ecnmic develpmen prjec cnemplared.,fiew ek',.,4uailable r n eheir Wy As a resul f he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiree Huse Resluin 9l reprr, new legislain has been enaced increase he criminal penalies fr slumlrds wh have "milked all he equiry u f heir prperies" and hen abandned hese deerirared srucures. hese srucures are a "cancer" n ur cmmuniies and, ver ime, can lead he desrucin f enire neighbrhds. he Keysrne Oppruniry Zne prgram (Ac 92 f 1998) was enaced r creare ax free znes expedie ecnmic develpmen in dereriraing and underuilized areas f urban and rural cmmuniies. Sae and lcal axes in hese areas are waived as incenives arac new businesses and creae jbs. his Ac was als amended las sessin expand he ax free znes sarewide by 18,000 acres. he passage f he Dwnwn Lcain Law (Ac 32 f 2000) nw requires rhe Deparmen f General Services esablish guidelines encurage sace agencies r lcare all new ffices and facilides in he dwnwn area, as a caalys fr ecnmic develpmen, and increase pedesrian raffic dwnwn suppr exising and new businesses. he Neighbrhd mprvemen Disric Ac (Ac 130 f 2000), allws neighbrhd residenial and mixed use areas enjy he same pwers, privileges, and benefis har business imprvemen disrics have enjyed fr many years - which has led he successful revializain f many dwnwn cenral business disrics. Addirinal legislain be inrduced and hpefully enaced his sessin wuld: building permis, zning variances, r her municipal apprvals, slumlrds wh wn real esae in any municipdiry in Pennsylvania which has serius unabaed cde vilains, is ax delinquen, r has liens fr significan unpaid bills fr municipal udliry services. any sae issued permis r apprvals slumlrds wh wn real esae in any municipaliry in Pennsylvania which has serius unabaed cde vilains, is ax delinquen, r has liens fr significan unpaid bills fr municipal udliry services (i.e. PennDO curb cus, a liqur license fr a new resrauran. DEP sewer mdule apprvals fr a prpsed dwelpmenr, r a drivers license). ses f a slumlrd in rder r recver municipal css assciaed wih he demlirin r barding up fa prperry, necessiaed by he slumlrd failure have he prperry cmply wih municipd building and husing cde requiremens. Presenly, he nly pin rhe municipaliry has is "lien' he prperry fr such css. Ms fen he lien is "wrhless," as he municipal css many imes exceed he value fhe land nce he srucure is razed. anry Crprain guaranee lans made by municipaliies, redevelpmen auhriies, r banks and mrgage cmpanies fr ecnmic develpmen prjecs in blighed areas - including cmmercial, indusrial, r husing prjecs. n effec, he Mrgage Guaranry Crprain wuld perae like a sare FHA. Fund, which culd include a husing rus fund as a cmpnen par, assisr Pennsylvania's cmmuniies finance needed revializarin prjecs. Mayr Reed f Harrisburg, wh suggesred his a he Cmmiree Furure f Pennsylvania's hearings in Ocber, believes he revlving firnd creaed culd develp asses f ver $5 billin wihin five years if managed prperly. rure Develpmen Bank using he cax incremen financing cncep (F) assure ha financial resurces are available fr criical infrasrucure prjecs in urban areas needed r suppr prpsed ecnmic develpmen prjecs. he renvain fvacan space abve cmmercial prperry in dwnwn areas fr use as new ffice space r affrdable husing. ncluded wuld be cnsiderain f develping a rehabiliain cde, similar New Jersey's, r faciliae he renvain f lder buildings dwnwn, which migh nr herwise ccur as a resul fi being cs prhibiive. incme ax credi prgram fr he rehabiliain fexising resi- " dendal prperry in urban areas. Hpefully, his wuld encurage peple remain living, here, and als ac as an incenive aracr new peple purchase residendal prperries in Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs. Jane Jacbs, auhr f he Dearh and Life f Grea American Ciies, (published ver 40 years ag) criicized he apprach aken by planners slve urban prblems a he ime, and cncluded in her bk: "Dull, iner ciies, i is rue, d cnain he seeds f heir un desncin and lile else. Bu liuely, diuerse, inense ciies, cnain he seeds f heir un regenerain, wih energy enugh carry uer fr prb- ems and needs uside hemselues." agree. We are seeing his in ciies all ver he Sae f Pennsylvania day, and in he dwnwns f many f Pennsylvania brughs in rural areas fhe sae. believe rha wih he addiinal ls he Pennsylvania Legislaure has recenly prvided - and hse i will prvide in he frrure, as a resul f he wrk f he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee - he renaissance being enjyed in ciies hrughu he Unied Saes will be achieved in all fpennqylvania's ciies and brughs har develp successful reviralizain srraegies. is jus a marer f ime! Aba he auhr: Jei E. Snmpf is currenb, and has beenfr he las 28 yean, he Erccuiue Direcnr fhe Huse f Represenaiues Urban Afairs Cmmiec fr he Republican Caucus. Fr 22 f hseyars, he was ak he Exeaniue Direcr f he Huse Lcal Guernmen Cmmiwe, aniil h, C*- mices were diuidzd as a resub f he increasing ulume f wrh. Pir being emplyd by he Penrcyluania Legklznre, Mn Sumpf serued fr fue yars as Direcr f Ciy Pknninguih he Ciry fyrk. Befre ha he uas a phnner wih a Hanisbarg cnsuhingfrm and he Yrh Cuny Planning Cmmissin. l.l

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98 EAURE PROSPEGVE HOMEBUYERS: ELL HEM 'HE SEGRE...NOW! by Jeri E. Sumpf w many gymnass, ennis, vlleyball, sccer, crss cunry, wresling, and rack and field ahlees d yu suppse here wuld be in high schl sprs cday if, upn arriving in Middle Schl, he nlv sr new sudens ever knew he schl ff.r.i was fball? he pin? Yu have knw abu smehing, bifre i can becme an in in ne iis fchices! he fac ha he schl faculry and caching saff knws, is n enugh. he kids wh are abu make decisins regardins exracurricular aciviies, are he nes *i' -ur, knw, befre hey chse heir life's spr "f chice." S i is wih urban living. Ciry mayrs, ciry planners, and ical redevelpmen and ecnmic develpmen prfessinals, are all keenly aware f he respecive prjecs hey are invlved in make heir cmmuniy a beer place in which live and raise a family. Bu s wha? Vill he fac ha rhey knw, r he prjecs hemselves, make peple chse heir cmmuniry as a lcain f chice live r reire in? N. 's all abu "markeing." resace, "yu have knw abu smehing, befre ir can becme an pin in ne's lis f chices," including where c purchase a hme and ive. Jrban areas in Pennsylvania day face a dauning challenge. lvhile hey have significan prblems, hey are making grea srides in reslving hem, and urning heir cmmuniies arund. Revializarin is alive and well, and Gvernr Rendell ecnmic scimulus prgrams are helping. Bu is his general knwledge amng hmebuyers in he cunies and regins in which Pennsylvania's urban areas are lcaed? N. Regardless f he prgress being made by Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs, many peple sill believe urban areas are unsafe and blighed, wih under-perfrming schls - hardly a place hey wuld wan buy a hme and live. Bu is ha percepcin rue? N. N cha here aren' prblems; cerainly here are. Bu he prblems are n as grea as rhe public's percepin, and a renaissance is underway which is ransfrming hese urban "diamnds in he rugh." hrugh "Elm Srree and Main Sree"; new building facades and sreescapes; resaurans and enerainmen venues; andscaping, parks, and recreainal ppruniies; infrasrucure and mass ransi imprvemens; resrain f cmmuniry hisric and culural asses; and he invesmen f millins f dllars in public and privae funds in her revializacin aciviies and prjecs, Pennsylvanias urban areas are n wha hey were en, r even five, years ag. hey are rapidly changing, and wih heir many asses - including he dynamic archiecural feaures assciaed wih he buildines and hmes lcaed here hey a.e beciring aracive, affrdable, - charming, and exciing areas cnsider when chsing a place live. Bu guess wha? Jus like he afremenined fball analgy, if empry nescer baby bmers lking fr a cmmuniry reire in, r a yung cuple deciding where buy rheir firs hme, aren' shwn any prperies in a ciry r brughs beauiful neighbrhds wih heir hisric brick sidewalks and large maure rees when ur lking a prperies wirh heir realr - and are unaware f all he new ecnmic develpmen aciviry aking place in he wn, alng wih he advanages f living here - "hey are ging play fball" (buy a hme in he suburbs). resae again, "yu have knw abu smehing, befre i can becme an Din in ne's lis f chices." - he ime has cme fr prspecive hmebuyers in Pennsylvania be ld he "secre" ha mayrs, planners, and ecnmic develpmen and redevelpmen prfessinals knw abu Pennsylvania ciies and brughs. Ciies and brughs ffer hme purchasers mre "bang fr heir buck' in erms f he husing (.qn"i. fage) hey can buy. his ranslaes in larger bedrms fr heir family, fr example, n menin archiecural feaures n even available in rac suburban husing. Add walkable neighbrhds, a a ime when gas is $3.00 a galln, and peple are chsing walking, running, and cycling keep healhy and lse weigh. hen here he aesheics - maure rees, landscaping, rivers, neighbrhd parks, and greenways. Facr in udr resaurans, libraries, new baseball scadiums, hisric and culural aciviies, and a frn prch n which read and ge knwyur neighbrs, and... well... yu ge he picure! S, wha needs be dne? Hw can his "secre" be divuleed hse unaware f he ambiance f urbin living? Here's wha hink. Pennsvlvania. wih is ciies and brrghs,.reed. begin seriusly marke he virues f living in is lder urban neighbrhds. feel i is impran fr he sae d likewise, wrking in cncer wih is urban cmmunrres. ha end, helped develp a prpsal fr a sudy develp a markeing sraegy d jus ha. has he suppr f he Pennsylvania League f Ciies and Municipaliies, and wuld be prepared wih he gal in mind f prviding he resuls all f Pennsylvania ciies and brughs, fr use in markeing heir cmmuniies new hmebuyers. 'We als envisin he resuls being used by he Cmmnwealh in develping sae markeing iniiaives suppr he effrs f Pennsylvania's lder urban cmmuniries. his sudy was jus funded by DCED and che Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener and will be underway shrly. will repr n is prgress and resuls in a fuure aricle. N) frm and he Yrh Cunl Planning Cmmissin. 7/1/a4klp4/ Repnzzn ' 1l

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100 9. ABUDNGFACADE MPROVEMEN PLAN O. A SREESCAPE MPROVEMEN PLAN 11. A HOUSNG PLAN- FORNEW & RE- HAB HOUSNGDOWNOWN 12. MAN SREE OR ELM SREE DES. GNAON 13. BUSNESS ORNEG}BORHOOD M- PROVEMENDSRC 14. PUBLC/ PRVAE PARNERSHPS & FUNDNG SOURCE S, NCLUDNG : LOCAL, SAE & FEDERAL GOVERN- MEN PRVAE SECOR FOUNDAON & NON-PROF SEC- OR 5. A PLAN FOR MARKENG HE COM- MUNY Nw ha we've esablished wha believe is needed, le's begin examining hw pu he neededpieces geher, usingbrwnsville as he exanrple. shuld be apparen frm he 5 iems lise4 ha accmplishing all fhem will ake sme ime, as here are legal aspecs ms, and he issues are echnical and cmplicaed. n addiin, since he disinvesnen prblems facing Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs didn' ccur vemighg hey can' be reslved immediaely. Bu[ hey canbe reslved, iflcal fficials andresidens wrk geher and uilize he sae's new ecnmic develpmen simulus prgrams, and fllw sme f he ideas cnained inhis aricle. (Brugfi $fews shuldpin u ha was named he Snaegic nveshen Officer (SO) fr Brumwillg Pemsylvania" by GvernrRendell in Ocber 2ffi4,as par fhis new $3 billin ecnmic simulus prgram help revialize Pennsylvania's snall ciies andbrudrs. Wha is an SO, yu migh ask? Fr hse unfrmiliar, i is an individual in sae gvemmenwh is he liaisn berreen a specific municipaliy and all sae agencies anddeparfinens. he galis expedie he prcessing f sae firnding requess frm he municipaliy, as well as requess frechnical assisance. Addiinally, he SO is here give guidance and direcin lcal fficialswihrespec he develpmen and implemeirain farevializainplan fr he cmmuniy. Making "he righf ' hings happen lcally... and happen faser...while using sae (3il\ l

101 peple frm small ciies andvms mved he sub urbs; fllwed shrly, byhe shps andbusinesses ha nce made heir dwnwns, including Brwnsville, he husling and busling places peple waned be. Wih hern wen he municipaliy's ar base. Wha d? his is he difficul quesin; and i has been since he riginal exdus inhe lae 50's and 60's. Pennsylvania's ciies andwns changed; alms i seems, venrigh ss peple, fewerbusinesses, and decreasingjbs, mean significanly less ar revenue n which lcal fficials culd depend mee ever increasing demmds frplice and municipal services. Less incme, als made i mre difficul fr peple and businesses mainain heir prperies. Vacan srefrns dwnwn, and blighed and abandned buildings, sn became he nrm, n he excepin. Unfrunaely, i has been his way sme degree r anher, fr alms 40 years, as uban areas in Pennsylvani4 including Brwnsville, cninue suggle esablish heirnew ideniy and purpse, in heir cuny's, regin's, and sae's 21s Cenuryecnmy. nhe inerim, manyprperies have been purchased by slumlrds, wh afer'milking all he equiy u fhern", simply bard hem up and abandn hem; expecing he axpayen( federal, sae, and lcal gvemmens) "cleanup hemess"hey lef. Fas frward Brwnsville Brugh, alng wih Brwnsville wnship, jus adped ajin cmprehensive plan. his is encuraging, because i signals he beginning fa new era f increased cperain beween he w municipaliies. his is he ype f envirnmen ha all urban areas in he Cmmnwealh, large and small, embarking nrevializain, shuld sive fr; cperainwihall surrunding municipaliies, leading jin purchasing, and perhaps, he evenual jin prvisin f sme municipal services inhe fuure. he jin cmprehensive plan recenly adped by Brwnsville Brugh, als lays he grundwrk fr wha he currenly vacan and abandned prperies dwnwn migh smeday lk likg when he Brugh cmplees is newly inauguxaed revializain iniiaive. Bu le's n ge aread furselves! r's sar frm he beginning. Hw des ne sar? Givenlimiedfinancial resurces, wha are he ingrediens frhe successful revializain fbrwnsville; r, fr ha mafier, any disessed urban area in Pennsylvania? believe a a minimur4 hey include he fllcping 1. DYNAMCLOCALLEADERSHP 2. COMMUNY COMMMEN O SUCCEED 3. AN UPDAED ANDADOPED COM- PREENSVE PLAN 4. A MARKE DRVEN PLAN FOR DOWNOWN REVALZAON BASED ON COMMLNY VSONNG & HE COMMUNY'S REALSC ROLE N E CO.NY'S, REGON'S, AND SAE'S ECONOMY 5. UP O DAE & FLEXBLE ZONNG ORDNANCES AND SUB.DVSON REGULAONS 6. UPO DAEAND ENFORCED. PROP- ERYMANENANCE, BULDNG & HOUSNG CODES 7. BULDNG DESGN SANDARDS & GUDELNES 8. HSORC DSRCS lfefiruary 2006

102 funding in he ms efficien numner pssible... is he ulimaegal! Havingan SO isals helpfirl inreducinghe burden n lcal ffrcials, have be knwledgeable abu all he sae fi.rnding prgrams available, as well as he individuals respnsible fr adminiseringhem. n addiin, SO's can "run inerference" fr lcal fficials, wih sae fficials inharrisburg, while eliminaing any "red ape" invlved wih prviding sae assisance. While n all cmmuniiesmayhave an assigned SO, hpe shw in his aricle, hw accmplish, in any f Pennsylvania's disressed urban areas, wha is being develped in Brwnsville. r's beginwir dynamic lcal leadership. n Brwnsville i is Nrma Ryan, Mayr; Jack Lawver, Cuncil Presiden; andandrew French, Direcr f he Fayee Cuny Redevelpmen Auhriy. his eamme frequenly verseveral mnhs develp a plan fr cde enfrcemen in he Brugh. We all fel his was he needed firs sep, in develping a successful marke driven revializain plan fr he Brugh. give readers sme perspecive, verhe las 15 years, a grea deal f he prperies in Bwnsville's dwnwn (frmer cenral business disric), were purchased by a single individual. Lile, if any, mney was pu back in he mainenance f he prperies by he individual ver he years, and nw, msbuildings dwnwn are abandned and deeriraing as depiced in he phgraph fbrwnsville's frmer dwnwn n page 1 2 fhis aricle, creaing a flr.e hazard and a hrea he public's healh and safey. S bad is he presen siuain, ha vluneer firemen are n even allwed ener he srucures figh a fire, as a resul f re life hreaening cndiinswhichexis. Based nhe cde enfrcemenplan develped, in cperain wih he afremenined individuals, which he Gvernr apprved, a new cde enfrcemen ffice was recenly pened in a remdeled, frmerly vacan building dwnwn, and a cde enfrcemen saff was hired. We began by numbering all prperies fr inspecinpurpses, frm (alnumberf prperies in he frmer cenral business disric) based n a'hindshield" survey. Building number is in he wrs cndiin fhe 128 buildings, and building number 128 is in he bes cndiin. A cmpuer generaed char f all prperies was hen develped" which includes he fllwing: a. Pririy number fr inspecin purpses b. ax map parcel idenificain number c. Sree address 2 lfefiruary 2006

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104 REvALZNN O: BnwNsvrLLE, PA El.^ Jenl Sunapr, SpEcrA AssrsrAN FR URSA.N Aprelns A HE GvenNR's Orrrce r HusrNG & CuuuNrry Revrn.rzArN Ever wnder wha i akes revialize a small wn which has fallen n ugh imes? Ever wnder why i akes s lng and wha impedes i frm happeing faser? Well, answering hse quesins, and hers, is he purpse behind his aricle. Wheher a brugh, small ciy, r larger urban area; he causes furban disinvesmen, and he "ricks" vercming same, are n differen. Le meexplain. We are ging use fr ur example, Brwnsville, Pennsylvania. Hisrically, his small brugh, nesled in he suhwes crner fhe sae, was a hriving cener f cmmerce alng he Mnngahela River, rivaling Pisburgh a ne ime as Pennsylvania's "ecnmic engine" wes fhe Alleghenies. Brwnsville quickly became a nainally recgnized frnier ansprain, rade, and manufacuring cener; well knwn he likes fgerge Washingn and General Braddck, during he French and ndian War. n fac, ms f he selers needed Erugfi rfews expand and develp his newnain, passedhrugh Brwnsville and bugh supplies here, n heir migrainwes. Laer came inemainal recgniin fr'ba building'. Ournain's fin searnba he Enerprise, was buil in Brwnsville in 1814 and becarne he fin seamba ravel New Orleans n he Mnngahel4 Ohi, and Mississippi Rivers, and reurn n is wn pwer. n 1839, Brwnsville became he sie fhe firs cas irn bridge ever buil inamerica; crssing Dunlap Creek alng he Nainal Rad; he firs highway, begr.rn in , buil enirely wih federal funds, which als happens run hrugh Brwnsville. Accrding he American Sciey f Civil Engineers, his hisric bridge is he ldes, all meal bridge sill in use in he Unied Saes day. Nw fr he "bad news." Brwnsville, like s many f Pennsylvania's lder urban cmmuniies wih a rich hisrical pas, fell n ugh imes during he lae 50's and 60's. his is he perid fime when

105 d. Small map ulining he prpery in relain her prperies inhe same blck e. Phgraph f he build- " f. Saus f inspecin aciviies Als develped was a char giving he saus f all fhe legal aspecs f he prpery inspecins relaed he cde enfrcemen iniiaive. ncluded are: a. niial inspecin dae b. Dae righ f enry leer sen c. nspecin findings d. Dae vilain nice sen and dae given frcmpliance e. Dae ciain leer sen f. Dae f disric magisae hearing g. Dae f Cuny Cur hearing-if magisrae decisin appealed Fr hse unfamiliar, a righ f eny leer, is a leer a prpery wner, requesing permissin ener he prpery a a cnvenien ime, fr he express purpse fmaking an inerir inspecin f he prpery fr cde vilains. Nex, a clred cded cmpuerized map was prepared fr all 128 prperies in he cncenraed cde enfrcemen area (frmer cenral business disric) which shws: Erugfr lrfews g raa 'EiYSEMEi, lne. $e:,,wh Knljiiw,, G av e P n m e n sems and Sfwane wih Cmplee Daa fr Municipaliies. Pnveq slui,ns wih:an he Exclusive PA Parner fr Caselle,,&.::'iCASELLE d.cm a. prperies n inspeced ye b. inspeced wih majr vilains c. inspeced wih minr vilains d. pending inerir inspecin e. exerir & inerir inspecin cm plee-maj r vilains f exerir& inerir inspecin cm plee-minr vilains g. curcasepending h. cndemned i. demliin in prgress j. cmpleed required repairs

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108 cmmuniies, and as a resul, hey can cause prblems fr municipaliies and develpers. Basically hey clash wih he needs f lder urban areas by applying unsuiable suburban measuremen sandards, anurban seing ie.impsing rigid unifrmiy, inapprpriae fr diverse urban envirnmens like dwnwns. he neresul is higher cnsrucin css, wihu a public benefi, which discurages develpers frm invesing dwnwn. herefre i is impran ha acmmuniy reviews is zning and subdivisin regulains, make sure ha hey are flexible enugh be capable f achieving he gals and bjecives f heir revializainplan. his isalsfue frebuilding design guidelines and sandards in place, fr achieving he aesheic characer, qualiy, and feel, a cmmuniy wans achieve dwnwn wih respec any buildings rehabiliaed rnew srucures ha are buil. n Brwnsville, he bjecive is have new buildings blend in and appear as ifhey were buil during he same ime perid as he her hisric buildings were cnsruced. Since new businesses dwnwn need be suppred financially in rder be successful, i is als impran ha a cmmuniy's revializain plan includes building new husing dwnwn, while rehabiliaing exising husing ha is sfrucurally sund. Affacive, affrdable, new marke rae frsale and renal husing chices dwnwn, including special needs husing, is criical, in rder increase pedesrian raffi c and he expendable incme available, necessary suppr exising and new businesses. hus newhusing dwnwnwill alsbe a criical par f Brwnsville's revializain plan. A new sreescape plan is als in he design phase fr Brwnsville, which will include new sewers dwnwn" sreepaving, curbs, sidewalks, fees, ugh. Abusiness imprvemen r neighbrhd imcbrugfr!{ews ASSOC'AES. 'NC. Munic ipal and Srucural Engineers Our Services are based n prviding cusmized imely service and ne-n-ne persnal aenin n Municipal and Public Wrks Priecs. r Municipal i Wasewaer r Waer Supply Gelgy Welands Hydrgelry Lehig[ Oflice 5920 Hamiln Blvd., Suie 108 Allencwn, PA (610\39s-9222 (610) (fax) raffic/ransprain Planning Srucural Surveying On-L Sewage r Sils nvesigain Srm Waer Managemen Lrncaser/Lebann (X[cc Bchlehem Ollice 20-C Snyder Lane 252 Brdhead Rd., Suie 100 Ephraa, PA Behlehem, PA (717)72r-1444 (610) ,14 (77\72laaa7 $ax) (610) 691{968 (fax) Suhessem Office 3025 Main Shee, Suie PO Bx 438 Mrganwg PA (610) 913-r041 (610) (fax) see fumiure, see lighing, signage, anduiliy relcains. n fac, banners prclaiming he new prpsed imprvemens fr Brwnsville already adm he dwnwn. heheme? PrjecBRGH O- MORROW. sands fr, Brwnsville's Revializain niiaive fr a Grea llme wn. waned develp amarkeing slgan frrll fhpe andencuragemen, and hink ha is impran fr any cmmuniy. Markeing yr cmmuniy is criical! Evenually, as new develpmenccurs, and Brwnsville's frmer dwnwn sars be ransfrme4 her aciviies, such as Pennsylvania's Main Sfee and Elm See Prgaffi, adminisered by he Pennsylvania Deparmen f Cmmuniy and Ecnmic and he Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener, can be applied fr by he Br- l7

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112 3 Wlking fr Cnrnuniy's Sake By/hmas Hyln, Save Our Land, Save Our wns As many schl disrics acrss he Cmmnwealh cnemplae new schl cmplexes, i is imperaiue ueigh he benefis f a walkable cmmuniy schl. Wan Neus Busines s Dusnun? ry Wauing a Magic Wnd. By/Jeri Sumpf, Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, aking nes frm pas experiences aciuely pursue he fuure. nc. can help yur cmmuniy Ellud Cig: A Recreaina,l Reui,lizin By/ Wendy Nickersn, Oureach raining Cnsulan, PSAB Officials, residens and businesses f his rural brugh pulled geher creae a recreainal hub. Appr aching M in Sr ee BylBarry Cassidy, Main Sree Cmmuniy Develpmen Crprain Direc, Phenixville Jndersanding he framewrk f he Main Sree Prgrlm can cssis yur brugh in acheiuing a successful prgram. Can Web-based GS Benefi Yur Brugh? By/Rber M. Rwe, GS Sewices Manager, HRG and Hward S. Hdder, GS Services Adminisrar, HRG Gegraphic infrmain sysfems are becming mre affrdable and can wrk wihin a uariey f brugh funcins' 2B GASB 15: ime Pay he PiPer Byl rachey L. Rash, CPA CGFM Maher Duessel CPAs and Ed Kniel, Direcr f Evens and nfrmain Services lndersanding Accuning and Financial Repring by Emplyers fr Ps-emplymen Benefis her han Pensins is he firs sep uards implemening i. Nlffinlq r(aures J 32 Que f he Mnh 33 Envirnmen 34 Brugh News Facr 35 ransprain 36 Brugh Briefs 39 Brugh Heriage 46 Public Finance & Yu 48 Cmmuniy DevelPmen 5O Recreain 52 lunir Cuncil Persn 53 nside PSAB 54 Educain Calendar 55 radealk 56 CBA Calendar s7 Q&A 58 Direcry Cards 63 ndex f Adverisers PSABsrac - nser rg

113 Once upn aime here was abrugh in Pennsylvania. was a nice brugh. Sure, ime had aken is ll, and i wasn' brigh and shiny anymre; and yes, many residens had mved, and here were many vacanbuildings and srefrns dwnwn. Bu he peple were nice, as were he lcal fficials wh ranhebrugh. hen ne day sme peple said, "Hey, why dn' we ry ge sme new businesses cme dwnwn. Yes, "ha is a grea idea, everyne said"! "Where d we sar?" anher asked. Befre yu knew i, a cmmiee had been frmed. Everyne was excied abu hw he wn migh change, nce eagernew enrepreneurs dwnwn ccupied all he vacan srefrns. he meeing rm a he brugh building was verflwing a he firs meeing. Everyne ha waned, culd n ge in. Sme even sd n he sidewal rying hearwhawas being said. he Mayr explained wha needed be dne, fllwed by encuraging wrds frm he Presiden and members fbrugh Cuncil. deas flew back and frh a breakneck speed. ha was, unil smene said, wh will ake he respnsibiliy f being in charge and wh wans help? he silence was deafening! N ne spke. Heads began il dwnward, eyes fcused n he flq all hping han newuld call nhem. "Wha abu jus waving a magic wand", smene cried u. Wuldn' ha be easier? We heard ha's hw her successful brughs araced new businesses heir dwnwn. 's jus much wrlq ding wha lcal fficials have suggesed his evening, anher added. 's n ha we dn' wan make ur brugh mre aracive, and find new businesses fr he vacan srefrns, r increase he husle and (cninuednpage l0) Ocfier 2006

114 busle dwnwn. 's jus well, like he man said, "muchwrk." Le's jus wave a magic wand insead. hen we can all have he kind fbrugh everyne wans, wihu having pu frh any ime r effr. "Yeab ha's he ickef'peple cried u. f i wrked fr her brughs, i can wrk fr us! Sund familiar? Unfrunaely, many imes here are peplewh wan revialize heirwn, bu wh are unwilling pu frlh he ime and effr needed be successful. n his aricle, will explain sme hings we are wrking n ha can help yu "markef'yur brugh; new families; babybmers lking fr a place reire; and new businesses yu wan afac. mayrequire a lile "elbw grease", bu re effr will definiely be wrh he ime! Befre beginning hwever, le's lk a wha didn' wrk in he pas, and why, befre we embark n discussing new ways f reviaiizing and markeing yur cmmuniy. Afer all, everyne can leam frm misakes made in he as. begin: L. much emphasis was placed n appearance and makinghe dwnwn lk beer. N enugh ime was deved deerminingwha needed be dne ge mre pedesrian r f raffic"dwnwn. ha's n say rehabiliaed buildings, new sree fumiure, planers, benches, sree iighs, sfee rees, signage, kisks, andbrick sidewalks aren' nice; hey cerainly are. Bu s are peple walk n he new sidewalks, ea in he new resaurans, andshp inhe sres dwnwn. While aesheics is cerainly impran, in he en{ wihu cusmers in sufficiennumbers make businesses prfiable, ireally desn'maerhw nice i lks. 2. f i's ld and in need f repair, dn' rehab i...ear i dwn. Many irreplaceable hisric buildings were ls frever in Pennsylvania's dwnwns during he 1960's, includingbeauiful heaers and her archiecural gems ha masns and her lcal crafumen spen careers cnsrucing. Cmmuniies ha had a visin hwever, and saved such srucures hrugh hisric preservain and adapive reuse, nw have funcining easures in heir cmmuniies fr fuure senerains admire and enjy. 3. Vacan land dwnwn, resuling frm urban renewal, was simply adverised fr sale; hping smene wuld buy and develp i. Urban renewal, as praciced in he 1960's, resuled invas areas fmany cmmuniy's dwnwns being fansfrmed in acres fvacan land. many buildings were demlished a ne ime wihu immediae buyers r develpmen plans fr he land. Sme land sill remains undevelped day, as a resul fhe lack f sraegic planning. 4. Dwnwns became places fr planners experimen: Urban "Pery Dishes' Remember all he dwnwns where he hing d was clse he main sfee raffic s pedesrians culd walk in he sree while shpping? he "mall experience"... wihu he enclsed mall. Remernber all he mney spen laer repen hse same srees. hen here was he cnversin f w way srees dwnwn ne way sees, which simply allwed mriss fly by businesses dwnwn, wihu spping rnicing whahey had ffer... faser! And hw abu he ulra mdern, new age buildings and cncree jungles cnsruced in sme dwnwns. hese "sarwar ses" didn' exacly Oc1er 2006

115 blend in wih he exising seescape's hisric archiecure, and in many dwnwn's, sill desn' day. 5. Lack f crdinain beween lcal fficials and he dwnwn business cmmuniy, n "Wha d" and "Wha build" many decisins made in a vacuum were nwell hugh u. Pliicians andplanners many imes failed adequaely invlve lcal business leaders and he business cmmuniy in key decisins invlving he funre fhe dwnwn. Mre sraegic planning shuld have been iniiaed" including lking a hings frm he perspecive f he business wner, as well as, he planner and pliician. naddifin: -Dwnwns need be peraed mre like businesses in rder cmpee wih ulying malls and shpping ceners. Where here are Main Sree Prgrams in exisence, he Elm See Prgram, Business mprvemen Disrics, and Neighbrhd mprvemen Disrics, have been an asse. his hasbeen aremendus help inmaking he dwnwns inhese cmmrniies mre cmpeiive. - much emphasis has beenplaced n aracing new businesses, and n enugh n helping exising businesses say and expand. Bh ef[rs need be given equal aenin. -'.{iche" businesses ha are needed, and which will d well in he cmmuniy, and cmplimen exisingbusinesses, have be sugh fr vacan cmmercial srefrn space dwnwn. his is equally rue wih respec finding new indusial and cmmercial businesses and uses fr vacan ls in he cmmuniy. -Daaabu yur cmmuniy is als criical. is he basis n which lenders, and business leaders, make decisins n wh finance and where lcae, respecively. Erugfr rfews -nfrmain frm surveys f exising businesses and heir cusmers, peraining heir cncerns, wans, and needs... as well as incme, expendiures, and buying ends, is als criical. Successful dwnwns have and use his ype f infrmain in heir decisin making everyday. Cmmuniies wihu his infrmain, r marke sudies, find hemselves a a cmpeiive disadvanage. 6. Faled sae and federal public plicy as i affecs dwnwns Unfrunaely, he way he sae and federal gvernmen funded develpmen prjecs dwnwn in he pas, did mre exasperae, han reslve prblems. Fr example, here was a "sh-gun" apprach menaliy in effec. Everyne g smehing, bun ne g enugh fr he prjec make a real impac. Addiinally, n enugh invesnens were ll

116 made in prjecs in clse enugh prximiy each her, fr each ne individually, supprhe her ecnmically. he gdnews is hahis has changed. Pennsylvania's ecnmic simulus prgams are being fcused njin impac prjecs in he dwnwns f Pennsylvania's cre cmmuniies and iiswrking. 7. Lack f new "marke rae" fr sale and renal husing dwnwn Failed federal husing plicies ver he las 30 years, alng wih discriminary zning, has resuled in a disprprinae cncenfrain f subsidized husing unis in many f Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs, including heir dwnwns. A"fair share" is fine, as i is impran fr ur cmmuniies be able prvide affrdable husing chices fr everyne's needs, regardless f heir incme r siuain. Adisprprinae share hwever, hurs businesses dwnwn; as he expendable incme fresidens living here is n adequae suppr lcal businesses. hus a cmmuniy's revializain plans fr dwnwn shuld include new markerae fr sale andrenal husing, in addiin, any sae r federally subsidized husing. 8. Blighed prpery: PrperyMainenance Cde Slumlrds in many cmmuniies le heir prperies deerirae verhe years apin where hey jus walk away frm hem, leaving sewer, waer, and ax liens unpaid. he resul fhese abandned, blighed prperies, is a significan decrease in real esae values in he neighbrhd and he lss f millins f dllars in equiy, inprpery wned by hers. he exisence f hese qpe srucures wihin a cmmuniy's dwnwn, als sends he wrng message penial invesrs, and hse ineresed in rehabiliaing buildings dwnwn as par f a cmmuniy's revializain iniiaive. he real prblem, is ha ms municipaliies lack he financial resurces enfrce a prpery mainenance cde, r demlish hse blighed srucures ha are dangerus he public's healh and safey. Hwever, sme gvemmen financial assisance, is available. Serving as he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvenrmen and UrbanAffain Cmmiees fr he Pennsylvania kgislaure fr 28 years invlved being knwledgeable abu lcal gvemmen law, including he Brugh Cde, and municipal prblems and sluins. Drafing sae municipal laws was als adaily aciviy. One such aciviy invlved, drafing a legislaive package f ver 30 bills address he afremenined cde enfrcemen and bligh relaed issues. Sme, bu n all, fhe bills have been enaced in law. is my belief, based n research and wrk in his area, haagreadeal mre needs be dne inswe ha Pennsylvania's municipaliies, including brughs, have he ls and financial resurces hey need deal wih cde enfrcemen issues invlving slumlrds and he remval f dangerus blighed prperies in heir cmmuniies, especially dwnwn. n fac, i is criical, fr he cmmuniy's successfirl revializain. Fr nw. les urn ur aenin hw marke yur dwnwn as par f yur revializain iniiaive, as well as beer marke yur cmmuniy, generally. am currenly wrking, alng wih hers, n he idea develp a "d i yurself ' markeing (cninued n Page 14) 2 Ocher 2006

117 sudy fr small brughs and ciies in Pennsylvani4 since ms municipaliies his size lack he financial resurces d his herwise. Wha envisin is a'1rser friendly'' manual, cnaining infrmain and insucins readers in "la5rmen's" language, n he fllwing:. he web sies crurenly n he ineme ha will prvide free demgraphic daa, needed in a marke sudy f yrn muricipaliy, alng wih a cpy fhe acual web sie hme page, in he appendix f he manual, and deailed insrucins n hw bain he needed demgraphi c daa. his wuld include, wha n he hme page yu click firs, and subsequenly, aeachsep fhe prcess, ge he daa yu need. 2. Hw use he infrmain nce bained, develp yur cmmuniy's prfile, alng wih sample chars, ec., yu can creae wih he daa. 3. Survey frms inhe appendix" wih insrucins n hw cnduc a survey f lcal businesses and heir cusmers, deermine he ype fniche businesses ha are waned, and frwhich here is a marke in he cmmuniy, in rder he new businesses araced wuld be successful, and cmplimen exising businesses, as ppsed, cmpeing wih hem fr cusmers. he infrmain bained frmhe surveys, wuld als be helpful exising businesses, in deermining ways fr hem beer serve cusmers, r expand services rprducs hey prvide dwnwn. 4. lnsrucins n wha d wih he infrmain bained, nce i is develpedin he cmmuniy prfile. n her wrds, nce yu have he demgraphic daa which describes he purchasingpwer fhe residens fywcmmuniy, as well as heir emplymen skills and her sci-ecnmic daa, in he frma desired by nainal businesses, wh d yu wrie, and wha d yu say, ry alfaca majr grcery sre, drug sre, rresauran chain... r specific emplyer rbusiness yur cmmuniy? Cnac infrmain, as well as sample leers yu can use, wuld als be included in he appendix fhe manual we are preparing, alng wih insrucins n her impran facs abuyur cmmuniy andregln, yu shuld include whenyuwrie. All yur cmmuniy will need is a PC, and an individual wih he ime fllw he insucins in hemanual. is ur gal have his prjec cmpleed by early fall f2006, fr disribuin "free", all f Pennsylvania's small ciies and brughs. als believe he ime has cme fr prspecive hmebuyers in Pennsylvania be ld he "secref ', ha mayrs, pianners, and ecnmic develpmen prfessinals knw abu Pennsylvania's brughs and ciies. Pennsylvania's brughs, and ciies, ffer hme purchasers mre "bang frheirbuck" in erms fhe husing (square fage) hey can buy. his hanslaes in larger bedrms fr heir family, fr example, n menin archiecural feaures n even available in ac suburban husing. Add walkable neighbrhds, a a ime when gas is alms $3.00 a galln, and peple are chsing walking, running, and cycling keep healhy and lse weigh. hen here's he aesheics...maure rees, landscaping, rivers, neighbrhd parks, and greenways. Facr in new baseball sadiums, udr resaurans, libraries, resred ld heares dwnwn, hisric buildings and culural aciviies, and a frn prch n which read and ge knw yur neighbrs, and...well...yu ge he picure! Yes, Pennsylvania's wban areas have much l1 Oc\er 2006

118 ffer, and many are rapidly changng, as a resul f revializain. hey are becming aacive, affrdable, charming, and exciing places cnsider, when chsing a place live r reire. Bu guess wha? f empy neser baby bmers lking fr a cmmuniy reire, r a yung cuple deciding where buy heir firs hme, dn'knw abuhe afremenined, and aren' shwn any prperies in a brugh's beauiful neighbrhds wih heir hisric brick sidewalks and majesic maure shade rees when u lking a prperies wih heir realr, hey will buy in he suburbs. he key is make sure yurbrugh is markeed prperly. ndividuals lking fr new husing, wheher fr sale rrenal, need knw abu, andbe shwn: -he advanages f living in yur wn -Yurhisric and culural asses -he husing chices available -A lis f cmmuniy aciviies and cmmuniy evens -Maps f parks and recreainal ppruniies -Oher fun and ineresing hings see and d in he resin he lis is endless. Be creaive! Yu knw why yulve livinghere. Equally impran, is ellinghem abuyur cmmuniy's visin frhe fuure, and shwing hem he revializain aciviies currenly planned r underway, make hahappen Prspecive residens need knw, hayur cmmuniy is a dynamic, exciing, and fun place live and raise a family, r reire...and ha he peple living here... are jus as nice as he surrundings! cbrugfr rfews S wha needs be dne? Hw can his 'secre" be divulged hse unaware fhe ambiance f wban living? Here's wha hink: Pennsylvania, alng wih is brughs and ciies, needs begin seriusly marke, he virues f living in, Pennsylvania's lder urban neighbrhds...like hse inyurbrugh! -, % 5

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120 Renvae r Replace?l 5;1:,'*5rre*:ri - he case fr resrig and reusing lder schl buildings he Pennsylvania Deparmen f Educain he Pennsylvania Schl Bards Assciain he Pennsylvania Hisric Schls ask Frce AA Pennsylvania, A Sciey f he American lnsiue f Archiecs 3. j w*l{i\ a4 i:. :4

121 By Jeri E. Sumpf Presiden, Jeri E. Sumpf and Assciaes nc. Reired f)irecr, Urban Affairs Cmmiee. Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives eighbrhd schls help keep lder urban areas vibran. Hw d knw his? Fr mre han 35 years, 've researched urban revializain pracices acrss he cunry 've wrked wih ecnmic develpmen specialiss, eleced sae and lcal fficials, and Privae develpers whse gal is revializing Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs. ve even arranged urs f mdel cmmuniies lr Pennsylvania legislars and rganized hearings a he CaPil in which sae and nainal expers esified n he prblems and penial f ur ciies and wns. radiinal wns appeal w disinc grups f hmebuyers: baby bmers and yung lamilies wih children. Why? Price, ameniies, and he "value added" by neighbrhd schls. Bh grups recgnize hey can ge cnsiderably mre husing fr less mney.in an lder neighbrhd. Families wih yung children ge larger bedrms and back yards fr he kids play in "Bmers" find smaller ls mean less grass mw and snw shvel Bh grups are araced by he unique archiecural feaures f hisric hmes, unavailable in newer suburban husing. Older peple wan reire cmmuniies like he nes in which hey grew up hey remember knwing heir neighbrs and many f he peple hey saw while walking schl. hey d.islike he lack fpersnal ineracin in suburbia and yearn fr he riendly faces and "hells" hey experienced daily as yung peple. Fr hem, seeing children walking schl brings a reassuring sense f cmmuniy. Families wih children like having her families wih children living nearby. A neighbrhd schl allws heir children walk schl wih heir siblings and playmaes. means PA meeings, paren-eacher cnferences, and her schl aciviies are clser and mre cnvenien. Ms schls have a playgrund r pen field where kids can play afer schl hurs and during he summer. Many schls are aciviy ceners, where aduls play baskeball udrs r in he gym and where lcal prgrams can be cnduced. he presence f a neighbrhd schl funcins much like a majr reail sre in a shpping cener r mall; i is he anchr ha aracs and reains he her sres. An abandned schl, much like a clsed and abandned sre r facry building, adversely affecs a cmmuniy's mrale even mre han he lss f jbs. A clsed building sn begins deerirae, and ha adversely impacs he values f neighbring hmes. Peple lking buy a hme in he neighbrhd ge he feeling ha nbdy cares. On he her hand, a hriving elemenary schl, wih ls f pedesrian aciviy surrunding i, says ha Peple care abu heir neighbrhd and ake pride in heir cmmuniy. Alhugh he feelings evked mav be inangible, he benefis high prpery values, safe srees, sable axes-are significan and unmisakable.

122 Prud kindergarners pse fr heir parens n heir firs dal 16 r\n, a he gj Francis A. March Elemenary Schl in he Cllege HilL neighbrhd J'Easn. he schl was named fr a prfessr a Lafqee Cllege, caed jus a few blcks J'rm he schl s Neighbrhd schls help ueac he Jbeling l cmmuniy shwn a he Yrk HaLLween Prade Yrk has six wclkable neighbrhd sclls, hree J'uhich dae he early 2h cenury. Children enjy recess in he Palmern Brugh Park acrss he sree frm he r9z4 S.S. PaLmer Elemenary Schl, riginally buil as Palmern High Schl. he schl is wihin walking disance f euery hme in Palmern. l5

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124 :Pm[ ;Jus.p Speakers. Excellen Wfshps r. Grea RecepUns Arund he Grner! On' deay - regser NOW fr he lz PPA Annual Cnference, held his year Ocber a he Hiln Harrisburg. Under he leadership f Craig Zumbrun and a grea grup fvluneers, a slid educainal prgram has been prep" d fr planning fficials, prfes- - - sinal lanners. sudens. and hers rneresed rn planninq Pennsylvania's cmmu.rii.r. m6le! wrkshps highligh excepinal! planning effrs in he suhcenral regin; plenary sessins ffer ppruniies frvarius depan- - men leaders brief ur members abrr curren and fuure rends; scial evens ffer ime nerwrk *O rejuvenae. A highligh f his year's cnference is a recefiln n Mnday wenlng, Osber 23, 2OOG a he Sae Capil. his mnh marks he cenennial celebrain f ur Capial, and his is a fiing place fr us be. urs have been arranged fr ur cnference aendees, s we can see he beauiful an and archiecure up clse. Addiinal cnference highlighs include he annual awards pr Eam, as well as he annuncemen f he lrv Hand Prfessinal Develpmen Award winner. Pser sessins and exhibis are w addiinal ways aendees will enhance heir learning. And, he cnference wuld n be cmplee wihu he Sc-hlarshlp Fundralser. A grea assfmen f aucin iems have been dnaed fr his evenr. regiser nlw af :l.;" Finally, hrugh he Cirppn f DCNRand DCED. a ps{nference sessln is being ffered his year, called Plmlng Beer Mdels fr lfevelpmen in Pennsylvania. Paricipans will receive a lki f resurces specifically designed help hem cmmunicae mre effecively n grwh issues and help guide implemenain f Beer Mdels in Pennsylvania cmmuniies. regiser, visi he PPA Web sie a and dwnlad he regisrain frm day. fle lk frward seeing YOU in Harrisburg! * Launches New neracive Carcer Cener... 2 r UL Gnference Se Cmplemen he PPA Cnference his Year 2 1 Bk Review Cmer Neighbr Pwer... 3 Planners in he News 4 Presiden's Message 5 he Perfec MPC 6 PDO Crner... 7 Legislaive Bx Scre 9 Legal News Carer nduced in ACP's Cllege f Fe110ws Lcal Gvemmen Day PennFurre'sWaenhed Wdshp Planned furwe$em PA Pennsyfvania's (N0) lmpac Fees mvsrenv phl: Can yu idenify he picure in he upper righ crner f his page? Ph by ry ruax, ACP usr ssue: Farmland in Adams Cuny q&rm PENNSYVANA P,.ANNNG ASSOCAON A ChaerfeAmedcan PlanningAssciain./

125 l, 1,, '',, lry JrwE Srrnrr, Presidm, Jei E. Sumpf and.assciaes, nc ac Fees FR HsE yung REMEMBER, here used be a ime in Pennsylvanra when subdivisin apprval als nrean aumaicaljy requinng a develper dedicae he righ-f-way hrugh he parcel(s) fr a fuure sreel r highway shwn n he mrrnicinalirv's "fficial man" as a cndiin f annrval. and in rder ha as cniguus parcels were sub-divided and develped, he righ-f-way wuid be here and n buil upn, when he ime came fr he municipaliy and r sae build he rad, highwasa r needed infrasrucure in he fuure. \ x,c; [)LN rn ADDN r being'gd planning", i was a pmden and fiscauv respnsible plicy. as i mean n expensive public acquisiin cuss including eminen dmain acquire he righ-f-way a ha ime, as nhing was buil n he ri.h'-{-w:r: even i[ 2O vears had passed since he apprval f he firs sub-divisir.r plan ha sared i all. v"as a "rade ff" fr he subdivisir apprval and he mnev he develper v,'as abu r makc {-^- llu!,l. Ll(...,.1^^-^-, ur\gru)lilu., nl" l-nncrs and municipal fficial.s vicrved he prcess as a "win-v,.in" siuain fr all parries. her hi iuslv ch.rneed vcr ime as a rcsul f cur decisrns. Where are we day? \Well, municipaliies and develpers in Pennsvlvania are si]l free ncgiac an1-hine hev cae in hc curse f apprving a subdivisin plan. A municipaliw may ask fr ff sire infrasrucure imprvemens be paid {r b1'he develper u4rse develpmen crcaed he need fr seme in he firs place...and a develper may chse agree pal-. h.is is als rue f rhe ri"hr-i-u':r' r h,-'r"lr lrc dcvelpmcn fr r furure puhlic radl r he righ-f-r,,.av alng he deveiper's land where i abus a sae r murricipal highx.'av ncede d v'iden, url L^ -^.. rudu. L- l r(,-.,-^^-- uc\qrul,sr,-,lla\- agfee prvide sanre. L- ^^---.;,.- -.^-r.^.lar- i: "may." A."- -"-;.i-.'i- -^ lnner' Legally require r mandae his as a cndiin f sub-divisin apprval...and when a develper refuses, here is als lirle a municipaliry can d...unless f cursc, he'have previusly enacred a municipal irnpac fee rdinance under Aric.le \LA f he l'ennsylvania Municipaliies Planning Cde. Bu have nrs n-runicipaliies? And if n. v,hr'? ha's v..ha his aniclc q,ill discuss ncxr. Befre ding s hwever, wuld 1.. renrir. in nr pnirrring u lrr r h, n,,.\, n'rirn. uhc:-r develpers are cncerned abu wrking wih municipaliies and lcal planning crnmissin.s n fuure develpmen apprvals, hey are mle likel. :rnd J., acquicscc and agree sme municipal reques pa1' fr ff sire infrasrucure imprvenrens. f he municipalir', hwever, has n,...,^,1..,,,.;^;-,1 ;--... fec rdi_ nance, here is a limi q'ih respec wha rhev will agrec l pal fr; knnrin. "\e hq':. n rheir side.'' Back he Fuure Bei rre rhe cmnrehensirc -.-"'r'--''_-"' rmendmens r rhe \4unicipaLiies Planning Cde (MPC), Ac 17C f 1988, became lars r Ac 209 f 1990, which allwed fr he enacmen f municipal inrpac fee rdinances in Pennsylvania, bv adding Aricle V-A he MPC; u'as invlved wih irnpac fees. n fac, aended an mpac Fec Cnference in Denvcr, Clrad in 1987, pu n by he Anrerican Planning Assciain and augh by arnevs wh had successfuljy,- -,^ r :-^. -, r^. ^., ^. L^fre rhe U.S. Suprenre Cun. he firs quesin asked a he cnference, asked. n'as aending he Cnference as he Execuive Dirccr f he Huse Lcal Grernmen & Urban Affairs Cmmiees fr he Pennsl'lvania Legislaurc. V/ha asked.;ras, "he Pennsvlr'ania General Assembh- has n ve enaced a sae enabling saue allu. municipal impac fees. il/ha advice, based n \/ur experience wih impacr [ee. nainalll; r'uld yu give hem?" heir

126 l: answer was shn and he pin! KEEP SMPLE. Based n heir advice, drafed - an amendmen Senae BiU 535 1(which laer became Ac 170 f rrss; fr Peck Fser, Chairman f r he Huse Lcal Gvernmen Cmmiee, allwing fr municipal :.::"m*::i:f;ii ;#: il;:' - n, "municipal rdinance" language disguised as a sae "enabling - -=l;;r.nrvided sareguards rr l develpes, while meeing all he legal requiremens a ha ime be r;.ruirffi*'"lij'"::l;,* hlbllve requiremens fr nrunicipallffi,*ilffig;:iilr;:;::. - Bill 535 passed he Huse. he Senae hwever. suspended he ruies n iinai p*r"g., and remved! he Fser language frm Senae Bill 535 upn rerurning he bill he "r'"13ffi'jiilii'.. s88) cnained ns auhriyrr municipa'impac' fees when i wen :'i:flri.in 1e8e rha wurd - During he nex sessin f he lcgislaure, he municipal impac lm;:nu;?.i#j:'."i"',i* Fser in he Huse as Huse Bili ri::!*##:;;nw. lege recenly f esifiiing n behalf d a PPA abe lluse Lcal Gernheanng n H.use ::r-9 :ymixee's - Bill 2564, a recen impaa fee bill inrduced b1 Represenaiae Mai- - ly,i,"i';,':*n::;::;:j;il!^ psiin f ber grups and rgania u:ns haesnfied.can be fund n sie fr hse wb are meresed. will als pr-vide 'PPA, fr inclu-! sin n is web sie fr hse vrh may be.in.. :..d,he language - referred in his anicle cnained in Huse Bili 649 f 989, which ;,n-#l*:i::1ffi::x'; L-, *L- e--.,- u/ iuu reu4lr. n spie f he inrducin f Huse Bill 649 in March f lsl by Represenaive Fser, he Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f wnship Supervisrs apprached he Pennsylvania Builders Assciain and he Sare Assciain f wnship Cmmissiners frm a ask Frce, develp language fr a sae enabling saue accepable all grups; as i had been a very cnrversial subjec fr many years prir ha irne; as irremains' as f he wriing f his aricle. he wrk f he hsk Frce iself became cnrversiai, as he Pennsylvania Builders Assciain f. was accused a ne lme Slng public wih he ask Frce Repr, prir i being endrsed by he saewide membership f he rw sae lcal gvemmen assciains, which zubsequenly rejeced he repn. he Sae Assciain f r,mship Supervisrs als releced he nin pu fnh by sme a he ime har he ask Frce Repn represened a "cmprmise n he issue, aglgsd by all hree l saewide rganizains cmprising he nsk Frce." Neverheless. he ask Frce Repn became he "emplae" fr h. i-p"., fee enabling legislain ha ulimaely passed (Ac 209 f 1990), ver e yeas ag, and he specific langr-rage presenly cnained in Anicle V-A f.he MPC. l Several years ag, while Execurive Direcr f hle Huse Lcal C".*"" Ec Urban Affairs Cmmiees fr he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives, inii.d,,.r*.y f municipal slicirs in all f he municipaliies in Pennsylvania's "high grwrh" areas, deermine "hw well" he impac fee enabling saue was wrking in Pennsylvania. his included Delaware, Mngmery Bucks, Cheser, Lancaser, Yrk, Dauphin, Cumberland, and Adams cunies, as well as her cunies in Nnheasern P nnsylvania, and seleced high grwh gegraphic areas in :wesern Pennsvlvania near where Cranberry wnship is lcaed, ec. Wha asked hem was simple: 1. Fas yur municipaliy aken advanage f he curren prvisins f,rricle V-A f he MPC, and enaced a municipai impac fee rdinance allwing hem charge develpers a fee miigae he css f needed u'anspr-ain in{iasrucrure imprvemens necessiaed by he new develpmen? YES r NO. 2. f NO, why n? 3. \ilfha amendmens wuld yu sugges Anicle V-A f he MPC, faciliae he enacmen f municipal impac fee rdinances by mre munlclpallles in he high grwh areas fpennsylvania? : he resuls f'his survey shuld be alarmlng [ anyne in Pennsylvania ineresed in gd planning, and a reasnablegrwh managemen pliry; especially in he areas f Pennsylvania experiencing unprecedened grwh and develpmenl Less han 10 municipaliies, u f several hundred, in all f Pennsylvania's highes grwh cunies, had enaced a municipal impac fee rdinance a he ime. he reasn given... he requiremens cnuined in Anicle V-A were cmpllcaed and csly,munlclpallies. \Vhen asked hur rhey wuld sugges amending Aricle V- A...ms municipal slicirs survbyed suggesed repealing Amicle V- A and saring ver. infrmed members f he Huse Lcal Gvernmen Cm-.mlee f his fac a he Cmmiee's recen hearing n Huse Bill2564, and frm he cmmens frm sme, here appeared be agreemen ha many municipal slicirs may slll share his view. Nflell,'vrhere des ha leave us? hink PPAs curren psiin n municipal i*p"" f".ri, he crrec ne. as refleced in he saemen prepared ancl adped by PPA which i had he privilege f presening he,huse Lcal Gvernmen recenl;4 and which appears n PPA s websie. hee has be a fair balance beween he needs f municipalicies and schl disrics fr revenue frm develpers pay fr infrasrucure and educainal imprvemens in he municipaliry and schl disric, necessiaed by he new develpmen, and he develpers and new residens paying same. n herwrds, fees shuld be reasnable and paid fr by he develpmen(s) which creaed he need fr he imprvemens in he firs place. Addiinally, hse paying he impac fees mus benefl frm he imprvemens prvided r brul. Since nne f he impac legislain inrduced'recenily in he Pennsylvania General Assembly, ircluding Huse Bill 2564, n which he recen Lcal Gvernmen Cmmiee hearine was held, ;. 15 WlhU need amendlng, accrding reviews by PPAs Legislaive Cmmiee. PPAs cuffen,..-1,. psiin n municipal irnpac fees is ha: 1. Municipal mpac Fees are an rmpran an essenllal gr(rwh managemen l. 2. Municipal mpac Fees d n negaively affec he prvisin f affrdable husing. 3. PPA wans q/rk alng wich represenaies frm a[ f Pennsyivania's sae lcal gvernrnen assciains, he?ennsylvania Builders Assciain,, and:hers,'in develping amendmens Ardcle V-A f he MPC which can be agreed, rn rder make munlcipal impac fees, including hse fr educainal purpses, a real pin and grwh managemen/plannin g l fr municipalides in Pennsylvania" especially in he Cmmnwealh's highes grwh cunies. his psiin f PPA was.*hin.i Cmrniee members a rhe recen hearrng and was well received by Cmmiee members and saff. Accrding he cmmens, PPA wlll be "a he able'l, and will be a "player" in he discussins, as he Pennsylvania Legislaure mves frward address his ms impnan issue: municipal lmpac fees in Pennsylvanla. Any suggesins PPA members have n his subjec shuid be frwarded PPAs kgislaive Cmmiee; Yur cmmens will be welcmed and weli received by he Cmnriee. * nr VeilrRcB Prrvr' 13

127 i i i PENNSYLVANA PLANNER January/February 2OO2 Number 106 he Fuure f PPA: Pracive r Reacive? by Jeri E. Sumpf, Direcr, Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee Shrly afer graduaing frm Dickinsn Cllege in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, sared my firs jb in he planning prfessin as a planning echnician wih he Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin, having previusly served as an inern wih he Yrk Ciy Redevelpmen Auhriy. was amazed a he inellecual creaiviy f planners and heir pwer influence municipal decisins and slve cuny and municipal prblems, r s hugh. envisined in he fuure, he creain f dynamic cmmuniies in Pennsylvania hrugh gd planning, i.e., well-crafed cmprehensive plans and subdivisin and zning rdinances. Wha l, perhaps, was naive undersand a he ime and failed realize, was ha all f hse wnderful ideas and sluins municipal and cuny prblems were n ging happen aumaically simply because sme planner suggesed r recmmended ha i be dne! l, insead, quickly learned why, in a municipal r cuny cmprehensive plan ha was fficially adped r in a planning sudy r repr ha was prepared, s many gd ideas remained buried and never implemened! l was he lack f cmmuniy suppr, funding, and/r pliical will make ugh decisins! Over ime, learned ha he pliical sysem in Pennsylvania ended urn planners and heir cmprehensive plans fr advice, primarily when here was a crisis; as ppsed gvernmen a he sae, cuny, and lcal level ruinely seeking planners' pinins, and implemening heir recmmendains and plans as a nrmal par f ding business. Afer 35 years in he planning prfessin in Pennsylvania, believe nw is he ime fr lanners in his sae becme he driving frce in making public plicy, relaive issues ha affec he lives f all Pennsylvanians, and n simply reac wha has been prpsed by hers, including he Gvernr and he Pennsylvania Legislaure via prpsed sae laws and deparmenal regulains. dn' believe here is any prfessin ha is beer educaed r rained, r ha pssesses he knwledge, experience, and experise needed by sae and lcal decisin-makers han he hardwrking, dedicaed, and, -dae, unappreciaed planning prfessinals in Pennsylvania, ms f whm are, r shuld be, members f PPA. We all knw ha Pennsylvania, a he presen ime, neiher has a sae planning bard r a sae agency slely dedicaed guiding, direcing, and advising he Cmmnwealh and is municipaliies wih respec curren and fuure grwh managemen prblems, nr des i have, wha wuld cnsider be, srng grwh managemen enabling legislain. have wrked n grwh managemen issues fr he Pennsylvania Legislaure since While feel he ms recen legislain passed, Ac 67 and Ac 68 f 2000, par f which was invlved in drafing, is a beginning, and he subjec is nw n he "Legislaure's radar screen," much mre needs be dne, and here is n ne, in my pinin, in a beer psiin see ha i ges dne in he righ way, han PPA! Revializing Pennsylvania's ciies and lder brughs can resul in saving Pennsylvania's limied farmland, pen space, and naural resurces, jus as farmland preservain and he purchase f develpmen righs and easemens has dne in he pas. Again, believe PPA can be he leader and drivin frce see ha his happens! he MPO ask Frce f PPA culd be he caalys ha leads he needed changes he MPC. his, in my pinin, is an excellen example f a pracive iniiaive by PPA, as ppsed PPAs simply cmmening n prpsals ha cme befre he Pennsylvania Legislaure r are prpsed by he Gvernr. Why can' PPA prpse and advcae is wn ideas f wha is needed be dne in Pennsylvania? Everyne else des, and many advcaes have much less experise and experience han des he PPA! Gd, sund planning, believe, hlds he cninued n page 6 ln his lssue... OfricerVAssciainleaders Presiden'sMessage (D2AnnualCnference... 2 Measuring Plannin g Effeciveness Paf2z CunyPlanninC... 3 PlanningOfficials' Crner... 4 Legislaive Repr/lVPC ask Frce. 5 2ffi3PPACnferenceRFP Frndyrrur... 6 PDOCrner...,..7 SecinNews PMPElWin rschedule...9 Annuncemens/Evens... 9 emple Maser's Degree in Cmmuniy andreginalplanning. 10 Membershipfrfrmain... 10

128 ll he Fuure f PPA...cnrnued prmise fr making cmmuniies in Pennsylvania, as well as ur sae, beer places in which live, by imprving he qualiy f life fr hse living here. Wellprepared, lcal, cuny, and reginal cmprehensive plans, and gd cmmuniy planning, which direc and char he curse, can be ur guide! Wh beer han PPA, "be he sherpa'u frn, leading a pracive agenda fr legislain, plicies, and prgrams PPA wans see enaced r implemened by he Gvern/s Office, he Pennsylvania Legislaure, Cuny Cmmissiners, r municipal ficials hrughu Pennsylvania! A remendus ppruniy exiss fr imprving fuure cmmunicain beween planners, lcal and sae ficials, and he public. lf we wan "gd gvernmenf in Pennsylvania and we wan cmprehensive planning succeed and lead he way, hen sudens a he kindergaren and elemenary levels, n hrugh high schl. need have a beer undersanding f wha planning is, hw i wrks, and why i is impran fr ciizens serve n a planning cmmissin, recreain bard,...r becme an eleced lcal fficial! l will be imperaive fr gvernmenal fficials, a all levels, have his kind f undersanding f planning and planners if we ever hpe have hem embdy he principles f gd planning in heir decisin-making prcess and make he use f planners' gd ideas ruine, n smehing sugh nly in a crisis! believe his can happen! lmprved cmmunicain and cperain beween prfessinal planners and sae and lcal gvernmen decisin-makers in Pennsyl- Envirnmenal Planning & Design Urban Planner. Envirnmenral Planning & Design, LLC (EPD) is hiring reginal urban planners wih experience fr a wide array f public and privae secr prjecs, urban design, cmmuniy planning and riverfrn planning prjecs. Candidaes mus have srng verbal and wrien skills, cmbined wih he abiliy handle a fas-paced and energeic envirnmen. EPD ENVRONMENAL PLANNNC & DESGN, uc vania will resul in beer decisins being made in he fuure. based less n pliics and mre n "ding he righ hing," wih planners and heir cmprehensive plans leading he way! his is n say ha pliics will n sill play an impran rle in decisinmaking in Pennsylvania, as we all knw i will, and here is nhing wrng wih ha. lfirmly believe, hwever, ha in he fuure, we mus rely less n pliics influencing decisins afecing grwh managemen, urban revializain, and her "qualiy f life" issues impran planners and he residens f his sae, and mre n wha planners, especially hse represened by PPA, believe is needed and shuld be dnel srngly believe his, and hpe help PPA becme a majr player and PPAs vice play a majr rle in he develpmen f sluins Pennsylvania's municipal prblems in he fuure! HE AUHOR: Jeri E. Sumpf is currenly, and has beenfr he las 28 years, he Execuive Direcr f he Huse f Represenaives Urban Affairs Cmminee fr he Republican Caucus. Fr 22 f hse years, he was als he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gvemmen Cmmiee unil he Cmminees were divided as a resul f he increasing vlume f wrk. Pir being emplyed by he Pennsylvania lzgislanre, Mr. Sumpf served as Direcr f Ciy Plnnning wih he Ciy f Yrk, Pennsylyania, years, ne year fwhich he als fr five served as he Execuiye Direcr f he Ciy's Redevelpmen Auhriy. Befre ha, he was a planner wih a Harrisburg cnsuling firm and he Yrk Cuny Planning Cmmissin. Cmpuer skills are a mus (Micrsf Excel, Micrsf Wrd, ArcView, Micrsain, Gepak, ec.). EPD fiers cmpeiive salary and benefi packages 100 Rss Sree Crnmuniy Planning Piuburgh. PA Cmprehensive Planning (412) Zning Ordinances U12r Fax Urban Design EPD.PcH@wrldne.a.ne Park & Recreain Planning Landscape Archhecure and is an EOE emplyer. Please send resume, salary expecains and wrk samples fr review. Educain Requiremens: Bachelrs in Landscape Archiecure and/r Urban Planning (ACP cerified a plus). Envirnmenal Planning'& Design, LLC, 1fl) Rss Sree, Pisburgh, PA 15219, (412) , E P D. PG wrldne.a. ne Genre Regin Planning Agency Planning Direcr. he Cenre Regin Cuncil f Gvernmens is acceping applicains fr he psiin f Direcr f he Cenre Reginal Planning Agency which prvides reginal and lcal planning services six municipaliies (ppulain 80,000) and ransprain planning services fifeen member rganizains. he psiin als prvides saf suppr he Cenre Reginal Planning Cmmissin and he Cenre Regin MPO. Annual budge is $820,000 wih '10 full-ime psiins. he Cenre Regin is lcaed in Cenral Pennsylvania and includes he Universiy Park Campus f he Pennsylvania Sae Universiy. he Direcr is respnsible fr planning, implemening and mniring all Agency aciviies including; cmprehensive and lng range ransprain planning, budge preparain, financial adminisrain, persnnel managemen; develpmen f annual wrk prgram; and public infrmain. Candidaes mus have a Bachelr's Degree in urban planning, gegraphy r a clsely relaed field. A Mase/s Degree is preferred, bu years f service may be subsiued. A minimum l five years fullime planning experience is required. ACP is required wihin ne year f emplymen. Candidaes shuld pssess usanding cmmunicain and cnsensus building skills; a willingness be accessible and visible he cmmuniy; he abiliy manage and cmplee prjecs. Candidaes shuld demnsrae successful leadership and creaive abiliy anicipae and recmmend pins address he challenges f rapid develpmen and demgraphic change. Saring salary is $55,058 $59,292, depending n qualificains. Excellen benefis. package. he clsing dae fr acceping applicains is February 15,2OO2. Resume and cver leer : Execuive Direcr, Genre Regin COG, 131 Suh Fraser Sree, Sae Cllege, PA he Cenre Regin COG is an equal ppruniy emplyer.

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131 J us like carrcer is an insrdius disease ha can desry he human bdy ver a lng perid f ime, bligh can d he same l ur cmmuniies, spreadirg frm ne building anher. f is irne ha we figh elirninae bligh in Pennsylvania's cmrnrniies, jus as we are fighing eliminae cancer. h a figh preserve ur cmmuniies. By J ri E Sumpf, Presiden, J eri E. Sumpf & Assciacs, nc. nr Vevmcn Pnrr 11

132 rh E N HE 1950s and '60s, an iniial aemp was made cunail he prblem. was called urban renewal, and he federal gvemmen spen hundreds f millins f dllars arack he issuc. Because federal mney was available, husands f blighed buildings acrss America were demlished, alng wih irreplaceable hisric srucures and srucurally sund buildings ha culd have been saved and rehabiliaed. his culd be called he'bull in hc china shp" apprach reslving he prblems f bligh. Guess wha? he bligh reurned and we need ask why. he federal urban renewal prgmm failed adequaely examine wha caused he bligh in he firs F BA L E (cnrinredfrmpager) place and wha needed be dne preven i frm ccurring in he fuure, which lef as many (r mre) blighed prper;es as here were 50 years ag when urban renewal firs saned. he sluin is cmplicaed and he causes f bligh vary; hwever, cnsider he wrs blighed buildings in Pennsylvania day c be caused by greed. \(hile ms landlrds in he sae are gd business peple prviding affrdable and wellmainained renal husing r cmmercial space, here are hers referred as slumlrds. Slumlrds perae by milking all he equiy u f heir prperies hen abandning hem, leaving sewer liens, waer liens and ax l.iens. All f he renul incme frm heir prpenies ges in heir pckes insead f being used mainain he prperry r pay he axes r municipal udliry bills ha are due. he prpenies are abandned nce hey are deeriraed he pin f being unsafe fr human habia.in because hey have ls all viable ecnmic life. Besides creaing an eyesre in he cmmuniry he blighed prpenies creae many senus cnsequences. Firs, he subsanial revenue cha municipaliies and municipal auhriies lse due he slumlrd's unpaid prperry axes and her bills mus be recuped Slumlrds perae by milking all he equiy u f heir prperies hen abandning hem, leaving sewer liens, waer liens and ax liens. smewhere. is usually hrugh higher prperry axes and increased sewer and waer raes, fr individuals in he cmmuniy wh d mainain heir prperies. While municipaliies and auhriies can place a lien n he blighed and abandned prpery ry recver he axes and fees wed, he liens are rarely paid and n revenue is received. n fac, when a blighed and abandned prperry mus be demlished prec he bealh and safey f he cmmuniry's residens, he municipal css f demliin nrmally exceed he value f he land nce he building rs rn dwn, making he lien n he prpeny wnhless. A secnd cnsequence is he decrease in prpeny values ln cmmuniies wih abandned prperies. Hmewners wh d mainain heir prpery lse equiry in heir prperry simply because an abandned prperry is nearby. Fr F ff[ P- ir --_:-.-

133 example, if an elderly cuple has mainaincd heir hme heir enire life and have i valued a $80,000 wihu a mfgage, i represens a majr pnin f he cuple's life's savings. f a slumlrd abandns a blighed building in heir neighbrhd, heir hme value aumaically declines. Nex, fearing wha may evenually happen in he neighbrhd, several her wners bail u and sell rheir prpenres well belw rhe marke value rcr buyers lking fr a bargain. lw-rhin a few mnhs, he bm can fall u f he real esae marke in he neighbrhd and he cuple's $80,000 hme culd be wnh nly $40,000, a 50% lss, if i can even be sld. his is a crime, and smehing needs be dne sp i nw f smene walks in a bank an rbs i, a crime has been cmmied and he persn is jailed; hwever, if a persn abandns a blighed prperry, causing hers lse $40,000 f equiry in heir prperry, nhhg happens. Vha is he difference? Vasn' mney aken in bh siuains? 's ime we san lking a his prblem differenly in Pennsylvania- Blighced and abandned prpercies pse her risks fr cnrmunides, especially when cnsidering public safery. Blighced and abandned buildings are he frequen arge f arsniss, hus placing he lives and prperry f everyne living in he neighbrhd a risk, including firemen and plice called upn prec he public. Municipaliies musr als cninually use heir limied sace and lcal financial resurces bard up and secure aba-ndned buildings prevenr access [ hem. his is a necessiy fr rw reasns. Firs, rhese buildings pse risks fr curius children wh view such sies as exciing places explre and play, unaware f he penial danger hey cnain. Addiinally, gang members and criminals see he prpenies as a refuge and meeing and hiding place, calling fr an increased plice presence in he neighbrhd. Again, hugh a lien can be placed n hese buildings by he css are rarelv :l:j."ff** Anher hidden, bu equally impnan. cs municipaliies as a resuh f blighed and abandned prpenies, is he negaive image heir exisence sends penial invescrs lking pen a business r purchase a hme in he area f he blighed cndiins are n effecively deal wih, i appean ha he cmmuniry lacks pride in iself and has n psiive visin fr is fuure. hus, why wuld anyne wan make an invesmen here? An increase in insurance rares r xpayers is anher hidden csc f blighed and abandned buildings in he cmmuniry Because hese buildings increase he hrea f fire surrunding hmes and businesses, insurance raes in he neighbrhd are increased. Penial buyers may find ha fire insurance is eiher n available r is csly. Having briefly examined a few negaive effecs ha bligh has n cmmuniies, le's lk a why mre hasn' been dne in Pennsylvania dae preven i. Firsc, he issue f blighc has n been aken as seriusly x i shuld be by he l-egislaure and curs. Cases invlving serius prperry sarues gverning rhe sale f ax delinquen prperry need be mdernized and updaed; and adequae funding demlish exishg blighed and abandned buildings musr als be prvided. Evenually, hese buildings culd be replaced by ecnmic develpmen prjecs which culd becme a caalys fr change and psiively affec he qualiy f life in he cmmuniry. Ulimaely, srnger deerrens and puniive cnsequences are als needed in Pennsylvania preven slumlrds frm allwing heir prpenies becme blighed in he firs place. Because municipaliies have n rue enfrcemen mechanism, hey need increased pwers effecively deal wih slumlrds in heir cmcde vilains by slumlrds are firs referred magiserial disric judges. hey mus be made realize, ha allwing prpenies deerirae and becme blighed he pin f abandnmen, is an ecnmic crime ha affecs he hea.lh, safey and finances f ax- Payers. Pennsvlvania's aniuaed An increase in insurance raes axpayers is anher hidden cs f blighed and abandned buildings in he cmmuniy.

134 rh E muniies. Municipaliies fen becme mired in a paper chase ver a slumlrd because f he prperry wner's legal recrds. is usually difficul idenify he specific wner f a prperry in a crprae name because he crprae wnership chan ges frequenly. Several years ag, Sae Represenaive Jhn Ficner recgnized ha here was a disinc prblem wih bligh in Pennsylvania's cmmuniies. was he Execucive Direcr f rhe Huse Lcal Gvernmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees fr Pennsylvania l-egislaure a he ime and he asked me hw cmba he issue. His quesin resuled in my drafing Huse Resluin 91 (HR 91) ha was passed unanimusly by he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives. Under HR 91, he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee held eigh public hearings acrss he sae examining he causes f bligh and hw sp i. he Urban Affairs Cmmiee adped ard made public he repn drafed n ur findings. A legislaive package f ver 30 bills was subsequenly inrduced in he General Assembly implemen he repn recmmendains. Unfnunaely, * happened since hen; unil ;,f Sae Senar James Rhades (R-29) recgnized he prblems bligh causes in he cmmuniies in his legislaive disric and waned d smehing abu i. As a resul, he called me a meeing a his ffice in he Capil several mnhs ag, during which he learned f he wrk had dne wih he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee pursrxrn HR 91. as well as he fac ha he American Planning Assciain recenly adped he HR 91 repn as heir new nainal plicy re gardin g redevelping blighed PrPeres. Senar Rhades asked me wn shuld be n he new Saewide Bligh ask Frce he was creaing! examine wha needed be dne in Pennsylvanh win he bale agains bligh. As key sakehlden in he iszue, he fllwing eniies were idenified as paricipans: Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f 14 nr VeNrRcE PrNr BA L E (minredrrmpagej) Municipaliies fen becme mired in a paper chase ver a slumlrd because f he prpery wner's legal recrds. Brughs; Pennsylvania rague f Ciies 6c Municipaliies; Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f wnship Supervisrs; Pennsylvania Cunry Cmmissiners Assciain; Pennsylvania Planning Assciain; Pennsylvania Assciain f Husing Er Redevelpmen Aurhriries; Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener, 10,000 Friends f Pennsylvania; Husing Alliance f Pennsylvania; Deparmen f Cmmuniry & Ecnmic Develpmen; Key Cmmiee saff f he Pennsylvania kgislaure and Jeri E. Sumpf E< Assches, nc. (ask Frce cnzulan). hese saewide rganizains were suggesed Senar Rhades n nly because hey have a vesed ineres in he issue f bligh in Pennrylvania due he narure f heir members, bu als hey cllecively represen a pliically pwerful grup in erms f cnsdruencs. Using his pliical pwer vrill be criical in geing funding and he new saues enaced in lavr he hsk Frce has been meeing regularly ver he pas several mnhs. hey expec issue he final repf, alng wih a legislaive bligh package fr inrducin, a a Capil press cnference laer his mnh. is impnan ne ha legislain alne will n slve Pennsylvania's curren bligh prblems. will als be necessary educae he public, as well as judges and magiserial disric judges, abu he impnance f bligh issue and he new legislain enaced. is equally impnan realize ha Pennsylvania k he lead nainally in creaing new sae ecnmic develpmen simulus prgrams revialize lder cre cmmuniies hrugh new public/privae pannerships. Hwever, if we hpe c achieve rhe desired ecnmic resuls, we mus (1) eliminae he exising bligh in he neighbrhds surrunding prjec areas, while (2) prevening marginal prpenies in ur cmmuniies frm becming blighed in he fuure. Eliminain and prevenin measures can assis in securing a viable fuure fr hese ransfrming capial invesmens. Unfmrnaely, if he curren bligh prblems are n successfully addressed, Pennsylvania will be ding urban renewal again in anher 30 years r sner. geher, we mus wrk wards making he necessary changes. PPA is a leader n he ask Frce and is in he frefrn f helping win back ur cmmuniies frm bligh. fyu feel his is an impnan issue PPA, planners, and he Cmmnwealh, please cnac yur sae represenaive, sae senar, and PPA express yur suppr f he fnhcming legislain and he ask Frce. i EDOR'S NOE: Cad Hess, ACB PPAS Reslden, b an acive member f he ask Frce.

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138 Jfighing us like cancer is an insidius disease ha can desry he human bdy ver a lng perid f ime, bligh can d he same ur cmmuniies, spreading ne building a a ime. is ime we figh eliminae bligh in Pennsylvania's cmmuniies jus as we are eliminae cancer. n hel950s and '60s, an iniial aemp was made curail he prblem. was called urban renewal, and he federal gvemmen spen hundreds fmillins f dllars aack he issue. Because federal mney was available, husands fblighed buildings acrss America were demlishe4 alng wih ineplaceable hisric srucures and sucurally sund buildings ha culd have been saved and rehabiliaed. his canbe calledhe "bull inhe china shp" apprach reslving he prblems fbligh. Guess wha? he blighreumed andwe need askwhy. he federal urban renewal prgram failed adequaely examine wha caused he bligh in he firs place and wha needed be dne preven i frm ccurring in he fuure, which lef as many (r mre) blighed prperies as here were 50 years ag when urban renewal firs sared. he sluin is cmplicaed and he causes fbligh vary; hwever, cnsider he wrs blighed buildings in Pennsylvania day be caused by greed. While ms landlrds in he sae are gd business peple prviding affrdable and well-mainained renal husing r crnmercial space, here are hers refened as slumlrds. Slumlrds perae by milking all he equiy u fheirprperies hen abandning hem, leaving sewer liens, waer liens and ax liens. All f he renal incme frm heirprperies ges in heir pckes insead fbeing used mainain he prpery r pay he axes r municipal uiliy bills ha are due. he prperies are abandned nce hey are deeriraed he pin f being unsafe fr human habiain because hey have ls all viable ecnmic life. Besides creaing an eyesre in he cmmuniy, he blighed prperies creae many serius cnsequences. 220 S.Charles Way Suie 200 Yrlc PA 1 )2 (71 7) phne (717) @fax Ohq Ofic$ hughu he Esen U. wwwjm.cm Chrisine Gldb eck, Ph g r apher Firs, he revenue ra municipaliies and municipal auhriies lse due he slumlrd's unpaid prpery axes and her bills mus be recuped smewhere. is usually hrugh higherprpery axes and increased sewer and waer raes fr individuals in he cmmuniv wh d mainain heirprperies. While municipaliies and auhriies can place a lien n he blighed and abandned prpery ry recver he axes and fees wed, he liens are rarely paid and n revenue is received. n fac, when a blighed and abandned prpery mus be demlished prec he healh and safey f he cmmuniy's residens, he municipal css f demliin nrmally exceed he value fhe land. Once he building is m dwn, re lien n he prpery is wrhless. A secnd cnsequence is he decrease in prpery values in cmmuniies wih abandned prperies. Hmewners wh d mainain heirprpery will sill lse equiy in heir prpefy simply because an abandned prpery is nearby. Fr example, if an elderly cuple has mainainedheirhme heir enire life and have ivalued a $80,000 wihu a mrgage, i represens a majr prin f he cuple's life's savings. f a slumlrd abandns a blighed building in heirneighbrhd" heirhme value aumaically declines. Nex fearingwhamay evenuallyhappen in 550Craplis Heighs Rd. Suie 440 Mnwnship,PA (41 2) phne (41 2) fax

139 Phsrapher. :" i1.. '.,r: he neighbrhd, several herwners bail uand sell heir prperies well belw he marke value buyers lking fr a bargain. Wihin a few mnhs, he bm falls u f he real esae marke in he neighbrhd and he cuple's $80,000 hme culdbe wrr nly $40,000, a50% lss ifican evenbe sld- his is a crime, and smehins needs be dne sp i nw. f smene walks in a bank and rbs i, a crime has been cmmied and he persn is jailed; hwever, if a persn abandns a blighed prpery, causing hers lse $40,000 f equiy in heir prperfy, nhing happens. Wha is he difference? Wasn' mney aken in bh siuains? 's ime sar lkins a his prblem differenly in Pennsylvania. Blighed and abandned prperies pse her risks fr cmmuniies, especially when cnsidering public safey. Blighed and abandned buildings are he frequen arge f arsniss, hus placing he lives and prpery feveryne living in he neighbrhd arisk, including fire and plice called prec he public. Municipaliies mus cninually use heir limied sae and lcal financial resurces bard up and secure abandned buildings preven access hern. his is a necessiy fr w reirns. Firs, hese buildings pse risks frcurius childrenwh view such sies as exciingplaces explre and play, unaware fhe penial danger hey cnain Addiinally, gang members and criminals see he prperies as a refuge and meeing and hiding place, calling fr an increased plice presence in he neighbrhd. Again, hugh a lien canbeplaced nhese buildings by he municrpaliy, he css are rarely recvered. Anher hidder\ bu equally impran! cs municipaliies as a resul fblighed and abandned prperies is he negaive image heir exisence sends penial invesrs lking pen a business r purchase a hme in he area. fhe blighed cndiins are n effecively deal will i appears ha re cmmuniy lacks pride in iself and has n psiive visin fr is fuhre. hus, why wuld anyne make he inveshnen here? An increase in insuance raes axpayers is anrer hidden cs fblighed and abandnedbuildings inhe cmmuniy. Because hese buildings increase he hrea f fire surrunding hmes and businesses, insurance raes in he neighbrhd are increased. Penial buyers may find ra fire insurance is eiher n available r is csly. Having briefly examined a few negaive effecs ha bligh has n cmmuniies, le's lk a why mre hasn' been dne in Pennsylvania preven i. he issue fbligh is n aken as seriusly as i shuld be in bh he legislaive andjudicial branches. Cases invlving serius prpery cde vilains by slumlrds are firs referred magiserial disicjudges, wh mus realize ha allwing prperies deerirae and becme blighed he pin f abandnmen is an ecnmic crime ha affecs he healr, safey and finances f axpayers. Pennsylvania's aniquaed saues gveming he sale fax delinquenprperly need be mdemized and updaed, and he funding needs demlish exising blighed and abandned buildings mus als be prvided. Evenually, hese buildings culd be replaced hrugh ecnmic develpmenpdecs, becming a caalys fr change and psiively affecing he qualiy f life in he cmmuniy. ljlimaely, sfnger deenens and puniive cnsequences are needed in Pennsylvania prevur slumlrds frm allwing heir prperies becme blighed. Because municipaliies have n ffue enfrcemen mechanism, hey need increased pwer effecively deal wih slumlrds in heir cmmuniies. Municipaliies fen becme mired in a paper chase ver a slumlrd because fhe prpery wner's financial recrds. is usually difficul idenify he specific wner f a prpery in a crprae name because he crprae wner may frequenly change. Several yeam ag, Sae Represenaive Jhn Ficfrer recgnized hahere was a disincprblem wihbligh in Bligh Legislain ErceJ as a R"s.-l { HR 9L Acs 64 f 1997, Acs 44 & Sq f ryg9, & Ac z f 22. Municipaliies may give blighed prperies nn-prfis fr affrdable husing & ecnmic develpmen. Ac Z f 998. Allws fr prisn ime fr slumlrds under Pennsylvania's Crir-ne Cde f up z years & 5 years respecively upn he 4d and 5'h cnvicin. Ac 99 f z. Requires purchasers f blighed prpery a a delinquen ax sale bring he prpery up cde sandards r demlish wihin 18 mnhs f purchase. Ac l4 f z6. Allws redevelpmen auhriies adminiser esaes where here is a vacan prpery and n heirs mainain he prpery befre i becmes blighed. 6 Ocfier 2007

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143 BALNG BLGH BALNG BLGH Pennsylvania Embriled in Figh Preserue is Gmmuniies PSAS Parners wih New ask Frce Develp Ani-Bligh Prpsals Have yu ever driven dwn a sree and seen an ugly, abandned building? ha's bligh, an ecnmically devasaing prblem fr Pennsylvania and is wnships, ciies, and brughs. Pas effrs curb he prblem have been less han successful. Hwever, a new saewide ask frce is hping i can make a difference. he grup recenly unveiled a legislaive package ha i is urging lawmakers embrace s Pennsylvania can finally say gdbye bligh. BY JER E. SUMPF / PRESDEN, JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. us like cancer is an insidius disease ha can ravage he human bdy, bligh can d he same ur cmmuniies, spreading frm ne building anher. Fr many years, we have been fighing eliminae cancer, and he ime has cme renew effrs eliminae bligh in Pennsylvania's municipaliies. n he 1950s and 1960s, underhe banner furban renewal, he federal gvemmen spen hundreds f millins f dllars aack he prblem. husands f blighed prperies acrss America were demlished, alng wih irreplaceable hisric srucures and her buildings ha culd have been saved and rehabiliaed. hese acics represened a "bull-inhe-china-shp" apprach reslving bligh. And guess wha? he bligh reumed. Nw. we need ask whv and embrace a new ani-bligh plan prpsed by a saewide ask frce. Mre bligh, mre prblems fr municipaliies n hindsigh, i appears he federal urban renewal prgram failed because i did n adequaely examine he causes f bligh and hw preven i, which lef as many - if n mre - blighed prperies as here were 50 years ag. he sluin is cmplicaed, and he causes f bligh vary; hwever, i's safe say ha greed is a he r f Pennsylvania's wrs blighed buildings. While ms landlrds are gd business peple wh prvide affrdable and well-mainained renal hmes and cmmercial spaces, he cmmnwealh has is share f slumlrds wh milk he equiy u f heir prperies and hen abandn hem. hese dilapidaed buildings are n nly eyesres in he z+ PAlwnshlpNews DEcEMBER 2z

144 he federal urban renewal prgram failed because i did n adequaely examine he causes f bligh and hw preven i. cmmuniy, bu hey als lead serius cnsequences. Fin, wnships and municipal auhriies mus ry recup he subsanial revenue hey lse when a slumlrd fails pay his prpery axes and uiliry bills. Usually, his means higher axes and increased waer and sewer raes fr he remaining respnsible residens wh ake care f heir prperies. While municipaliies and auhriies may place liens n a blighed prpery recver axes and fees, he liens are rarely paid. add insul injury i fen css a wnship mre mney demlish he prpery han i is wrh, making hese liens virually wrhless. Blighed prperies als increase insufrnce raes in fac, penial buyers - f neighbring buildings may find ha fire insurance is eiher unaainable r unaffrdable and decrease he value - f nearby hmes. hke, fr insance, he elderly cuple wh fr many years has mainained heir $80,000 hme. One day, a prp ery wrrer abandns a nearby blighed building, which aumaically decreases he value f he cuple's hme. Seeing he wriing n he wall, several he neighbrs decide sell heir prperies well belw he marke value buyers lking fr a bargain. Wihin a few mnhs, he bm f he real esae marke in he neighbrhd culd fall u, leaving he cuple wih a hme ha's wrh $,10,000, n $80,000, if he prpery can even be sld. his is a crime. Ye. when a slumlnd abandns a blighed prpery, he faces few, if any, penalies. Beynd he financial cnsequences, blighed prperies als pse public safey risks. Ofen he arge f arsniss, abandned buildings pu peple and prpery in danger, including firefighers and her firs respnders. wnships mus als spend axpayers' mney secure and plice abandned buildings because hey pse a risk Bllgh srlkes clles, bu l als affecs wnshlps, where l creaes a negalve flrs lmpressln, lwera prpery values, and pses publlc safey rlsks. PSAS ls amng he rganlzalns parlcipalng n he new Saewlde Bllgh ask Frce, whlch ls urglng sae lawmakee ake a n-nnaenae apprach slvlng he prblem - nce and fr all. curius children and creae a haven fr message: he municipaliy lacla pride in iself and a psiive visin fr he gang members and criminals. Anherhidden bu equally impr- fuure, s why wuld anyne wan an cs wnships is he negaive make an invesmen here? 6rs impressin ha blighed buildings creae in he minds f penial inves- l's lme ake rrs in he cmmuniy. hese prper- bligh seilusly ies, if lef as hey are, send a very clear Why hasn' mre been dne pre- DEEMBER 27 PAlwnshlpNews zs

145 BALNG BLGH venr blighr in Pennsylvania? Unfrnrnaely fr ur cmmuniies, bligh has n been aken as seriusly as i shuld. Prperry cde vilains are firs referred disric magisraes, wh need realize ha anyne wh allws a prpery deerirae is cmmining an ecnmic crime ha affecs he healh, safey, and finances faxpayers. Pennsylvania's aniquaed saues gveming he sale f ax-delinquen prpery als need be updaed, and adequae sae funding mus be allcaed demlish hese buildings r um hem in caalyss fr psiive change in a cmmuniy. wnships als need be given increased pwers effecively deal wih and rack dwn slumlrds. Ulimaely, hugh, Pennsylvania needs srnger deerrens and puniive cnsequences preven prpery wners frm allwing heir buildings becme blighed in he firs place. Several years ag, sae Rep. Jhn Ficher realized ha bligh had becme a serius prblem. A he ime, was he execuive direcr f he Huse [.cal Gvemmen and Urban Affairs cmmiees, and he asked me hw cmba he prblem. As a resul, dmfed Huse Resluin 91, which led he Huse UrbanAffain Cmmiee hld eigh public hearings saewide examine bligh and hw sp i. he cmmiee repred is 6ndings, and lawmakers subsequenly inrduced mre han 30 bills implemen is recmmendains. Unfrunaely, lile has happened since hen- unil nw. Sae Sen. James Rhades has creaed a new Saewide Bligh ask Frce, which has repened he bks n bligh and re-examined wha Pennsylvania mus d win he bade. PSAS is amng he sakehlders serving n he ask frce, whse members were chsen because hey have a vesd ineres in bligh and represen a pliically pwerful grup f cnsiuens. Harnessing his pwer will be criical securing funding and gelng new ani-bligh laws enaced. (Aks d arganizpirms represened m he nskfcnce ppears npage 28.) Municipaliies need be given increased pwers effecively deal wih and rack dwn slumlrds PACC Cnrac fr Upfiing and Special Mbile Equipmen Our Grees Asse is yur gdu)ill BRADCO SUPPLY CO. Office nd Wrehuse - nerseclin f Rue 22O nd Rule 6 R.D. l, Bx. 43-1, wnd, PA Cncl: Cleb Chndler E-mil: cleb@brdcsupplycmpny.cm elephne (570!' c (800) Fx (570) www. brdcsu pplycm p ny. cm ze PAlwnshlpNews DEcEMBER 27 Cmrged Culverf Pipe Snw Fence nd Snw Fence Psls Signs nd Sign Pss Wcker Cmpcrs M-8 Sweepers enc Bdies nd Plws Yrk Slne Rkes nd Brms Mrmn- Herringn All-Wheel Driverucks Wd/Chuck Chippers Alm Mwers J&J Dump Bdies Allinz Sweepers Sl nd Clcium Chlride Snw Plws Cindcr Spreders Cuing Edges Used Rd Equipmenf f All ypes

146 BALNG BLGH Fllwing a series f meeings, he ask frce issued a repr in Ocber ha was accmpanied by a number f legislaive prpsals give Pennsylvania's wnships and hers he muscle and he mney figh bligh. Amng her hings, he ask frce is recmmending ha he sae creae a slumlrd regisry and auhrize wnships deny permis and variances anyne wh fails address serius prpery cde vilains. als wans lawmakers creae a $100 millin Figh Bligh Fund help municipaliies defray he css f demlishing blighed buildings. (Fr mrc denib abu he ask fcnce's legislaiue recnmenlins, see he sidcbar n fu nex page.) "Peple fen hink ha bligh is a ciy prblem, bu i's n," PSAS Execurive Direcr R. Keih Hie says. "wnships are fighing i,. ha's why he Assciain is a cmmied parner in he Bligh hsk Frce and will be encuraging lawmakers ake aggressive acin help ur members rid heir cmmuniies f his ecnmically devasaing prblem." New laws alen' enugh figh bligh Legislain alne, hwever, will n slve Pennsylvania's bligh prblems. will als be necessary educae he public, as well as judges and disric magisraes, abu he cnsequences f bligh and he imprance f enacing 5778 Sunse Pike Chambersburg. PA Fax: 7' www. sl lenbe rgersils. cm za PAwnshlp DEcEMSER 2z Members f he Saewide Bligh ask Frce SAE SEN. JAMES RHOADES recenly creaed he new Saewide Bligh ask Frce, which has unveiled a number f legislaive prpsals figh bligh in Pennsylvania's municipaliies. ask frce members are:. PSAS. Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f Brughs. Pennsylvania League f Ciies and Municipaliies. Cuny Cmmissiners Assciain f Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Planning Assciarn. Pennsylvania Assciain f Husing and Redevelpmen Auhriies. Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener. 10,000 Friends f Pennsylvania. he Husing Alliance f Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Deparmen f Cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen. Key cmmiee saff f he Pennsylvania legislaure updaed laws curb i. Recenly, Pennsylvania k he lead nainally in creaing a new ecnmic develpmen simulus package revialize lder cmmuniies hrugh publicprivae parnerships. Hwever, if he cmmnwealh hpes achieve he desired ecnmic resuls, we mus d w hings: Eliminae bligh in neighbrhds surrunding prjec areas and preven marginal prperies in ur cmmuniies frm becming blighed. lf he curren bhgh prblems are n successfully addressed, Pennsylvania will be lking a urban renewal sraegies again in anher 30 years - maybe sner. geher, we mus wrk ward Cncree Prducs Since 1908 Prefab Sal and Cinder Srage Bins Sandard-size wall panels are in sck. Prduc rnsallain/delivery by experienced crews. ypical insallain in ne day. Service area: Pa. and her Mid-Alanic saes. Fr Precas Cncree Panels: Call Ken Mansfield a Fr Sil Cellwers: CallBb Francis a 7' making bligh a hing f he pas. PSAS is a leader n he Saewide Bligh hsk Frce and is a he frefrn f helping win back ur cmmuniies frm his eyesre. lf bligh is an impran issue fr yur wnship, please d yur par and cnac yur sae lawmakers express yur suppr fr he new ani-bligh legislain and he wrk f he ask a..".1 * * Abu he uhu: JeiE. Sannpf is presiden f Jen E. Samp/ d Ass ciaes, a cmmuniy deuelpmen, gu errrmenuj ffair s, cnsuling, lbbying, anl develapmen frm da specializes in cdc enfrcemen and dnwnum reuializain andis he cnsulanfr h.e Snewide Bligh ask F rce. Befre saring his frm, Sumpf wrked in he Gvernr's Office f Husing anl. Crnmuniy Reuializain, where he helped develp a reuializain sraegy fr Pernsylvania. He was als he frs execuiue direcr f he sace Huse f Represenaives' Lcal G wernmen and. Urban Affairs cnmiees. he American Pl.cnning Ass ciain recenly usedhis awarlwirring wcnk u lrcal guenmm, Hifr, cunmunil rec.)ializaiur, anl mrd dnebprnen as he basis far is nainal plicl far redeuebpingm&en sed ana Highed prpefi ies. San pf cm be reached ar (7 17) 2U930 ar pannpfass@ul.cun.

147 ask frce urging lawmakers ake ugh sance n slumlrds, bandned buildings he Saewide Bligh ask Frce is hping ha Pennsylvania lawmakers embrace is prpsals make prpery h,ners mre accunable fr blighed buildings and pu municipaliies in a beer psiin bale he prblem. PSAS is amnghe rganizains serving n he ask frce, which recenly released he fllwing legislaive recmmendains: Municipal Permi Denials -his prpsal wuld allw municipaliies deny permis and variances prpery wners unilhey address serius cde vilains r demlish he blighed buildings. Sae Perml Denials - his prpsal wuld allw he sae deny such hings as liqur licenses, highway cupancy permis, and sewer mdules alleged slumlrds unil hey address serius cde vilains r demlish he blighed buildings. Saewlde Slumlrd Regisry - Under his prpsal, he sae Deparmen f cmmuniy and Ecnmic Develpmen wuld mainain a regisry help he sae and municipaliies rack and idenify "egre$us" slumlrds. Asse Aachmen Prgram -his prpsal wuld allw municipaliies recverheir css, including legal fees, relaed a blighed prpery by ging aferhe wner's asses. wnships culd be reimbursed fr rehabiliaing r demlishing he prpery. Municipal Cde Enfrcemen Gran Prgram - Underhis prps al, DCED wuld adminiser $10 millin in grans help municipaliies esablish individual rjin prpery mainenance cde enfrcemen prgrams. lf a municipaliy already has such a prgram, i wuld be auhrized use he funding rehabiliae r eliminae blighed prperies. Grans wuld be limied a maximum f hree years. 91OO Millin Figh Bligh Fund - Under his prpsal, DCED wuld adminiser a $1OO millin gran fund help municipaliies and cuncils f gvernmens acquire and demlish blighed prperies and ffse he legal fees hey incur fighing slumlrds in cur. Bligh Prevenin Receivership Prgram - Underhis prpsal, cerain nnprfis, in cperain wih municipaliies, wuld be able peiin he curs ake ver he adminisrain and managemen f deeriraing vacan r ccupied mulifamily prperies. he rganizain wuld cllec he ren and use i repair he buildings and preven hem frm becming blighed. Amendmen Unfair nsurance Pracices Ac - his prpsal wuld amend he Unfair lnsurance Pracic s Ac prvide prpery wners wih fire insurance a reasnable and cmpeiive raes, even if heir prpery is lcaed near a blighed r abandned building. Mrgage Lenders Respnsibil- y Ac - his prpsal wuld require mrgage lenders mainain he exerir f a prpery, including he rf, frm he ime he wner defauls n he lan unil a new wner ccupies he building, regardless f wheher freclsure has been iniiaed. Blllhed Prpery Rehabiliain and Sabillzain Fund - Under his prpsal, municipaliies wuld be able receive mney frm a DCED revlving fund rehabiliae blighed and abandned prperies, including hisric buildings. Funds ha municipaliies receive frm asse aachmens and fines, beynd hse needed reimburse heir css, culd be depsied in his fund help her cmmuniiqs. New Recding Requiremens - Under his prpsal, whenever a crprae-wned prpery is sld, he buyer wuld have file a phcpy f his curren driver's license wih he deed. Municipaliies wuld mail all legal dcumens, including cde vilain nices, he address n he driver's license. Such mailings wuld cnsiue "gd service" and fulfill he "due prcess" prvisinsfhe sae cnsiuin. Esablishmen f Huslng Curs - Under his prpsal, cunies wuld be auhrized esablish a husing cur, similar he ne recenly creaed in Dauphin Cuny. his cur wuld deal exclusively wih absenee landlrds, blighed prperies, and nuisance hmes. Special ax Sale fr Vacan and Abandned Prperies - his pr psal wuld mp cerain bligfed, vacan, and abandned prperies frm ax sale prcedures expedie heir redevelpmen.

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150 he Bligh Bale?e A///"arrrb A uwe&y ehaak/ cn a frvh pnze uc au.*'ueril2 by l*i n. Sampf Presiden, Jeri E. Sumpf y'z Assciaes, nc. us like cancer is an insidius disease ha can desry he human bdy ver a lng perid f ime, bligh can.d ne same ur cmmunlues, spreading [rm ne building anher. is ime ha we 6gh eliminae bligh in Pennsylvanias cmmuniies, jusr as we are fighing eliminae canc r. n he 1950s and'60s, an iniial aemp was made currail he rblem. r was called urban renewal, and he federal gvernmen spen hundreds f millins f dllars aack he issue. Because federal mney was available, husands f blighced buildings acrss America were demllshed, alng wih irrelaceable hisric srucures and srucurally- sund buildings ha culd have been saved and rehabiliaed. his culd be called he "bull in he china shp" apprach reslving he prblems f bligh. Guess wha? he bligh reurned and we need ask why. he federal urban renewal prgram failed c adeuaelv examine wha caused he bligh in he'firs place and wha needed be dne prevenr i lrm ccurring in rhe fuure, which lef as many (r mre) blighed prperies as here were 50 years ag when urban renewal firsc sared. he sluin is cmplicaed and he causes lbligh varyr hwever, cnsider he wrsr blighed buildings in Pennsylvania day be caused by greed. lvhile ms landlrds in he sae are gd business peple prviding affrdable and well-mainained renal husing cmmercial space, rhere are hers referred as slumlrds. Slumlrds perae by milking all he equiy u f heir prperies hen abandning hem, leaving sewer liens, waer liens and ax liens. All f he renal incme frm heir prpercies ges in heir pckes insead f being used r mainain he prperry r pay he raxes r municipal uiliy bills ha are due. he prperies are abandned nce hey are deeriraed he pin f being unsafe fr human habiain because hey have ls all viable ecnmic lile. Besides creaing an eyesre in he cmmuniry, che blighed prperies creae many serius cnsequences. Firs, he subscanrial revenue ha municipaliies and municipal auhriries lse due he slumlrd's unpaid prperry axes and her bills musr be recuped smewhere. r is usually rhrugh highei prpery axes and increased sewer and waer raes, fr individuals in he cmmuniry wh d mainain heir prperies. \Vhile municialiries and auhriies can place a lien n che blighed and abandned prperry cry recver rhe axes and f-ees wed, rhe liens are rarely paid and n revenue is received. n Fac, when a blighed and abandned prperry mus be demlished prec he healh and safey F he cmmuniy residens, he municipal css Fdemliin nrmallv exceed he value F rhe land nce che building is rn dwn, making he lien n he prpery wrrhless. A secnd cnsequence is rhe decrease in prperry values in cmmuniies wih abandned prpe ries. Hmewners wh d mainrain heir prpery lse equiy in heir prperry simply because an abandned prperry is nearby. Fr example, if an elderly cule has mainrained heir hme heir enire iife and have i valued ac $80,000 wihu a mrgage, i represenrs a mair prin f he cuple's life's savings. f a slumlrd abandns a blighed buildlng in heir neighbrhd, heir hme value aumaically declines. Nex, Fearing wha may evenually happen in he neiehbrhd, several her wners bail u ".,J sell heir prperries well belw he marke value c buyers lking Fr a bargain. Vihin a Few mnhs, he brm can [all u Fche real esae marker in he neighbrhd and he cuple's $80,000 hme culd be wrh nly $4O,OOO, a 50/ lss, if i can even be sld. his is a crime, and smehing needs be dne s i nw f smene walks in a bank and rbs i, a crime has been cmmied and he persn is jailed; hwever, if a persn abandns a blighced prperry causing rhers lse $40,000 f equiry in heir prperry nrhing happens. Wha is he difference? Wasn' mney aken in bh siuains? i ime we srar lking a his prblem differen[v in Pennsvlvania. Blighred and abandned prperies pse her risks fr cmmuniies, especlally when cnsidering public safery. Blighed and abandned buildings are he frequen arge farsniss, rhus placing he lives and prperry f everyne living in rhe neighbrhd a risk, including firemen and plice called upn prec he public. Municipaliies mus als cninually use heir limied sae and lcal financial resurces bard u and secure abandned buildings pr.,n.ni access hem. his is a necessiy fr rw reasns. Firs, hese buildings pse risks fbr curius children wh view such sies as exciing places explre and play, unrware f: he penial danger hey cnain. Addiinaily, gang members and criminals see he prperies as a refuge and meeing and hiding place, calling fr an increased plice presence in he neighbrhd. Again, rhugh a lien can be placed n rhese buildings by che municipaliry he css ae rarely recvered. Anher hidden, bu equally impran, cs municipaliries as a resul f blighed and abandned prperies, is he negaive image heir exisence sends penial invesrs lking pen a business r purchase a hme in he area. f he blighed cndirins are n effecrively deal wih, i appears ha he cmmuniv lacks ride in iself and has n psiive visin fr-is fuure. hus, why wuld anyne wan make an invesmen here? An increase in insrrrance raes axpayers is anher hidden cs f bliehced and.rbandned buildings in rhe cmm-uniry. Because hese buildings increase he rhrea ffire surrunding hmes and businesses, insurrnce riles in he neighbrhd are increased. Penrial buyers may find ha fire insurance is eiher nr available r is csly. Having briefly examined a Few negaive effecrs ha bligh has n cmmuniies, ler's

151 lk a why mre hasn' been clne in Pennsylvania dae r prevenr ir. Firs, he issue f blighr has n been aken as seriusly as i shuld be by he Lcgislaure and curs. Cases invlving serius prperry cde vilains by slunrlrds are 6rs referred magisrerial disric judges. hey mus be made realize, ha allwing prperies deerirae and becrne blighred he pin f abandnmen, is an ecnrnic crime ha affecs he healh, safev..rnd 6narrces f raxavers. l)ennsylvania's' aniquaec srarures gverning he sale f ax delinquenr prperry need r bc mdernized and udaed: adcquae lundirrg demlish exisring blighred and abandned buildings musr als be prvided. Evenually, hese buildings culd be replaced by ecnmic devclpmenr prjecs which culd becmc a c:ralys fr change ar.rd psiively affec he qualiry f life in he cmmuniry. Ulin'raely, srnger deerrens and puniive cnsequences are als needed in Pennsylvania Drevelr slun-rlrds lrm allwing heir prperies becme blighed in he 6rs lace. Becar.,se municipa.liies have n rlre enfrcemen mechanism, hey need increascd Dwers effecivelv deal wih slumlrds in ih.ir.--r.rniies. Municialiies fen becme mired in a paper chasi u.r a slumlrd bccause f he prperry wner legal recrds. is usually difficul idenrily he specific wner f a prperry in a crprae name because he crprae wnership changes fre- 0 Lcn lv. ' Scveral years ag, Sae Represenarive Jhn Ficner recgnized ha here was a disinc prblem wih bligh in Pennsylvania cmmuniies. was he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal C*vernmenr and Urban Affairs Cmmiees fr Pennsvlvania Legislaure a he imc, and he asked me hw cmba he issue. His quesrir.r resulred in my drafing Huse Resluin 9l (HR 9l) ha was passed unanimusly by he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaivcs. Under HR 91, he Huse Urban Allairs Cmmiee held cieh public hearings acrss he sae e*",r-rining he causes f bligh and hw sp i. -hc Urban Affairs Cmmiee aded and madc public. he repr drafred n u, findings. A legislaive package f ver 30 bills was subsecuenlv inrduced in he General Assembly implemen he reprr recmmendains. UnFrunaely, lile has happened since rhen: unil nw. Sac Senar James Rhades (R-29) recgnized he prblems bligh causes in he cmmuniies in his legislaive disric and waned d sme rhing abu i. As a resui, he called me a meering a his ffce in he Capirl scverel mnhs ag, during which he learne.l f hc rvrk had dne u'irh he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee pursuan HR 9l, ar *ell as he lacr har rhe American Planning Assciain recenrlv adpred he HR 9l repr as heir new nainal plicy regarding redevelping blighed prperries. Senar Rhades asked me wh shuld be n he new Saewide Blieh ask Frce hc w.rs creaing examine wha needed bc dne in Pennsylvania rvin he bale agains bligh. As key sakehlders in he issue, he fllwine enriies were idenified as paricipanrs: Pen-nsylvania Sae Assciain f Brughs; Pennsylvania -eague f Ciies & Municipaliriesl Pennsvlvania Sae Assciarin f 'lbwnship Supeivisrs; Pennsylvania Cunq, Cmmissiners Assciain; Pennsylvania Planning Assciain; Pennsylvania Assciain f Husing & Redcvelpmen Auhriies; Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener, 10,000 Friends f Pennsylvania; Husing Alliance f Pennsylvania; f)eparnrenr f Cmmuniy & Ecnmic Develpmen; Key Cmmiee saff f he Penns)'lvania Legislaure and Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, ailng new sae ecnmic develpmen simulus prgrams revialize lder cre cmmuniies hrugh new public/privae parnerships. Hwever, if we hpe achieve he desired ecnmic resulrs, we mus (l) elinrinac he exising blighr in rhe neighbrhds surrunding prjec areas, while (2) prevening rnarginal PrPeriles n lrr cmmuniies frm becming blighed in he Fuure. Eliminain and nc. (ask Frce cnsulran). hese sraewide rganizarins werc suggesed Senar Rhades n r-rly because hey have a vesed ineres in he issue f bligh in Pennsylvania due he narure f rheir members, bur als because hey cllecively represen a plirically pwerful grup in crms lrcnsiuens. Using his pliical pwe r will be criical in geing funding and he new saures enacred in law. 'l -lask he Frce has been meeing regularl1, ver he pas several mnhs. hey expcc issre he final repr, alng wih a legislaive bligh package Fr inrducin, a a Capil press cnlerence. is impran( ne ha legislarin alne will n slvc Pcnnsylvania's curren bligh prblems. will als be necessary educac he public, as wcll as judges and magisrerial disric judges, abu he imprance f he bligh isslre and he new legislain enacred. is equally impran realizc ha Pennsylvania k he lead nainally in creprevenin measures can assis in securing a viable fuure fr hese ranslrming capial ilvcsunen s. Unfrurraely, if rhe currenr blighr prblems arc n succcssfulli, addressed, Pennsylvania will be ding urban renewal again in anher 30 years r sner. geher, we mlls wrk wards nraking he necessary cnanges. ;^^ l)l)a is ;r leader n rhe ask Frce end is in he fre lrn f helping win back ur crnmuniies frm bligh. f yu leel his is an impran issue PPA, planncrs, and rhe Cmmnwealrh, please cnac yur sac represenaive, sae senar, and PPA express yur suppr f rhe frhcming legislain and he hsk Frce. Abu he Auhr n addrin havrng drrecl expenence wiih munrqpal cde enfrcemen prgrams (ms recenly n Brwnsvrlle Brugh) while emplyed by he Gvernr's OFfrce f Husrng & Cmmuniy Revrlalizan, Jeri E Sumpf & Assciaes, nc recenly affiliaed wih w fpennsylvania'spmuniqpalcdeenfrcemenffrcrals hecmpany'sgalishelppennsylvania'smunicipaliiesseupandadmrnrser cs effecive municipal prpedy marnenance cde prgrams rndrvrdually, r in cperan wih her municipalilies hey are als avarlable fr rubleshing and evalualing exrsing munrcrpal prperly marnenance cde enfrcemen prgrams already in effec make hem mre successfulandcsefficien JerSumplcanbereachedbyphneall rby ajsumpfassc@alcm %zarapa Refuzla c 4l

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153 PE\NSYLVAAASSOCAON HMnir OF HOUSNGA\D REDEVELOPMEN AGENCES A REPOR ON HOUSNG, COMMUNY DEVELOPMEN A]\D R.EDEVELOPMEN N PEYNSYLVAYA WNER 2OO8 PAHRA Legislaive Cnference Scheduledfr Februury 10-13, 2008 Harrisburg Hiln & wers (Legislaive Cnference Agenda & Regisrain nside) he PennsylvaniaAssciain fhusing and RedevelpmenAgencies'(PAHRA) 2008 Legislaive Cnference has an infrmain-packed agenda. he cnference sessins will presen federal and sae legislaive Ph curesy f he Cmmnweah f Pennsyvania issues and funding; legal and regrlaory maers; and alernaive and innovaive surces and uses f funding fr husing, redevelpmen and cmmunifu deveipmen.-a special fcus n Upfrn ncme Verificain (UV) and Enerprise ncme Verificain (EV) will be cnduced by HUD saff. n addiin, a special rack n planning and financing public infrasrucure is scheduled. Asse managemen and sp lss prvisins als figure prminenly n he agenda. here will be a press cnference in he capial A Legislaive Recepin will be held n uesday, Feb_ runda a 11:00 A.M., Mnday February 11,, u- ruary 12 a he Whiaker Cener. Cnference higlilighs line he husing crisis caused by inadequae funding include: fr public husing and he need address his prblem in Pennsylvania via PA Huse Bil PAHRA ' Federal legislaive updae wih NAHRO and members and residens f public husing are encuraged PHADA represenaives, Jhn Bhm and im Kaiser aend. Cninued n pase 5... Cnens Residen's Message M. Yr C.l" dur....4 Execuive Direcr's Messag Le 2007 PAHRA Bullu-y Av,urd PAHRA A.,ml Business Meeing HigLlighs A,gur.J., 2008 PAHRA Legislaive Cn".mc" PAHRA Seing Up CngressinalMeeings C.fur"r". Regisrain Frm: 2008 PAHRA Legislaive Crr{.r".r"" FHLBa Annunces he 2008 A.J.bl. Husing Rgram F Ji.g R.rrd Riecs / Rgrams in Le News...21 Affiliu"r Repr: 2008 PAHRA Mareing Oppruniies N*A*r.ilrL1"...22 PAHRA Memb". { h" Year, F. Aggazi "Bes Pracices" SL*c.s"/A*.rJr PAHRA Arrrl.l C.{"r".r"" Rerspecive...28 A Sp"cial h.rr Y' Le 20O7 PAHRA Arr...ul C.r{u.".r"e Sp."."...,...35 l'u Bligh Bale FY 2008 FederalFunding Shr Changes Husing and Cmmuniy Develpmen Presiden Bush signed he Cnslidaed Apprpriains Ac fr FY 2008 n December 26,2007. Accrding he Nainal Assciain f Husing and Redevelpmen Organizains (NAHRO Direc New: Washingn Updae: l2l2ll07) public agencies in bh husing and cmmuniy develpmen will again face a significan shrfall beween need and funds auhrized. Public Husing Operaing Fund M2,0,000 Amun apprpriaed: Esimaed amun available fr frmuladisibuin: HUD esimaed need: Shrfall: Esimaed prrain: 82.43V f need! $4,110,060,000 $ $875,940,000 Cninued n Pase 7.

154 he Bligh Bsle Pennsylvania is currenly embriled in a figh preserve ur cmmuniies. By: Jeri E. Sumpf, Presiden, Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, nc. Jus like cancer is an insidius disease ha can desry he human bdy ver a lng perid f ime, bligh can d he same ur cmmuniies, spreading ne building a a ime. is ime we figh eliminae bligh in Pennsylvania's cmmuniies jus as we are fighing eliminae cancer. unsafe fr human habiain because hey have ls all viable ecnmic life. Besides creaing an eyesre in he cmmuniy, he blighedprperies creae many serius cnsequences. n he 1950s and 60s, an iniial aemp was made curail he prblem. was called urban renewal, and he federal gvernmen spen hundreds fmillins fdllars aack he issue. Because federal mney was available, husands f blighed buildings acrss America were demlished, alng wih irreplaceable hisric srucures and srucurally sund buildings ha culdhavebeen saved and rehabiliaed. his can be called he "bull in he china shp" apprach reslving he prblems fbligh. Guess wha? he bligh reurned and we need ask why. he federal urban renewal prgram failed adequaely examine wha causedhe bligh inhe firsplace and wha needed be dne preven i frm ccurring in he fuure, which lef as many (r mre) blighed prperies as here were 50 years ag when urban renewal firs sared. he sluin is cmplicaed and he causes f blighvary; hwever, cnsiderhe wrsblighed buildings in Pennsylvania day be caused by greed. While ms landlrds in he sae are gd business peple prviding affrdable and well-mainained renal husing r cmmercial space, here are hers referred as slumlrds. Slumlrds perae by milking all he equiy u f heir prperies hen abandning hem, leaving sewer liens, waer liens and ax liens. All f he renal incme frm heir prperies ges in heir pckes insead f being used mainain he prperly r pay he axes r municipal uiliy bills ha are due. he prperies are abandned nce hey are deeriraed he pin fbeing fih6 Firs, he revenue ha municipaliies and municipal auhriies lse due he slumlrd's unpaid prpery-axes and her bills mus be recuped smewhere. is usually hrugh higher prpery axes and increased sewer and waer raes fr individuals in he cmmuniy wh d mainain heirprperies. While municipaliies and auhriies can place a lien n he blighed and abandned prpery ry recver he axes and fees wed, he liens are rarely paid and n revenue is received. n fac, when ablighed and abandned prperfy mus be demlished prec he healh and safey f he cmmuniy's residens, he municipal css f demliin nrmally exceed he value f he land. Once he building is rn dwn, he lien n he prperfy is wrhless. A secnd cnsequence is he decrease in prperfy values in cmmuniies wih abandned prperies. Hmewners wh d mainain heir prpery will sill lse equiy in heir prperly simply because an abandnedprpery is nearby. Fr example, if an elderly cuple has mainained heir hme heir enire life and have i valued a $80,000 wihu a mrgage, i represens a majr prin f he cuple's life's savings. f a slumlrd abandns a blighed building in heir neighbrhd, heir hme value aumaically declines. Nex, fearing wha may evenually happen in he neighbrhd, several her wners bail u and sell heir prperies well belw he marke value buyers lking fr a bargain. Wihin a few mnhs, he bm falls u f he real esae marke in he neighbrhd and he cuple's $80,000 hme culd be wrh nly $ a 50/ lss if i can even be sld. his is a crime, and smehing needs be dne sp i nw. f smene walks in a bank and rbs i, a crime has been cmmied and he persn is jailed; hwever, if a persn abandns a blighed prpery, causing hers lse $40,000 f equiy in heirprperfy, nhing happens. Wha is he difference? Wasn'

155 mney aken in bh siuains? 's ime sar lking a his prblem differenly in Pennsylvania. Blighed and abandned prperies pse her risks fr cmmuniies, especially when cnsidering public safey. Blighed and abandned buildings are he frequen arge f arsniss, hus placing he lives and prperly f everyne living in he neighbrhd a risk, including he firemen, plice and her public services called prec hepublic. Municipaliies mus cninually use heir limied sae and lcal financial resurces bard up and secure abandned buildings preven access hem. his is a necessiy fr w reasns. Firs, hese buildings pse risks fr curius children wh view such sies as exciing places explre and play, unaware f he penial danger hey cnain. Addiinally, gang members and criminals see he prperies as a refuge, meeing and hiding place, calling fr an increased plice presence in he neighbrhd. Again, hugh a lien can be placed n hese buildings by he municipaliy, he css are rarely recvered. Anher hidden, bu equally impran, cs municipaliies as a resul f blighed and abandned prperies is he image heir exisence sends penial invesrs lking pen abusiness rpurchase ahme in he area. fhe blighed cndiins are n effecively deal wih, i appears ha he cmmuniy lacks pride in iselfand has n psiive visin fr is fuure. hus, why wuld anyne make he invesmen? An increase in insurance raes axpayers is anher hidden cs fblighed and abandned buildings in he cmmuniy. Because hese buildings increase he hrea f fire surrunding hmes and businesses, insurance raes in he neighbrhd are increased. Penial buyers may find ha fire insurance is eiher n available r is csly. Having briefly examined a few negaive effecs ha bligh has n cmmuniies, le's lk a why mre hasn' been dne in Pennsylvania preven i. he issue f bligh is n aken as seriusly as i shuld be in bh he legislaive and judicial branches. Cases invlving serius prpery cde vilains by slumlrds are firs referred magiserial disric judges, wh mus realize ha allwing prperies deerirae and becme blighed he pin f abandnmen is an ecnmic crime ha affecs he healh, safey and finances faxpayers. Pennsylvania's aniquaed saues gverning he sale fax delinquen prpery need be mdernized and updaed. Funding needed demlish exising blighed and abandned buildings mus als be assessed. Evenually, hese buildings culd be replaced hrugh ecnmic develpmenprjecs, becming a caalys fr change and psiively affecing he qualiy f life in he cmmuniy. Ulimaely, srnger deerrens and puniive cnsequences are needed in Pennsylvania preven slumlrds frm allwing heir prperies becme blighed. Because municipaliies have n rue enfrcemen mechanism, hey need increased pwer effecively deal wih slumlrds in heir cmmuniies. Municipaliies fen becme mired in apaperchase ver a slumlrd because f he prperly wner's financial recrds. is usually difficul idenifr he specific wner f a prpery in a crprae name because he crprae wner may frequenly change. Several years ag, Sae Represenaive Jhn Ficner recgnized ha here was a disinc prblem wih bligh in Pennsylvania cmmuniies and apprached he Execuive Direcr fhe Huse Lcal Gvemmen and Urban Affairs Cmmiees fr Pennsylvania Legislaure abu hw cmba he issue. His quesin resuled in Huse Resluin 91 (HR 9l) ha was passed unanimusly by he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives. Under HR 91, he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee held eigh public hearings acrss he sae examining he causes fbligh and hw sp i. he Urban Affairs Cmmiee adped and made public he repr findings. A legislaive package fver 30 bills was inrduced in he General Assembly shrly afer he repr. Unfrunaely, lile has happened since ha sessin. Unil nw. Sae Senar James Rhades (R-29) recgnized he prblems bligh causes in he cmmuniies f his legislaive disric and waned d smehing abu i. As a resul, he called a meeing a his ffice in he Capil day

156 several mnhs ag, during which he learned f he wrk dne wih he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee pursuan HR 91, as well as he fac ha he American Planning Assciain recenly adped he HR 9l repr as heir new nainal plicy regarding redevelping blighed prperies. Senar Rhades indicaed ha he newly develped Saewide Bligh ask Frce (ask Frce) wuld examine wha needed be dne in Pennsylvania win he bale agains bligh. As key sakehlders in he issue, he fllwing eniies were idenified as paricipans: Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f Brughs; Pennsylvania League f Ciies & Municipaliies; Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f wnship Supervisrs; Pennsylvania Cuny Cmmissiners Assciain; Pennsylvania Planning Assciain; Pennsylvania Assciain f Husing & Redevelpmen Agencies; Pennsylvania Dwnwn Cener, 10,000 Friends fpennsylvania; Husing Alliance fpennsylvania; Deparmen f Cmmuniy & Ecnmic Develpmen; Key Cmmiee saff f he Pennsylvania Legislaure and Jeri E. Sumpf & Assciaes, nc. (ask Frce cnsulan). hese saewide rganizains were suggesed Senar Rhades n nly because hey have a vesed ineres in he issue f bligh in Pennsylvania due he naure f heir members, bu als hey cllecively represen a pliically pwerful grup in erms f cnsiuens. Using his pliical pwer will be criical in geing unding if he new saues are enaced in law. il88 he ask Frce has been meeing regularly ver he pas mnhs. hey expec issue a final repr, alng wih a legislaive bligh fr package inrducin, laer his mnh. isimpran ne ha legislain alne will n slve Pennsylvania's curren bligh prblems. is als necessary educae he public, as well as judges andmagiserial disricjudges, abuhe bligh issue and legislain enaced. is equally impran realize hapennsylvania k he lead in creaing sae ecnmic develpmen simulus prgrams revialize lder cre cmmuniies hrugh new public/privae parnerships. f we hpe achieve he desired ecnmic resuls, we mus eliminae he exising bligh in he neighbrhds surrunding prjec areas. We mus als preven marginal prperies frm becming blighed in he fuure. Eliminain and prevenin measures can assis in securing a viable fuure fr hese ransfrming capial invesmens. f he curren bligh prblems are n successfully addressed, Pennsylvania will be ding urban renewal again in anher 30 years r sner. geher we will wrk wards making he necessary changes. ' PSAB (Pennsylvania Sae Asscian f Brughs) is a leader n he ask Frce and is in he frefrn f helping win back ur cmmuniies frm bligh. f yu feel his is an impran issue yur cmmuny and he Cmmnwealh, cnac yur sae represenaive, sae senar and PSAB express yur suppr f he frhcming legislain and he ask Frce. Abu he Auhr n addiin having direc experience wih municipal cde enfrcemen prgrams (ms recenly in Brwnsville Brugh) while emplyed by he Gvernr's Offrce fhusing & Cmmuniy Revializain, Jeri E. Sumpf& Assciaes, nc., recenly afliliaed wih w f he p municipal cde enfrcemen fficers. he cmpany's gal is help Pennsylvania's municipaliies se up and adminiser cs effecive municipal prpery mainenance cde prgrams individually r in cperain wih her municipaliies. hey are als available fr rubleshing and evaluaing exising municipal prpery mainenance cde enfrcemen prgrams already in effec make hem mre successful and cs efficien. Jeri Sumpfcan be reached by phne a r by a jsumpfassc@al.cm. his aricle was firs published by he Brugh News Magazine in Ocber 2007 and is reprduced wih he publisher's permissin. Brugh News is published by he Pennsylvania Sae Assciain f Brughs (PSAB) N. Frn Sree, Harrisburg, PA l7l 10. PSAB has represened he ineress fbrughs and helped shape he laws ha have laid he fundain fr brughs and her municipal gvemmens. Fr mre infrmain, visi rg.

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161 Frmer planner help Yrk frrn privae secr hrughu Pennsylvania he privae secr where he plans cninue a similar serylce. He plans pen a Yrk ice. His phne is ' Sumpf, cal public leaders will recall, served as he HARRY McLAUGHLN i- Ciy f Yrk's Planner in He was als n he Yrk Cuny Planning saff. Fr mre han 22 years, Sumpf has been he execuive direcr f he Sae Huse f Represenaives Urban Affairs Cmmiee fr he Repubiican Caucus. - Amng numerus prized leers is ne frm frmer Sae Rep. Jseph Gladeck, wh chaired he Huse Labr Relains ciies and her municipaliies ha aer became knwn as he Keysne Oppruniy Ze, a label designaed by frmer Gv. n Ridge. Harrisburg Mayr Sephen R. Reed wries in a ship. "S cmprehensive and significan have been he iniiaives under Mr. Sumpfls eadership ha i is fair and accurae repr ha, in al, hey r represen he ms impran advances affecing he ciies, lder wns and rural areas f he Cmmnwealh f Pennsylvania in a leas several generains," wries Mayr Reed. Sae Rep. Rber L. Freeman adds ha Sumpf is an exper in planning, grwh managemen, cal gvernmen and ecnmic apprach slving lald use and grwh managemen prblems.

162 Planner hpes prpsals will give ciies ppruniies f.'lrmer ciy planner J{ Jeri E. Sumpf hpes his legislaive prpsals. will prvide new pprfunrles lr revlez rrzain f Pennsylvania municipaliies and eradicae blieh. Sumf. direcr f he urban affairs cmmiee f he sae Huse f Represenaives fr 28 years, wries Arund HARRY wn ha McLAUGHLN he prpsals shr:ld be "f grea assisance" he ci6 f Yrk. He expecs presen he prpsals a he new sessin fhe Huse f Represenaives aad Senae lhis fa]l and lave! signed in law by Gv. 'l Ridge by he year's encl. "Pennsylvania urban Pennsylvalia's urban areas fbr.he suburbs-are nw ha araced hem i.u he firs place - is being replaced by sprawling husrng evelpmens, indisinguishable frm ne a-nher, " says Sumpf. He adds ha hey als are subjeced endless aurans and reail sres. which repea hemselves ' every s many milss. "Successfirl cmmuniv revializain mus be marke-driven and develped wih he inpu and suppr f neighbrhci residens and he lcal business cmmuniy. Qualiy urba.n schl sysems and public safey are as criical he success furban revializain effrs as any ecnmic develpmen prjec cnemplaed," wries Sumpf ir Municipal Reprer, a publicain fhe Pennsylvania Leazue f Ciies and Municipaliies. ; Prpsa blighed hanna C he cdrus creek. O"""lp-""l f urban areas will expedie he renaissance f Pennsylvania's ciies and urban areas and will aid in slimirlgfing i sprawl ald managing grwh in he suburban areas, says Sumpf. " will resul in saving vial and limied fsrmlaid, nabural Sme f he legislaive prpsals are echnical, bu hey call fr frnancia.l assisance fr renvains, suppr f Main Sree, business imprvemen disrics and cmmercial incubars funding, increased penalies fr andlrds in vilains f building cdes, and he creain f ipennd- here wuld be funding fr renvain prgrnms rimsd a cnve'ring vacan secnd arrd hird flr fice space abve dwnwn businesses as alfrdable husing r new ffrce space. he prpsds als wu-ld esablish a sae ax credi encurage individuals purcnase urdan area hmes. F.E PHOO mprve Susque Sree a

163 lii H, F ZMMM frmpw Br manager n bligh See Page A-6 Leaders: Hw d Legislain wuld wihhld Permis frm slumlrds By JeremY Lng Press And Jurnal Saff Alms every cmmuniy in PennsYlvania has hem in cmmn: blish-ed and abandned PrPeriles. Few wns have successfully addressed he prblem. Jeri E. SumPf, Presiden f Jeri E' cnained in municipal cdes is he key, he said. "CbO. enfrcemen is s criical in ur municipaliies," Sumpf said' "in he pas 20 r 30 Years everyne knew if was here bu really didn' d an1'hing wih i'" Sumpf. i f.m" member f he sae Urban Affairs cmmiee' reminded hse in aendance ha prblems wih blighed prperies Please See BLGH Page A-6 Page 8-6 Vi CHARER MEMBER - JOhN Ba Club PrPerY alng he le is he edge f Hill lsland' B club marks By Maria Press And Jurnal

164 Bigh Cninued Frm page One will evenuallyhave an effec nhe municipal budge. "Yes, i's an aesheic prblem,,, Sumpf said. "Bu if affecs prpery value. he mre bligh, he mre i scareq invesrs away and he surr"nding prpery values g dwn. Anj mwricipal budges wrk 9-n pr,perly ax revenue and ha is deermined by assessed prpqry Value.":, r.', he 28-ygax veleran f he sae legislaure expressed cnfusin n he lack f sric legislain lesislain n blighed prperies. ]we.hav9 sric legislain g afer dni.g lrds becaiise hey desn6y ur families and children,; Sumpf cninued. "S,lum lrds desv ur cmmuniy and children,.; Amng hse in aendance were Middlewn Brugh manager JeffryV. Sgnghill, Highspire B-rugh Cde Enfrcemen bfncer RJU Brady, -several Highspire Brugh cuncllrs and a few cncerned residens. -lsum-pfl was righ in ideniffing he prblem f bligh,', Snlfrifi said "?m very ineresed read he prpsed legislain.', Recenly, a Schuylkill Cuny senar carne Sumpf and asked hw a saewide ask frce can be sablished address bligh. Sumpf and Sen. James-Rhades pu geher a package fbills leemed he Qualiy f LifeAc. he Qualiy f Life Ac wuld ap sabilize ax revenue and Grve Cninued Frm Page One insurance raes, and aim a brineine a "beer qnliy f life he c-ml muniqr, " explained Srrmf. he Qualiy f Life Ac will rv accmplish his by suspending -any building- perrnis,,ccupancy permis, andzning variancesrequeied by smene wh wns a Uiighea prpery r abandned buildine. Once he prper.y is brugh up i cce, he wner will be allwed bain pelin{s agair. Sumpf's "legislain als esablishes a saewide daabase keep rack f he prper-y wders and b make sure hey cann ge permis r prpery hey wn in ariher nar f he sae iflhey wn abhndned prpery elsewhere. Rep. Jhn Ficher spkb i6,sumpf in he mid-'90s and asked him' draw qp le^glslain n bli'gfred prperies. Sumpf creaed luse Resluin 9, which esablished he UrlanAffairs Cmmiee..review lssues cnceming abandned and blighed prpery." Sumpf was unsuccessfi,rl wih he legislain. "ha legislain died n he Senae flr, because he slrm lrds spen an awful l f mney,,'said Sumpf. Jhe figh_is jus beginning-fr Sumpf and he believes Lis imi will be differen. Sumpf said Rhades has been able - bring geher Demcras and Republicans n his issue because i affecs everyne.. S um_pf hpes i annrmce U" q*f - iy f Life Ac a a press cnferince m January. He said he gal is ge i passed befre he legislahre recesses fr he summer. as a pensin adrninisrar befre l1lclqei ju_i1!i1 hmewn f H F F

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172 04/).7/2A95 b9:5b ( 2.1.+srrrr rgwuur frrv 8Y GxRrcrir llll[8 Brwneville Wednesday kick ff revializain ved accepiu al gran help wih cde evializain niiaive fr a Grea Hme wn ugh abu small cmmuniies cme kick ribbn'cuing ceremny a he Odd Fellws as year hr[gh a sae gran he Fayee irv he Br-wnsville Area Revializain "O enfrcemen ffcer being bired under he rhe building huse "he Peple Place"'a rugr a pil6 pmjec under he Appalachian n hrugh," eaid Andrew riv. "f we really wan descripin fr he Persn all f he buildings in he dwnwn area and ng Cmmissin fr a cenificain f bligh fr in he pas prvided $15,000 $20,000 gran frvides 5150,000 fr a full'ime' area. effrs. 's ging be a mre aggressive dicaed heh luppbr fr i and hey are ging lf. We realize his isn' rhe be-all, end-all fix ning"'

173 BachgBr\rynsvile Hardymach0$ $lb,0gr+n, ' fr revializq,in Bv Ornrsne Herres HeraWSanda:d BROWNSVLLE Revializain - effrs fr dwnwn Brwnsville g an even bigger sh in $g f* hin anicipaed Wednesday ihen Gv. Ed Rendell helped cnvince Jde Hardy mach his sae gran. he Fayee Cuny Cmmissiner and wner f E4 Lumber pledged $150,000 ward he revi: alizain f he dvmwn area. Hardy said i was "'s a spur f he mmen decisin fr a'mving hing him. _ when yu see s nrany peple u hene wh have hpe. mves me i see lis," Hardy said. Hardy said in par his decisin was shw suppr fr Brwnsville Mayr Nrma Ryan's ef_ frs bring Brwnsville bick. ' hink Nnna des such a jb. She's u fighing fi-ghing and peple ^319 shuld encuiage her," Hardy said. i Dlanq c Glrnc Daa L? h rhe p ph, Fennsyhanh cd. Ed Renden b**bffiffiffi dimiares and ciizens f Brwnwiile durirrg a vii 4elh,er iis,a. in che funding fr rwiaizain efirc. irecv abve, Feye6 d;il!.. Gmmisciner vincen a vicfes ghake he hana * cmm-lren r fe

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178 .l Baffilingbligh Cde enfrcemen prgam arges LzB prperies in Brwnsville BY On snxe HA iles HnaH.Slandail BROWNSVLLE - nspecins f dwnwn Brwnsville buildings began uesdav rn an effrr ehminaed blighied cndrrns in ie brush_ he underaking-is knwn as Prjec B.R..G.H.. mrrw. wih he acrnym sandins fr "Brwnwille Revializai; niiaive fr a Grea Hme wr. A $150,000 sae gran he l-ayee Cuny RedevelDmenr Auhriy is funding he c-de en_ rcemen effns in dwnwn Brwnsville, including funding rr ega ees as cases are aken cur. he enfrcemen area cnains 128 prpenies wih 65 differcn_ rrrners, accrding r Prjec B.R..G.H.. mrrw saff members. he area argeed fr inense cde enfrcemen sreches fim he ner-cuny Bridge irugh dwnwn Brwnsville Arih Sree and reaching up Arch SEee Cadwallader Sree accrding Andrcw French. he execuive direcr f he Fayene Cuny Redevelpmen Auiriy. Jeri Sumpf f he Gvernr's Office f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain said he area has been argeed fr enfrcemen because i has beed declared blighed by he Fayee Pleax, *epfrli,pagen2 rn he p ph, rrcrrrer nrpecr," hlid f Bru.,rvilrc'r#m*"''- Building_uesday ar prjcc B.RJ.G.H.. "A-. O'i.y. *, Orr"fa i.,ldr,'- Brwnsville cdc enlrccrnsr cn.r, -r "-d 0;-;;;-i;;;;F.;ffif. "

179 Bligh Prcgrarn,aryes cd,e efarcemenf CninudfwnAl Cuny Planning Cmmissin. "his prblem wih cde enfrcemen in Brwnsville is prbably abu he wrs in he sae," Sumpf said. "We really believe ha Brwnsville can be a mdel fr cde enfrcemen in he sae." A full-ime cde enfrcemen fficer and adminisraive assisan have been hired by he redevelpmen auhriy saff he Brwnsville ffice fr argeed cde enfrcemen. While he w, cde fficer Dnald Baugh and assisan Jessica Yuhas, have been wrking build a daabase f he buildings in he argeed area, uesday was heir firs day n he jb in Brwnsville. Baugh began by aking phgraphs and vides -f he rfps f he dwnwn buildings using he Suh Brwnsville ladder ruck dng wih fire fficial and par-irire brugh cde enfrcemen ffrcer Edward "Wdy" Nichlsn. He fund prblems wih he very firs building he lked a n Marke Sree near he Cas rn Bridge. "his building here is in very, very bad shape. here are hles in i. lks like i migh be where he air-cndiining unis migh have fallen hrugh," Baugh said. Sumpf said he vide and phgraphs will add weigh he cases filed wih he magiserial disric judges wh iniially hear le cases, as well as ifhere are subsequen appeals Fayee Cuny Cur. Sumpf said ha when he was puing geher infrmain abu he argeed area he asked he previus cde enfrcemen fficer fr previus inspecins. "N ne building had been cmpleely inspeced inside and u," Sumpf said. "'s a safey issue." Sumpf said he gal f he new cde enfrcemen ffrcer is q inspec each building in he argeed area inside and u. "he cde enfrcemen ffrcer has he righ inspec le inerir f any prpery. Hw-' ever, he cde enfreemen fficer has be invied n he prpery by he wner," Sumpf said. Sumpf said appinmens will be made wih he prpery wners in he area. "1f, in fac, access is denied, hey will g cur and ge an rder and he inspecin can ake place," Sumpf said. Sme f he mre hazardus prpefies may n receive inernal inspecins, French said. "Sme f hese yu can d frm he uside. f he rf is gne and he windws are u, yu caq basically ell he cndi-' in f he building wihu ging inside," Flench said. Sumpf said rain racks run behind he Marke Sree buildings and he wrries abu wha culd happen in he cmmuniy if a rain carrying hazardus maerials derailed behind Marke Sree, r if here were be a frre in ne f h-i: buildings. ' " have learned ha he vluneer frre deparnens will n riskheirlives by gingin hese buildings," Sumpf said. One building in he argeed area, he frmer Auenreih Building, is currenly be rn. dwn by he Fayee Cuny Redevelpmen Auhriy. Nearly he enire rf n he building has already cllapsed n he ffrs flr, making demliin cndiins hazardus, Frenchsaid. : Sumpf said he cde enfrcemen in he argeed area will be fas-racked, wih cmpuer racking f each case s hey dn' fall hrugh he cracks nce a ciain is issued. he brugh previusly emplyed CdeSys fr cde enfrcemen, wih a cde fficer in he brugh ne day a week, including any cur appearances. Brugh fficials said ha ended drag he prccess u, wih limied ime fr fllw-up. "he pmblem in he pas was we had limied resurces," Fbench said. "We were limied n nly n cde enfrcemen, bu als n re mney fr legal fees." Sumpf said ha shuldn' be he case under he new sysem. "his is ging be very aggressive. We are ging cie he nes where here is he ms need firs. hey will be given a reasnable ime. f nhing is dne, hey will be cied again," Sumpf said. Sumpf said ha under sae law, he ffh ime a prpery wner is cied fr failure crrec a prblem a a prpery, he wner culd be subjec criminal charges wih a penaly f up frve years in jail. "We wanl ge his crreced as sn as pssible. Peple's lives are a sake," Sumpf said. Sumpf said he cde enfrcemen fficer will wrk wih prpery wners wh are making an effr crrec mainenance deficiencies. Sumpf said he pssibiliy f seing up a revlving lan fund fr prper$r wners wh dn' have he frnancial resurces ffx up heir buildings is als being cnsidered, hugh evidence f financial need wuld be required, if ha prgram is esablished. Sumpf said prpery wners wh are cied als have he pin f earing he dilapidaed srucure dwn, r urning hem ver he nedevelpmen auhriy fr renvain r demliin. Sumpf said he sae wuld ms likely cme up wih funding help wih he demliin if brrildings.are acquired by he redevelpmen auhriy, wih liens placed agains he prpery recver he cs f demliin in he even he land is sld. Wheher he,dilapidaed buildings are m dwn r rehabiliaed, S-umpf said, he prpery wuld hen be available fr develpmen. " all sars wih cde enfrcemen. N develper is ging cme and spend mney here wih he way he buildings are day," Sumpf said. Sumpf said ha if need be, eminen dmain regulains culd be pu in place in he argeed area eliminae bligh and bring abu ecnmlc revializain in he cmmuniy. "he pin is, smehing is ging happen here in Brwnsville, smehing 8@d," Sumpf said. he Prjec B.R..G.H.. mrrw ffice is lcaed in he frmer Oddfellws Building, which has been renvaed accmmdae he ffice and hepeple Place, an infmain clearinghuse fr senrices and aciviies in he arrca. Sumpf yaid he building iself is par f he ecnmic rf vializain plan fr he cmmuniy. "f everyhing n bh sides f he sree.lked like his building, i wuld lk like dwnwn Uninwnr" Surhpf said. Brwnsville Mayr Nrrra Ryan said he ddfellws Building was acquired by he Brwnsville Area Revializain Crp. fllwing a recmmendain frm he Appalachian Reginal Cmmissin. "heir recmmendain was ha a building in he cener f wn be he cener f redevelpmen effrs in ur cmmuniy," Ryan said. he building will be pen daily frm 9 a.m. unil4:30p.m. "We're very excied ha his is he firs phase f a l f aciviy in ur cmmuniy," Ryan said.

180 Hme Sie Map News. Washlngn Greene. Regin. Nainal. nernainal. day's frn page. Evens Sprs Obiuaries Edirials Leers Clumns Cmmuniy Business Flipside Enerainmen Religin Fd Galleries Surce Dcumens Blgs Previusly Published Buy Phs Adverising Classifieds Daeline Cnac Us Updaes Subscribe Display Ads Pas Pll Resuls nme : :.llews.news 412l2006 Baling bligh Sc Beveridge Saff wrier BROWNSVLLE -- he narrw rad nicknamed "he Neck" is ucked s ighly beween all, rundwn srefrns in Brwnsville ha he buildings lm like vergrwn weeds ver he sidewalks.! r6 d richl Sunday, April 02, his aricle Prln his aricle A secin f Ma*e Sree knwn as "he neck" wecmes mrlsb Brw nsv i lle's bl ighed dw nw n. QOAN O'NELUO-R) A pedesrian waib crss Ma*e l!::"::,8;i2:,i:"::1:ri#::#:,, Vacan and alwed der rirae, 1';;ffiL:r;i,iiS:!)en prsram' sme fr mre han w decades, hese nce-saely buildings have becme he wrs examples f merplian bligh in Pennsylvania. "'ve n seen anyhing like Brwnsville in my ravels in 35 years. 's criminal, a caasrphe waiing happen," said Jeri E. Sumpf, an urban planner wh jus may be he brugh's las hpe fr hp://

181 Baling bligh Page2 f 5 recvery. Sumpf was hand-picked by Gv. Ed Rendell lead Brwnwille in a new direcin in wha may prve be a es case fr he sae's new aggressive cde enfrcemen prgram. Las year, he gvernr als gave he cash-srapped brugh a free, full-ime cde enfrcer cie prpery wners fr ignring building cdes, ciains ha can rise a crime carrying a pssible prisn senence upn cnvicin. Fr he fficer, Dnald Baugh, i's been an verwhelming challenge jus inspec a sring f buildings in he hear f wn wned by a Pisburgh man, wh hlds an unusual prpery mnply. Baugh issued he prpefi wner, Ernes Ligge, building cde ciains ha carry $17,000 in fines and cur css, Fayee Cuny cur recrds shw. he vilains were issued because windws are brken r falling u, rfs are in dire disrepair r <erir walls are crumbling r bwing. Ligge was fund guily f he ciains in lcal cur and appealed he verdics Feb. 28 Fayee Cuny Cur. His peiin did n include grunds fr he appeal, said Melinda Dellarse, Brwnsville's slicir. She said Ligge is facing cunless her fines semming frm separae cde vilains. Ligge r his crprain, Manr nvesmens, als wes mre han $55,000 in unpaid real esae axes n 23 Brwnsville buildings, accrding he Fayee Cuny ax Claim Bureau. He is n a paymen plan wih he cuny ha prevens he buildings frm being sld a ax sale, accrdlng he bureau. Ligge was a sranger Brwnsville befre he began buying up he prpery, sme f which had been n he marke fr unpaid prpefi axes. He inrduced a grandise visin fr Brwnsville in 1994 named "Rebirh f an American Ciy... River Ciy USA,' cmplee wih archiecural renderings shwing renvaed srefrns as facry ules. A sme pin, he develpmen ued riverba gambling n he nearby Mnngahela River. While flalng casins had been cnsidered by he sae Legislaure a he ime, he iniiaive drwned in cmmiee. Ligge laer said he had agreed sell he buildings an American ndian ribe and prfi by gaming as par wner in ha deal, which has ye cme fruiin. seemed ha sme residens f his aging brugh buil n river and cal indusries had begun lse hpe ha hings in he dwnwn migh imprve. he cmmuniy had jus 2,804 residens a he ime f he 2000 census, having ls mre han half f is ppulain since he 1940 cun. Rendell, hwever, had a plan breahe new life in Pennsylvania's dwnwn disrics, all f which have slumlrds and decaying neighbrhds varying degrees. Afer aking ffice in 2003, he creaed he Gvernr's Office f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain by execuive rder aack he prblem. hp://

182 Baling bligh n wrs-case scenaris, he ffice wuld enfrce 1999 amendmens he crimes cde ha gave municipaliies plice pwer cndemn and demlish dangerus buildings. he law recgnizes ha i's a crime "bilk he equiw" u f a building he pin where smene else's well-mainained prpery lses is value, said Sumpf, wh is special assisan fr urban affairs fr he new sae ffice. 's he same hing as sealing yur neighbr's mney, he said. 'he fire chief will n allw (firefighers) ener any f hse dilapidaed buildings," he said. " culd be a ragedy waiing happen. 's very dangerus." Bu nw, a prpery wner in Pennsylvania can be charged wih a misdemeanr n he furh cnsecuive guily verdic n a building cde ciain invlving a risk he public, and face a pssible 2- year prisn senence. A S-year prisn senence can be handed dwn n he fifh cnsecuive vilain leading a cnvicin. dae, n ne has been cnviced such a degree under he law. Recgnizing Brwnsville's dilemma, Rendell came is dwnwn in April 2005 deliver $150,000 esablish he cde enfrcemen ffice. he gran was mached by lumber gian Je Hardy, a cmmissiner in Fayee Cuny wih a repuain f givlng small business wners here mney imprve heir buildings. A high schl marching band welcmed he gvernr, while mre han 400 peple sd alngside he vacan buildings gree him. Rendell was impressed wih he urnu, which suggesed him ha peple sill had pride in heir hmewn, Sumpf said. he gvernr als demanded ha he dwnwn be placed n he lis receive new sidewalks, landscaping and undergrund uiliies. n n ime, Baugh idenified 128 prperies in he dwnwn disric, 31 f which are lised as being wned by Ligge, eiher separaely r jinly wih his wife, Marilyn, r wih her invesrs, accrding Sumpf. 'hey all have hisrical significance," Baugh said. "hey wan see ms f hem saved." While several prpery wners were apprached make building repairs afer Baugh's inspecins, Ligge became he nly persn wih ciains ha reached he curs, Sumpf added. Ms f his buildings line Marke Sree, a diry hrughfare where windws are barded up and ller and debris cllec in vesibules. Baugh is nw cmpleing inerir inspecins and preparing cie Ugge a secnd ime ver he same buildings, Sumpf said. Addiinal ciains can be issued nw every 15 days, he said, unil he vilains are crreced. 's pssible ha Ligge culd see his furh and fifh cnvicins in lcal cur befre his iniial appeal is heard by a Fayee Cuny judge, Sumpf added. n lieu f jail ime and paying he fines, Ligge culd be given he Page 3 f5 hp:// 412/2A06

183 Baling bligh pin urn ver ile f his dilapidaed buildings Brwnsville, Sumpf added. ha wuld begin a new chaper in finding uses fr he buildings r earing dwn hse ha are beynd repair. " absluely wan see ur wn cme back," said Nrma Ryan, a lcal preservainis and frmer brugh mayr. "hse buildings, ms f hem are five bricks hick. hey're buil las." Bu wih leaking rfs, sme are feared have ls heir elabrae inerir balcnies and sairwells. 'hese jus aren' rdinary buildings in his dwnwn," Sumpf said, pined hand-cawed sandsne rnamenain arund a clck abve he enrance an impressive building ha was nce hme Mnngahela Nainal Bank. "Yu alk abu a crime, when yu lk a he arisry ha wen in hese buildings," he said. he Ligges agreed discuss he cde enfrcemen effr ver he elephne when hey were apprached by he Obseruer-Reprer uesday a a meeing in Brwnsville n he dwnwn revializain plan. Hwever, hey did n reurn messages Wednesday and hursday seeking cmmen. he arney represening Ligge in his appeal f he building cde fines, Sean P. Audley f Pisburgh, als did n reurn messages seeking cmmen. Aricle Cmmen Submissin Frm Please feel free submi yur cmmens. Aricle cmmens are n psed immediaely he Web sie. Each submissin mus be apprved by he Web sie edir, wh may edi cnen fr apprpriaeness. here may be a delay f hurs fr any submissin while he Web sie edir reviews and apprves i. ile: All infrmain n his frm is required. Yur elephne number is fr ur use nly, and will n be aached yur cmmen. Name: elephne: llessage: Page 4 f5 hp:// 4/212006

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187 BOROUGH OF BROWNSVLLE SECOND & HGH SREES BROWNSVLLE, PENNSYLVANA 5417 ELEPHONE : FAX: E. MAL brwnsvillemainff@)alanicbb.ne 2007 BROWNSVLLE BOROUGH COUNCL JACK LAWVER. Presiden HOMAS BUSH. Vice Presiden EDWARD (UCK) ROHRER, Finance & Persnnel ROBf,R' PRS, Public Saey JOHN. HOSLER, Building, Grunds, Recrerin RACY SHEEHAN ZVKOVCH, Cmmuniy & Ecnmic Develpmen CHARLES (RJSS) McMASER. Saniain March 5,2007 Whm May Cncern: LEWS W. HOSLER. Mavr ELZABEH LAWVER, Manager reasurer BARBARA A. ZMCOSKY. Assisan Secrelarv DAVS & DAVS LAW FRM MELNDA K. DELLAROSE, Esquire was firs inrduced Jeri E. Sumpf when he was wih he Gvernr's Ofice f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain. Brwnsville Brugh was a small wn wih many businesses bu unfrunaely businesses lef and buildings became empy. n lae 1980 a develper frm Mnreville sared purchasing prperies hrughu he Brugh wih ms f he purchases in he dwnwn area. Over he years we were presened wih plan afer plan ha never maerialized. Evenually he prperies began deerirae and becme unsafe andhazardus. hugh we have limied revenues we ried in vain hrueh ur lcal cde enfrcemen fficial and a firm ha we had hired have he vilains crreced. And hen Mr. Sumpf arrived in ur wn. Wha a welcme relief. He me wih each Brugh fficial and her ineresed paries separaely and we all gave him ur hpes, dreams and ideas n hw we waned revialize ur wn. Sme ideas were he same and hers differen bu he cnsidered all ha was given him and came back wih a plan. He reurned ime and again smeime aending ur Cuncil meeings and answering he quesins f Cuncil as well as he ineresed residens. We were impressed wih his vas knwledge and quie frankly he was able answer all quesins pu befre him. r Mr. Sumpf is inelligen and well versed in all aspecs f planning and cmmuniy revializain. His knwledge f lcal, sae and unlimied. His plan u i in acin. he dwnwn secin he ms imprin a he firs sep and hings r sared happen. s began and ms f wh were nified and made aware f cde vilains crreced hem. Of curse he develper wh wned ms f he prperies did n c-perae s legal acin was aken agains him. Mr. Sumpf, by his ime, was a cnsulan hi Ridevelpmen r Auhriy f Fayee Cuny fr Brwnsville and came back ime and again be presen a he cur hearings, even afer he had lef his psiin wih he Gvernr's ffice sar up his wn business. his day he sill remains ineresed in Brwnsville and keeps in uch. can' say enugh abu his knwledge, experience and dedicain and am glad ha had he ppruniy mee him and wrk wih him. highly recmmend him and welcme any ppruniy wrk wih him again. f yu have any quesins yu can reach me a my ffice a r address a b'villeprez(ealanic.ne. Cuncil Presiden, Brwnsville Brugh

188 Prjec BRGffi mrrw a Grea lme wn Srwnsville's Kevializain ilniiaive fr h[arch 1,2W7 O WHOM MAY CONCERN: RE: -eer f suppr fr Mr. Jeri E. Sumpf. 33 MARKE SREE BROWNSVLLE, PA Ph F ax 7 24' cell? f n"a he pleasure mee Mr. Sunpf in 2004 while was serving as he Mayr F he Brcugh f Brurnsville PA-! r Mr. Snrmpf ca^rne ur rilm as he represenaive frm he Gvernr's Of6ce f Husing and Cmmuniy R..,niir",irr. Our cmmuniy was blessed be chsen hruglr he Gvern/s Acin earn and Mr. Snrmpf - sered as ur menr ge *re prfec up and running and ha he did! he Redevelpmen Audrriy f Fayee 1 Cuny was he acing rj* fr^he brugh f Brvrnsville and Mr. Sumpf augh us hqr serve as successful hir"" represenaives keep all agencies infrmed andw*ing geher. 1 Mr. Sumpf skills were able gurde us dunng he planning sage f dwelpmen f he priec dra included he selecin Lf " rr*; ib descripiin f each membel guidelines firlfill he duies f he priecg desrgning a lg -awareness - (r, shurn n his fee*ead); prmin and pubic and ms rmprally sp n dme verseeing he acdviies assure accmplishml *rr achiesed. was amaeed a his wide vxiey f knurledge regarding lcal and 1 sae gvernmen laws ha.mas viul ur priec. r Our cmmuniy has been in decline fr many yean and many F he residens were apaheic abu he urn ever - -*y,.rld"rr* Ur.'srinpi,ry has he abiliy 'hink uside f he bx' and plan fr a fuure ha leads..crrerirrg. n Sprnp's peple shills prved i*.r" he priec alng e4pedienly ard efficiendy- he pleasure f **.fu:ccrnfffmiy rcridizairn wih emnmicdevelpmen as dr ucme. f *rn*n Mr. Sumpf's missin wih he Gvernr's ffice was achieve4 *e have reained him hrugh he 1 Redewlpmen auar;y f dre Cuny f Fayee as a cnsulari guide us as needed wih he rperise ha he - can rulyprvide. f yu need any firrher infrmain please feel free cnac rne a he abve address r phne number.

189 Wrighsville man gives peple's uch drafs f Huse GOP's legislain By JLl HARRNGN recenll'said. prblenrs in 196g. rhe neishbr,r R,,,,n,,rr,p,hnr Sruirpfsard hc used his gruss- ha yuirr pir-.,ij,ii!'.riiii1, den is hel_ r g\crnmenl rn cnslrucrin equipmen frri van_ n.puni',",in v lih hcn. Yrk dalism' he said' n ilme ar er.fr he ciy Slump! 46. was brn in Dver. cur r.rern. Urhun Affarrs cmmiecs fr he hc nublic gas re GOP caucus. sien'f uha is ljii'?.ln,*, g:xl'"i,.." lru.f:"'fl.,l]l:] rea wrld where risburg cnsuiing firm. Clifrn E. s arc nvved. Kgers and Assciaes. Pcple shuld have mre say hir King Park and Wesr Hpe nd advice re_ n *h;r happens uihin herr mu- Arenue Park. he sard. Evbn v ;p6 nicrpaiire's much us rhey derer- hugh rhc Na rnal Guard uas n f -a a;"ii;;. pdn- mrnc sh will represenr hem. hc u"llcd rn il::;;: :ls cirl's racral p, husing and redevelpmenl issues, ecnmrc develpmen, and hw r finance sree(, sewer and u,aer prjecs "lf ir happens in a municipali. Pleusc see GAUCUS n 28 CAUCUS: Legislain Cninuedfrm lb y. we deal wirh ir," hc said. He beg cus in 197 Ecnml hc sae mended a prlessinal saff be hired draf legislarin. Sumpf said hc was excired abu berng gd sare ning, raher prblems ca larn. One f he issues his cmmnee has bcen invlved g,ih is rhe lack f affrdable husing Ercr srnce Sumpf began rne jb. every gvernr has- had a blue ribbn cmmiaree n husing. he said. Recmmendains were made. bu he reprs sa n shelves and nhing happened. he slrd. Sumpf said hc pcple wh knw bes abu he iisue;rre hse wh suffcr frm rhe rblc'm and invesmcnr baikers. mrgage underwriers and execurve direcrs f husing redevelpmen aulrnes "hese pcple nevcr gc plugged in he syscm where i has impac." he said. "Whenever hcrc ir a bluc ribbn panel. hese arc n hc pcple appined." Leers were mailed 1.5fi) bankers. underwriers and husing auhriy flicials sccking heir ideas fr new leeislainl he lerrers said he Pennlvlvania Legislaure can nly d s much n husing. "We can' d much n he price f land r ineres raes r labr css. and we can' d mucn ab.u maerial csrs," Sumpf said. "Wha can we d r maie husing mre affrdable in pennsylvania?" he asked in he lerrers. A in u rum a he vania and Pisburgh. based n r micd by sme f rhe cnaced. Wirh har infrmarin in mind. he drafred a l4 bill affrdable husing package. l recenly *as rnrduced in he Huse and s n cmmll.ee.

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191 Surnpf mves frm Yrk ps sae urban aairsi eri E. Sumpf has mved frward frm ciy planning urban affairs in Pennsylvania in he pas hree decades. n 1968, Jeri became he cifs direcr f planning. day, he is he exe6uive direcr f he Urban Mairs (majriy).cmmiee f he Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives, an elie and pwerful psiin. Jeri has galhd he respec and suppr f he huse members, aad fficials f ciies and Pennsylvania in he 21s Cenury. He develped he repr fr he Huse Urban AJfairs Cmmiee, headed by Rcp. Chrie R Wgen, and is nw spnsred in he Huse as Resluin 91 by R.ep..ha Ficher, f he Republican majnry. Yrk's Sephen Seler is a Demsaic EiDri cmmiee member. praise eraddevelpmen bi frn Michrel S. vlry; gen lrd cuusel fr husing cur invlving prpery cndiins. (LSC has ye reach Yrk.) Sumpfs bill, which he hpee will bec'me law, ells Harry McLaughlin ARONDOWN slum heir He seize her ass s wned bv slumlrds fr ignring d; mands ha hey eradicae bligh. '"Municipaliies shuld have he legal righ ake asses in her saes, if nec.essary. Prcsenly, cmmuniies cin file liens agains he slum lrd, bu ha isn' as effecive as cnfiscaing he her prperies p8y rr expenses rmprve!h" blighed nes," says Sumpf. He wuld als frle judgmens agains slum wnerg and frce he sale f he blighed prperies. Sum f Yrk Ci lic in grups parnership imprve dwhwn Yrlq and pincd Eric Menzer, Yrk'e ecnmic de. velpmen direcr, and re Yrk Federd Savins and is CEO. Rb r nrul as eramples f cmmuni], leadenhip. Dauphin Depsi Bank is als ineresed. Sumpf and he lruse Urban Affairs C miee were direced in 1995 exemine he cause and effec f bligb in urban areas, including ciy and fifl warl{l8 sfrruirun.arc( m[f RrErr,rlrsnr. El.E - f,.filflusr!,. rele:.g. - nl-ll.filmsfrl.. 2 l.cr.feegrfi SrUrS his air raid warning nica war aalvagcd by BillWalers,. - cuny regiser f wills, when-, he wrked a AMF nc. : One bill has been inrduedl by Seler, wh ells Amund wn ha Sumpf is a cm. mied public urb'an affairs fficial, Seler adds ha legislain shuld be adped. make i a criminal ac fr slum lrds ignre he elimi-. Whel AVF nc. k ver he faciliies ccupied by he U.S. Naval Ordnance?lan afer Wrld War, he new AF nc. :

192 Pennsvlvania Finance Agency Whm May Cncern: February 4,2002 )0 Nrrh Frr,Slr<:e l lurrisburq. [)<'rrns.,luan iu ( ).5-i(D!) ( 717 ) 70';li00 am wriing his leer is prvide he reader wih my impressins f Mr. Jeri Sumpf. Mr. Sumpf and have knwn each her fr ver weny years and have wrked n varius prjecs geher. f here were ne wrd ha describes his wrk prduc and capabiliy, i wuld be excellence. Hwever, wrk ehic and capabiliy d n necessarily lead geing hings accmplished, especially in he arcane wrld f he legislaive prcess. Wha separaes him frm hers is Mr. Sumpfs abiliy ake cmplex cnceps, urn hem in legislain, build suppr fr hem and make hem a realiy. Several years ag while wrking n refrms fr he Hmewners' Emergency Mrgage Assisance Prgram, Mr. Sumpf was my key advisr and helped me ge he jb dne. his was n small fea since s many ineres grups, he Adminisrain, and bh legislaive chambers waned differen hings in he prpsal. Frankly, he firs persn always call is Jeri Sumpf if need infrmain r help. He is he General Assembly f Pennsylvania's leading exper n maers dealing wih husing, urban issues and land use. His cmpeence is unsurpassed. Jus as impran, Mr. Sumpf is a firs rae human being wh can be rused d his bes, while n cmprmising his mral grunding. Ask anyne in he Legislaure r n saff abu Jeri and yu will hear wha have ned abve. He wuld be an asse any endeavr r any rganizain. Please feel free call me a , shuld yu have specific quesins regarding Mr. Sumpf yu wish address. Sincerely, /// lc/l_l William W. Fgary' Y Direcr, Gvernmen Affairs v

193 he Hnrable Jhn Perzel Rm 1 10 Main CaPil Harrisburg, PA 1712O Dear Mr. Perzel: LffisG Lcal niiaives Suppr Crprain June 25, 1998 am he General Cunsel f Lcal niiaives Suppr Crprain ("LlSC") a nainal nn-prfi ax exemp rganizain ha prvides financial and echnical assisance cmmuniy based rganizains in ver 45 ciies and numerus rural regins help hem r"ui"lize heir cmmuniies, including he develpmen f lw and mderae incme husing, ecnmic develpmen prjecs, head sar ceners, and her cmmuniy faciliies. Amng her sies, LSC has lcal prgrams in Philadelphia, he Mnngaheia Valley, and Pifsburgh, and wrks wih cmmuniy grups in Suhwesern Pennsylvania and als wih he Nrhern Cambria Cmmuniy Develpmen Crpr"in in Barnesbr, Pennsylvania. have aached a cpy f ur ms recen annual repr. am wriing his leer vice my appreciain fr he wrk dne by Jeri Sumpf, he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee, regarding HR 91, and he legislain f esablish he Pennsylvania Mrgage Guarany Crprain. was given he ppruniy cmmen n he Mrgage Guaran$ Crprain legislain' and fund i be well crafed; Mr. Sumpf was respnsive he cmmens ha prvided, and his cperain srenghened an impran piece f legislain. believe ha his wrk n HR g1, and he imprelsive bdy f legislain ha resuled frm i, will have a majr psiive impac n ecnmically Oepressed areas f Pennsylvania's ciies, wns, and rural areas' he ype f efficien, fiscally respnsible 'gd gvernmen' embdied in HR 91 and he resuling legislaive iniiaives is a key cmpnen f he public-privae effrs aimed a assising he residens f such areas in imprving he cndiins in heir neighbrhds. Public servans such as Mr. Sumpf are a key par f achibving ur "rrn gals, and imprving he living cndiins f residens f Pennsylvania. appreciaed his wrk, and he ppruni$ cnribue yur impressive legislaive accmplishmens. Sincerely yurs, Michael S. Levine General Cunsel 7l lirrl Av'rr'. lllr Flr, New Yrk, NY l(x)l --l)o4 el: (2 2) Fax: (212) (, E-rnail: inf@liscne.rg

194 CnNrrnpncr Pecr 3 he recen "Fuure f Pennsylvania's Ciies" hearings held by he Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee gave me he ppruniy d smehing have n dne fr a lng ime. k hree days, sepped back frm he pressures f day--day wrk demands, and read abu and lisened esimny cncerning he direcin in which ur ciies are heading. he hearings brugh expers frm Pennsylvania, and arund he cunry, esify befre he Cmmiee. Chairman Dave Argall (R, amaqua) and his saff, headed by Jeri Sumpf, desewe acclades fr raising he issues here in Harrisburg. Fr many f he speakers a he hearings, he wrd "ciy" ranslaed in larger urban cre areas, bu here was als dialgue abu ur smaller ciies, wns and villages. One recurring heme ver he hree days f esimny, suppred in my wn research, was he degree which he "cenrifugal dispersin" f ur ciies, r he grwh u and away frm ur cenral cres, has spread affec firs-ring suburbs and smaller cmmuniy ceners. Sprawl des is damage n dwnwns f all sizes, n jus n he mre ppulaed. Remedies espused were adjusmens highway ransprain planning, increased reliance n mass ransi and a reum dwnwn living. Of curse, he Grwing Greener and Smar Grwh iniiaives f he Ridge Adminisrain Frrn he Execuiqe Direcr Bnr FxrANA were bh lauded as firs seps in rebuilding viable ciy ceners and desirable wn ceners ha will prvide aracive aldrnaives he pas halfcenury pracice f greenfield expansin and suburban sprawl. empering he cnfidence ha new land use iniiaives and ani-sprawl measures will prduce he desired resuls is he awareness ha lcal acin and implemenain are needed in cncer wih saewide effrs. here are sill mnumenal issues be deal wih. he cncenrain f pvery in ur inner ciies, he qualiy furban schl sysems, and he dependence upn prpery axes as he financial fundain f ciies, wns, cunies and schls... hese mus be addressed befre real "ransfrmaive change" can ccur, saes Charlie Bacas, chairman f 10,000 Friends Urban Plicy Cmmiee. he Urban Land nsiue published a supplemen is Sepember 2000 magazine eniled "Ciies in he 21" Cenury." highly recmmend i fr a schlarly bu readable disserain n where ciies are ging in he fuure. he six shr aricles by urban expers range frm fcus n pvery he digial revluin; frm New Urbanism he develpmen f aerrplises (airpr driven urban ceners). fund a piece n Camden, NJ by Rber Fishman he ms insighful. Fishman refers he wrks f Jane Jacbs prvide cnex fr he revializain f ciies. Ms. Jacbs has always assered ha he resrain f ciies and wns is n accmplished by grand schemes and massive redevelpmen prjecs, bu by he residens making small, daily, incremenal changes ha, ver ime ransfrm cmmuniies. n he aricle, Fishman paraphrases Ms. Jacbs "...nly a wachful and chesive neighbrhd can assure safe srees; ha lcal, small business is he essence f he 'ecnmy f ciies'; and ha nly ciies wih an acive civic life can elec respnsible leaders." My cnclusin frmmy lisening, reading, and subsequen discussins wih hse a he hearings is ha he Main Sree Manager r dwnwn prgram direcr is he persn siing n he frn line f he bale ransfrm ur ciies and wns in viable alernaives sprawling suburbs. N ha his cnclusin is anyhing new, bu hink i akes n a fresh perspecive when viewed wihin areginal r nainal framewrk. he wrk yu d is n jus abu he revializain f yur individual business disrics and dwnwns. ruly is abu he scial and ecnmic fuure f his cunry, hw we inerac and hw we gvem. is abu ur nainal spending pririies and qualiy f life, n jus fr us, bu fr ur children as well. We mus d mre arm dwnwn managers wih he ls she r he will need rebuild he "urban fabric" fur nain. Fac File Yalkway ClassiJicalin Radside Sidewallcs Cmmercial areas P e de sri an Walh ay llu min ai n lux: 7 lumen per squsre meer nermediae areas 6 Residenial areas 2 Wa llap avs Dis an fr m R adw a! s Walkways and sairways 5 Ercerpedlrm LLkea, Dvid nd Wlker, Csrle, he Subdivisin rd Sie Pla Hndb*, New Bunseic* 1989' pedesfian unnels 43 Surce: Lislken, Dvid nd lllke Crle, p.cil Minimum Average Average Levels fr Special Hriznal Levels-Lux Pedesrian Safey-Lux l0 22 ll

195 BOROUGH OF NA{Y GLO l0l5 Firs Srec, Suie 1, Nany Gl, PA Phne (El4) March 22,2006 Jeri E. Sumpf Gvernr's Office f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain 2ll Frn Sree Harrisburg, PA l7l0l Dear Mr. Sumpf; aric,e ;l;:1#,ffirff:;;;;x;#:##h;:i#.h"h:#,ffi;ll;:ffi'firil$ - Yur aricle kindled a spark ha has been smldering wihin us fr quie a while. We culd surely use he alens r ha yu exhibied in yur recen aricle- believe ha ur brugh wuld be ineresed in paricipaing in such a prgarn, bu we wuld need discuss he deails. Alhugh we have sme fhe "ingrediens" ha yu idenified, especially he'mmuniy cmmimen succeed," we fall shr n many fhe hers yu idenified. Wha, herl shuld we d nex fan he flame? Are yu available assis us? Wha are he css assciaed wih yur services? hank yu fr he aricle and fr yur ime. r Sincerely, 1G; (*n_ hmas Kupchella, Ph.D. Member, Nany Gl Brugh Cuncil ^lw G mr0ucil c0urcl, 2006 llr. hmas Cunningham, llayr l{r. Herb 0ldham, Presiden; l{rs. Pay Lannnia, Vice Presiden; l'lr. Francis (aschalk: llr. llark llilliars; lls. l{ichaela llarkvich: Dr. m Kupchella. ilrs. llelissa lleeks, Brugh Secreary.

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197 NEWSLEER OF HE PENNSYLVANA PLANNNG ASSOCAON Gvernr Rendell annunces Sae Planning Bard Mernbers OVERNOR Edq'ard G. Rendell recenly annunced he reacivain f secrearies, sae legislars and ciir zens. has a missin mnrr rends and issues f cncern he r Cmmn-ealh, gaher inpu frm sae and lcal fficials and ciizens! and develp repns and recmmen- dains fr he Gvernr and he - - Lrgislaure n inlprved srae plicies and Drgranrs. l., "his erup i peple brings a vas amun f erperience he able." Gvernr Rendell said. "l rs - Pennsylvania's regjnal diversiw and,h. -"nl, in.r.s, ha need be invlved in hinkine abu hw we reinves in ur cires and wns, cnserv'e ur rural lancis and -.r"n.h.n bh ur urban and rural ecnmies." he G'ernr has asked he a well-balanced bard har reflecs Bard fcus is wrk n specific develpmrn and cnsen ain issues ha are vial he presen and fuure welfare f he sae. Oher issues be examined are:. Measures reslve cnflics amng develpmen. municipal and cnservain ineress n infrasrucure and pen-space issues. ' Specific plicies achjeve smar- gr-rrh gals fr reviaiizarn i ciies. wns and susainable ecnmic develpnren in rural cmmuniies.. Prpsed pins fr imprved e.,ernance measures hal q4ll enable l'rnns\-l- : \ranla cmpelr mre effecivel. fr ecnn-ri, gru.h whil imprvine he gualiw f lii.- in ur divers cmmunrues. Firsr esah- ished in rh bard has been nacive since he la, 1980s. All i: nren,' bers were appined bv he Gvernr and cnfirmed by he Senae. '\rking u'ih rhe Gvernr's Cener fr l,cal Gvernmen Sen'ices and he Gvernr's Pliry Office, he bard will prvide annual updaes 1ls Qsvernr, rhe Presidenr pr rempre f he Senare and he Speaker f he Huse f Repr-esenaives n is aciviies and prsress. he Bard rrill als wrk wih and prvide guidance he r lneragencv l,and Use eam. q'hich has 6levelped 1 gals lr sus-! develpmenr in Pennsvlva- i ainabl< ' i nia and is..-., wrkins crdinae. sae a.qencli ac!ns n land use lssues. cninued n page 2 Cngraulains he fllwing members f PPA wh have success fully passed he lggfi -,,'r,;, ; and mee all require,, r,,, mens fr membership in he American nsiue f Cerified Planners. D. Rber Davidsn Parick F. Hasse Sidney B. Kaikai Jdi Lynn Kviach Sephanie Macari Sharn E. Maclean Sara C. Merriman Rber C. Miller Sarah M. Mre Mark E. Sivers Jhn K. ran Carlyn Yagle MYSERY PH00: Can vu icienify he picure in he upper righ crner f his page'r LAS SSUE: Funain in dwnwn Blmsburg Emplymen 0ps Legislaive Bx Scre ln Memriam: DavidWallace. A1CF w-day Cnlerence Se n he EBC ln Memriam: G. Hlmes Perkins Planners Can Really Plan Ahead Using Mediain Reslve Land Use Dispues? Gvernr Rendell Appins Green Ribbn Cmmissin DCNR Launces eacherraining Curriculum...,. 16 -*.rq PPA PENNSYLVANA PLANNNG ASSOCAON A Chaperfhe Amencar Planning Assciar

198 l4pa Releases Redevelpmen Plicy Guide PPA rnernber an irnpran resurce PA'S NEWES plici' guidc. adped bv he APA Bard i Direcrs n PPA member Jeri E. Sumpf. Dr Pliq' Guide n Public Redrel1,- zez addresses he fllwine criical issues: reuse and redevelpmen f undenrilized prpeny. legis Jar :.. l,ranr. marnralnlng plannlns : rr( lin develpmen pracice. unrqu. places, public/privae pannershi;.r:. he changing definirrn -and lbligh. APA used several surces rn he develpmen f his plicy euid. lincludin His lren. " radrca ng Ecnmic Develpmen in Pennlsvlvania in he 2lsi Cenun': A Repn he Pennsr4r'anja General As.sembly Pursuanr Huse hesluin 9l frm Huse Urbar Affairs Cmmiee" u'as issue n March Since hen ir has been used by grups bh in Penn-.r'llania and nainally, help shap...reuse and redevelprnen f underuilized prlperu, legislaive rends, rnainaining planninq's rlle in develprnen pracice, unique places, publicl privae parnerships, and he changing definiin f bliqh... imprran plannine efirs arund cmmuniv redevelpnren- Jeri has been invh,ed n'ih pianning and planning issues lr ver 30 years. Firs wih he Yr'l Cunry Planning Cn:missi.':: hen wih a highlv respecred Harrismen Plicy is in parr based,.leri had been he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Lcal Gver;rnren & Urban Affairs Cnrmiees f he Pennsvlvania Legislaure r ver 20 vears; wrkin.e n. amng her hings, he cmprehensive rewne burg planning cnsuling irr-m: and laer as Direcr l Planning ir rhe Ciy f Yrk, Pennsrdvania where Jeri als served as he Redelelpmen Auhriy Direcr f r a vear. A he ime Jeri v"'re he repn n which he new APA Redevelpf he Pennsvh'ania Municipaliies Planning Cde (MPC) in 1988, and subsequen amendmens including he grwh manasemen amendmens which were added in Jeri is currenlv wrking fr Gvernr Rendell's newly creaed Office f Husing and Cmmuniy Revializain where he is helping r develp a new husing and cmmuniv revializain sraeg'y fr he Cmmnwealh i Pennsylvanla. Jeri als serues n he PPA Legislaive Cmmiee and MPC hsk Frce. PPA, accrding Jeri, has been and remains. "a driving frce in Pennsylvania fr cmprehensive planning and innvaive land use and grwh manasemen plicies and pracice." r i lrc( in P. NJ, ML DE&V. Cmmuniy & Reginal Cmprehensive Planninq ransprain Crridr Land Use Planning ransi-friendly Deveipmen Planning ] Urban Design Sudre: l Landscape Archiecur. Envirnmenal Sudre: Gegraphic nrmain Svsems & Cargraphl, r Visinrng & Cmmuniv Cnsensus Buildrng Hr V.qN.qGr Pvr 3

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200 Abu us Annuncemens Awards ar f Evens eds r r r r - r - An undersanding begins Pes phs es?f-*a*#m he Charree f April 1970 allwed he ciy lk peacefully fr sluins. By MELSSA YRRELL Luher Beaie lr. ries keep a cap n his memries f he 1968 and 1969 ris. He's reached a pin f healing, and sme unreslved memries hreaen ha peace f mind. he unslved shing f a Z-year-ld black by, Lynn Regiser, and his B-year-ld siser, Jeannee, sill remind him hw hard he ried cnvince yunger blacks pu dwn heir guns, hw clse he came picking up his wn, Bu ne memry ges him rlling, in a gd way. One wrd ha has faded frm he public's memry can she him like a manra: Charree. he Yrk Charree f April 970 was a whlesale innvaive prjec fr he ciy. Where he ris flared w years behind hse elsewhere in majr ciies, he Charree was ahead f is ime. Even ime magazine sen a reprer wach as many as 750 residens and fficials spend eigh full days in he same building. heir gal was hash u he prblems and pssible slu- ins fr issues invlving healh, husing, ransprain, educain, annexain, plicing and yuh relains.

201 " definiely will credi Charree wih spping vilence," Beaie said, referring "Charree" wihu a "he" as members f ha special class f '70 d. " persnally believe if i had n been fr Charree he fighing ha summer wuld have been even wrse." S wha is s special abu his frgen week in a warehuse n he crner f Duke and King? Wha did he Yrk Charree acually d? he Charree bradened he public's fcus beynd vilence he underlying causes f unres, said Yrk Cuny hisrian m Schaefer. Wheher fully realized by day's generain f leaders, he resuls f he Charree paved he way fr new grups wrking imprve inner-ciy husing, healh and ransprain, said Ciy Cuncil Presiden Wm. Lee Smallwd. " laid he plan fr everyhing gd in wn," based Smallwd, ne f he paricipans. A he Charree, he public fund is bes ppruniy criicize he plice deparmen's use f dgs. n avail, he black cmmuniy had demnsraed peacefully agains heir use in enfrcemen in he summers f 1963 and Befre each rally, black men had been bien by he dgs in siuains he public deemed unnecessary. On he firs nigh f he Charree, w eleced fficials and a plice fficer repred an audience f 450 n he use f plice dgs fr crwd cnrl since L962. he audience rared in disbelief when he panel said he dgs were used agains whies 16 imes and agains blacks nly nce. he plice deparmen spped using dgs in early L973. Beaie, a reired Yrk Ciy Schl Disric eacher f 31 years, credis he Charree fr bringing abu lasing imprvemens in educain, he cmmiee he c-chaired. Befre, Beaie said, black sudens were channeled in "general curses" while whie sudens were urged pursue cllege preparary, indusrial ars r business classes. Beaie, hen a special educain eacher in his mid-20s, spke f his wn experience befre adminisrain and bard members in cmmiee meeings. He had waned ake business curses as a suden. Despie his eagerness learn and gd recrd, he was urged by a guidance cunselr aend he general curses. Several whie eachers als aending said hey were encuraged guide sudens ha way and didn' believe he rend shuld cninue.

202 Afer a week f hnes discussin, ha rend sared change, Beaie said. he disric als sared recruiing minriy eachers frm suhern schls. Cmmunicain blssmed a and hrugh he Charree during a ime when cmmunicain had been aban dned fr guns, said Jeri Sumpf, nw he execuive direcr f he sae Huse Urban Affairs Cmmiee. A he Charree, peple n all levels were frced lisen and alk ne anher. n April 970, Sumpf was fresh frm cllege and a new ciy planner. He was a bridge beween he yunger generains and he esablished ciy adminisrain. He remembered being ne f he firs fficials have held meeings in black neighbrhds and seen firshand he abandned rus residens had in public servans. Residens had cme a hearing he had scheduled shw plans fr a renvaed Marin Luher King Park. Kids sared shuing abu he lack f a ballpark. And afer lisening lng enugh, he learned he neighbrhd's nly ballpark had disappeared a decade earlier when a lcal facry expanded. Residens had been given n say, and he wunds sill were fresh. "here was a l f anger, because he sysem had n been respnding heir perceived needs," he said. N every prblem was slved a he Charree, he said, bu he prcess finally affrded an ppruniy be heard and receive immediae feedback n a larger scale. "f yu have hnes dialgue, peple may n be any happier, bu hey undersand why and hw hings wrk," Sumpf said. he Charree did have is rubles. A man psing as an emplyee f he Philadelphia ffice f he federal Depafmen f Husing and Urban Develpmen sd up n he firs day and shued dergary saemens abu he ciy, Sumpf said. n he bk "Charree a Yrk, Pa.i'Gerge Shumway wre ha he leader f he gahering's yuh cmmiee ried cnvince his sub-grup members ha he nly curse f acin was milian vilence. He even ried divef members u f he Charree and a viewing f a film n miliancy. While Charree rganizers debaed firing he milian, he yuh cmmiee members saw hrugh heir c-chair's inenins and drafed plans fr a "Ge--geher Club" ha never succeeded.

203 he Charree was a hard sell fr Yrkers believe in,, Beaie said. He sill hears residens blame he ris n he Charree, despie he fac ha he even happened afer he ris. "hese were suspicius imes," he recalled. " dn' knw hw many imes persnally heard leaders say, 'Hld n, we're ging make hings beer."' Bu he Charree has a legacy f is wn in Yrk's pas, said hisrian Schaefer. culdn' have happened if i weren' fr he ris, and i did exinguish he flame fr any addiinal ris, he said. he Charree alne brke much f he mld in Yrk's hisry. Fr Yrk use such an innvaive prcess shwed he shck residens fel, Schaefer said. Fr Yrk hire cnsulans - black cnsulans - frm uside he cmmuniy lead he Charree shws he feeling f a lack f cnrl, a disrus in all is ruine prcedures. "he cncep f he Charree was in and f iself ally freign he way Yrk ended d hings," he said. " shwed peple realized he prblems were bigger han he peple in he cmmuniy culd deal wih bjecively." While residens marveled ha big ciy prblems culd hi a small ciy like Yrk, hey chse a healing prcess ha culd nly wrk in a ciy his size. Alhugh Sumpf said he Charree's day has passed, Smallwd, Beaie and Schaefer agreed i may be ime fr anher. New residens, new ppulain prfiles, new businesses, new issues and unreslved issues deserve anher day a he Charree, hey argue. n L970, census resuls fund he ciy had a ppulain f 50,335 peple. Abu 10 percen were black, accrding news aricles frm he ime. day, he black ppulain makes up 2L percen f he residens, while he ciy's al ppulain has drpped 42,192. Adding he mix is a grwing Hispanic ppulain - 7 percen in he 1990 census. Yrk residens shuld n frge ha he lcal ris were pwered sme exen by nainal ris, said hisry Prfessr Herber Shapir, a race relains exper a he Universiy f Cincinnai. herefre, residens can lk he nainal rends in civil righs see hw far he ciy really has cme.

204 rl "ssues such as plice brualiy and grss dispariies in ma ers f healh care, educain and emplymen sill prevail in ur sciey," Shapir said. Beaie said blacks sill have a lng way g in day's Yrk Cuny. He said hey sill aren' par f he nain r cuny's mainsream. "When yu g in a resauran nearby, hw many blacks are managers? Yu dn' see ha many peple f clr in waier and wairess psiins,," he said. "Yu can' ell me he jbs aren' here." he visin f he fuure prjeced by he L970 Charree has dwindled and has been dilued by he grwing ppulain f Yrk's Hispanic and Asian residens, he grwing cnrl f he ecnmy by he federal gvernmen, he hld drugs have develped and he influx f residens frm her ciies and saes, Beaie said. " hink here shuld be anher befre we're a beggar's pin," Schaefer said. he esablished leaders wh rganized and remember bes hw he Charree was cnceived and unflded are nw in heir lae 70s and BOs, while he yuh ha cnesed adminisrain in he lae 1960s are nw in heir early 50s. "Ms peple have n idea ha i happened," said Sumpf f he Charree. "hey dn' even knw wha he erm is." Wha is a Charree? A "Charree" was an innvaive mehd f slving cmmuniy prblems in he lae 1960s and early 1970s. he wrd, lierally "car" in French, cmes frm he car used gaher wrks by Parisian ar sudens befre classes criiqued ne anher in a grup. Nw called "visining," planning deparmens acrss he cunry use hese gaherings as a way ge mre public pinin n hw land shuld be zned, wha kinds f business are needed and hw he cmmuniy's view f area hisry shapes wha residens wan day. "Yrk's Charree f April L970 was a happening ha came n quickly bu never quie wen away," wre Gerge Shumway in "Charree a Yrk, Pa." published in L973. "Fr eigh days f inensive sessins he peple f Yrk g geher by he hundreds rap abu cmmuniy prblems, cme up wih realisic sluins fr sme f hese prblems, and pu hese sluins in effec insfar as i was pssible," Shumway wre.

205 Residens me a a warehuse n he crner f Duke and King srees and brke in grups ha discussed all faces f educain, yuh, annexain, healh, husing and emplymen.

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207 i JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, lnc. CnrrvuN Y D evel PME N - Spec nze Senvrces. Lcal Gvemmen Research Gnsuling Municipaiies, Municipal Auihriies, General Public Public Speaking, Public Presenains, Public Relains. ilunicipal and nfrasrucure Finance Gvemmenal Affairs - Lbbying Su^e.nr GnwrH PARNERS ^A. GvERN MENA Arrelns DrusrN F Jeru E. Srumpr & Asscnres, Nc. Grwh Managemen Cnsuling Urban Revializain lniiaives Gmprehensive Plans - Sub-Divisin Regulains -Zning Ordinances Visining - Charees Land Planning and Design Ecnmic and Cmmuniy Develpmen Residenial and Cmmercial Design, Finance, Cnsrucin Affrdable Husing Fr Sale, Renal, Cperaives Design, Finance, Cnsrucin Hmewner Assciain C,nsuling Manufacured Husing a a Mediain Exper Wness

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209 l WA OH'RS HAYE SAD ABOU JER E. SUMPF SUMMARY "(Jnder his direc guidance, afihrship and gd efr, an dfy f impran sae iniiaives, pliq ihangn and revializain prgrams were iniiaed hrugh landrnark legisain As many lw, i is ne hing sugges ideas bu quie anher ge lrcm aclped hrugh he cmplex and diverse agendas f a sae Legislaure in ne f he nain's larges saes. S cmprelrcnsive and significaru have been he iniiaives uder Mn Sump's leadership ln i isfair and accarae repr ha, in al, hey represen he ms impran advances afecing ciies, lder wns and rural caeas f he Cmmnwealh f Pennsylvaiia in a leas several generairc. nfac, here has n been his degree f lng neededfcus n he issues f urban and rural revializain, Prper land use and griwh managenen sandards andpreservingfrmlands, pen space and he erwirnmen since he beginning f he 2d' Cenury. Mrever, his capaciy frge biparisan accepance and suppr fr mjr public purpse cau,ses, furher disinguishes him Many acrss his nain and sae have wndered and discussed wha seps are needed reviialize ur ciies and lder wns, save ur agriculural base, fress and pen space, reduce he high css f scial services and depenfuncies, resre vialiy ill secrs f he ecnmy and creae susainable prgress ha lwers memplymen and al f is aendan prblems, bu Mr. Jeri E. Sumpf is ne wh has demnsraed hughful cnsiderain, efecive efr and successful acin n all hese maers- He is held in he highes regardfr his exrardinary prfessinal accmplishmens" Hnrable Sephen R. Reed, Mayr Ciy f Harrisburg, Pennsylvania "Mr. Sumpf has been invlved in planning, land use, and grwh marugemen issues since his iiral emplymen by he Pennsylvania General Assembly in He is lqwn hrughu Pennsylvania planning and ecnmic develpmen circles and has been a leader in he ms recen iniiaive n he par f he Legislaure savefarmland, pen space, and ciies, by direcingfuure ecnmic develpmen inward and rebuilding Pennsylvania's ciies and brughs, including hse in mre rural pars f Pennsylvania- Many hrughu he sae have recgnized his excellen wrk in his area, including legislain relaed Huse Resluin 9l passed by he Huse-" " cnsider Mr. Sumpf be an exper inplanning grwh nwnagemen4 lcal gvernmen and ecimic develpmen issues, and his high energ, biparisan spiri and ial cmmuniy invlvemen apprach slving mmicipal prblems, has cnribued grealy imprving Penruylvania's apprach slving land use and grwh

210 mangemen prblems. Jeri's rademark n he Hill is "geinghings dne"; expediiusly and crrec y. " Hnrable Rber L. Freeman Sae Represenaive mfr isirla "fu[y purpse inwriing his is infrm anyne reading his leer, ha Jeri Swnpfs assisance and enribuins in drafing rc Keysne Oppruniy hne legisluin and is subsequen amendmens, as well as his help in Cmmiee and n lre Flr, was irwalwble and insrumenal in my KOZ legislain becming law. is my pini4 ha Jeri Sunpf is n rdy a dediced, and lnrdwrking prfessinal, bu he is als remendusly krcwledgeable, and an exper, wihrespec lcal gvernnen, planning, ecnmic develpmen, and urban revializain in Pennsylvania- n addiia4 and eqwlly impran, Jeri is persnable and hws hw ge hings dne". "Business Faciliies Magazine-a publicain f chicefr bwiness execuives lkingfr nan sie lcains-presened Pennsylvania's Keysne Oppruniy hne Prgranwih he Gld l*vel il Place Award as par f is 2000 Ecnmic Develpmen Achievemen Awards." Hnrable Jseph Gladeck Prime spnsr f he Pennsylvania Keysne Oppruniy Zne Legislain & frmer Chairman Of he Huse Labr Relains Cmmiee- Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives " m he General Cmsel f he Lcal niiaives Suppr Crprain (LSC), a nainal nnprfi ax exemp rganizain ha prvidesfinancial and echnical assisance cmmuniy-based rganizains in ver 45 ciies and numerus rural regirw help hem revialize heir cmmmiies, including he develpmen f lw and mderae incme husing, ecnmic develpmen prjecs, and lrcr cmmuniy faciliies. am wriing his leer vice my appreciainfr he wrk dne by Jeri Sumpf, he Execfiive Direcr f he Huse Urban Afairs Cmmiee regarding HR 9l and he legislain esablish he Pennsylvania Mrgage Guarany Crprain. believe ha his wrk n HR 9 and he impressive bdy f legislain ha resuled frm i, will have a majr psiive impac n ecnmically depressed areas f Pennsylvania's ciies, wns, and rural areas. he ype f eficien,fiscally respnsible, gd gvernmen, embdied in HR9l and he resuling legislaive iniiaives is a kay cmpnen f he public privae efrs aimed a assising he residens f such areas in imprving he cndiins in heir neighbrhds. Public servans, such as Mr. Sumpf are a key par in achieving ur cmmn gals and

211 imprving he living cndiins f residens f Pennsylvania. appreciae his wrk and lrc ppruiy cnribue yur impressive legislaive accmplishmens'n Amey Michael Levine, General Cunsel Lcal niiaives Suppr Crprain NewYrlq NewYrk -f here is ne wrd ha deseribes his wrkprdrc andcapabiliy, i wuld be excellence...wha separaes himfrm hers is Mn Sunpfs abiliy ake cmplu cnceps, urn hem in legislai4 build supprfr hem and make hem a realiy... FranHy, hefirs persn alwrys call is Jeri Sumpf if rued infrmain r help. He is he General Assembly f Pennsylvania's leading e&wr n maers dealingwih husing, urban issues and land use. His cmpeence is unsuryassed" Wlliam W. Fgery, Direcr f Gvemmenal Affairs Pennsylvania Husing Finance Agency " read wih ineres he Cmmiee repr he General Assembly pursuan HuseResluin 91. is wihu dub he fines piece f wrk hd fcuses n urban ppruniies ha have ever seen generaedfrm he sae level. Yu are be cngraulaed" hedre Rbb Rbb, Dering Assciaes Frmer Pennsylvania Secreary f Labr and ndusry And Reginal Direcr f HUD "Mr. Sumpf has dne a remendus jb fr he Cmmiee. have fund him be hardwrking enacius, creaive, and inelligen in carrying u his duies. Mr. Sumpf s wrk and he eseem in which he is held by Pinburgh fficials nd aciviss hld well in ur Chamber." Hnrable Dn Walk, Member Pennsylvania General Assembly "He has made usanding cnribuins in efrs slve he nursing hme prblems in Pennsylvania. He has been he majr auhr in a series f reprs eniled "he Nursing Hme Prblem in Pennsylvania". hese reprs have been exremely helpful he Healh Deparmen and he Legislaure in develping fficive plicies in hisfeld". Lenard Bachman, M.D., Secreary Pennsylvania Deparmen f Healh " jusfinished reading he repr, "Pennsylvania's New Medical Assisance Pymen Sysemfr Lng-erm Care." will sae very simply ha his dcmen is ne f he

212 managemen prblems. Jeri's rademark n he Hill is "geinghings dne"; expediiusly and crrecly. " Hnrable Rber L. Freeman Sae Represenaive 136'Disric "lvy prpse inwriing his is infrm anyne reading his leer, ha Jeri Swpfs assisance and cnribuins in drafiing he Keysne Apprwy Zne legislain and is subsequen amendmens, as well as his help in Cmmiee and n he Flar, was irwaluable and insrumenal inmy KOZ kgislain becming lml is ry pinie ha Jeri Shmpf is n nly a dedicaed, and lwrd wrking prfessinal, bu he is als remendusly lcnwledgeable, and an exper, wihrespec lul gvernmen, planning, ecnmic develpmen, and wban revialiazin in Pennsylvania n addiin and eqully irnpran, Jeri is persnable and bws hw ge hings dne". "Business Faciliies Magazine-a publicain f chicefr business execaives lkingfr new s ie lcairu-presened Pennsylvania's Kqsne Opprhmiy Zne Prgran wih he Gld Level " Place Award, as par f is 2000 Ecnmic Develpmen Achisvemen Awards." Hnrable Jseph Gladeck Prime spnsr f he Pennsylvania Keysne Oppruniy Zne Legislain & frmer Chairman Of he Huse Labr Relains Cmmiee- Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives " am he General Cunsel f he Lcal niiaives Suppr Crprain (LSC), a nainal nnprfi ax exemp rganizain ha prvidesfinancial and echnical assisance cmmuniy-based rganizains in ver 45 ciies and numerus rural regins help hem revialize heir cmmuniies, including he develpmen f lw and mderae incme husing, ecnmic develpmen prjecs, and her cmmuniy faciliies. am wriing his leer vice my appreciainfr he wrk dne by Jeri Sumpf, he Execuive Direcr f he Huse Urban Afairs Cmmiee regarding HR 9l and he legislain esablish he Pennsylvania Mrgage Guarany Crprain believe ha his wrk n HR9l and he impressive bdy f legislain ha resuledfrm i, will lune a majr psiive impac n ecnmically depressed areas f Pennsylvenia's ciies, wns, and rural areas- he ype f eficien, fiscally respnsible, gd gvernmen, embdied in HR 9 and he resuling legislaive iniiaives is a k4 cmpnen f he public privae effrs aimed a assising he residens f such areas in imprving he cndiins in heir neighbrhds. Public servanls, such as Mr. Sumpf, are a key par in achieving ur cmmn gals and

213 r r - r - f imprving he living crdiira f residens f Pennsylvania appreciae his wrk and he pprmiy cfribue yur impressive legislaive accmplishmens'n Amey Michael Levine, General Cunsel Lcal niffaives Suppr Grprain NewYrlq NewYrk "f here is ne wrd lu describes his wrk pr&rc md capabil$, i wuld be excellence...wha separaes himfrm hers'is Mr. Swnpfi abiliy ake cmplex cnceps, urn lum in legislai4 build supprfr hem nd nnke hem a realiy... FranHy, lefirs persn always call is Jeri Sumpf if rued ir{muin r help. He is he General Assembly f Pennsylvania's leading exper n maers dealingwih hrcing, nban issues and land use. His crnpeence is msnpassed" Wlffam W. Fgery, Direcrf Gvemmenal Affairs Pennsylvania Husing Finance Agency il "[ readwih ineres he Cmmiee repr he Ge'neral Assembly pursuan HuseReslain 9/. is wihu dub hefines piece fwrk hafcuses n urban ppruniies ha have ever seen generaedfrm he sae level. Yu are be! cngraulaed" r r r r hedrerbb Rbb, Dering Assciaes Frmer Pennsylvania Secreary f Labr and ndusry And Reginal Direcrf HUD,x:ri,i#:"{#;f,":;::#":#r:,i#:,'!:::;{:7,'w,f#fl'3i:};}";!;r and he eseem in which he is held by Pisburgh fficials and aciviss hld well in ur Chamber." Hnrable Dn Walk, Mernber,- Pennsylvania General Assembly r Hme Prblem in Pennsylvania". hese reprs have been exremely helpjul he - ;r:#;ffi';:'#f:n",";'#::r,';"#rui'x':;::;:;:'::f'l:f:f;:il:r,;; Healh Deparmen and he Legislawe in develping efecive plicies in hisfield". Lenard Bachman, M.D., Secreary Pennsylvania Deparmen f Healh - " jus finished reading he repr, "Penraylvania's New Medical Assisance Paymen Sysemfr Lng-erm Care.'i will sae iery smpy ha his dcumen is ne "

214 fines, ms accurae, in deph and prbing piecel fwrk ha hrre ever seen cme u 'f gvernmen a any ime,- a any level. n nly presens an accurae piclye f he jiu"n baprvides sme appraches sluins avery, cmplexqrblem 'smene *d hink wriiln* dcrnnen, because i is riginal; and jus waned scry yu luve smehing excellen here. suppse he credi slnuld g M. Smpf " erry R hesieres, Adminisrar Haverd Nursing and Rehabilialn Gener * is read wih cnsiderable admirain yur repr n he Pennsylvania nursing lnme pio". Rarey have read such a clear, inelligen aralysis f ur indusry and is ppruniies". Jhn A" ildy, Vice Presiden llanr Gare nc., Massachuses "Yw reprs... cerainly represen afine efr in cmparisn wih daa we hwe receivedfrm many her saes and he researchers here a he nsiue are acive in a wlde raige fprjecs in lng-erm carefr gvernmenal and cmmercial spnsrs." hmasw. Mader Sanfrd Research nsiue, Galifmia "yu hve cerainly displayed marvelus abiliies in ur hearings n he reasnsfr he delays and cs rir*^ in he cnsrucin f he Pisburgh Cnvenin Cener. he npr, which he Cmmiee submied he Hne f Represenaives, is a living acclade yur apifiide, respnsiveness, and cncern"' Hnrable Gerge Pf, Member Pennsylvania General AssemblY " have recenly had he ppruniy read "he Nursing Hme Prblem in pennsylvania: Financing Qualiy Care" and hnvefund i be a ms impressive dcurnen." " am ms encuraged by he realisic evaluain f curren andpenial prblems, as well as he crresp*ang recmmended crrecive meaeures. f he repr's cnclusins and recmmendains aie aced Lpn, and al and deliberae afirmaive acin is alcen by he Legislaure and bureaucraq, based n he repr's recmmendains, an ia"quind respnsive sysem f qualiy healh care will be he ulimae resul." Rber ll. MurPhY Medic Assciaes nc. Brighn, Massachuses

215 l "he Nursing Hme reprs have been wed as he basisfr remarks made in Cngress andwere als made par f he Cngressinal Recrd he qwliy f he researchwas recgnized by w Snnfrd Research nsiue, Pewwylvania Seceary f Heakla and hers in he sae andfederal gvernmen, as well as in he lng-erm carefield n ^"ny fac, requessfr cpies f he reprs have been receivedfrm individnls and agercies hraghu he Unied Saes. " Hnrable Sherman L. Hill Frmer Chairman, Huse Healh & Welfare Gmmiee Pennsylvania Huse f Represenaives " have crcisenly been impressed by lrc dedicaia effr, and perseverarrce by Jeri E. Swpf, Execuive Direcr f he Hwe UrbanAffiirs Cmmiee develp legrslaive sluins he prbems f bligh and ecnmic develpmen in he sae-" l Hnrable hene Mclaughlin, Judge lllagisrae's Cur Ciy f Pisburgh, Pennsylvania " am very impressed wih he wrk f he subemmiee f Firs Class Ciies cncerning he Ciy f eiudepnia's perain f he Nrhwes ncinerar. havefund he backgfund s"nh and invesigairu cnduced by Jeri Sumpf,, Execuive Direcr f he Cnmiee, be very hrugh and cmprehensive. he issues cancerning plluin relaed he Nrhwes lrrcinerar, ere cmplex and highly echnical. Mr. Smpf lns reduced hese issues easily undersd cnceps." Deaware Valley Ciizens Cuncil fr Glean Air "Yur diligence yur jb and cncernfr he residens f Pennsylvanla was als an inspirain me. find myself hinking ha if can nly be half as caring and helpful peple as yu are, will definiely be a success." Chrisina Williams Frmer nern

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217 P.O. Bx 85 Willw Sree. Pennsvlvania JERr E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES, NC. COMMUNY DEVELOPMEN REFERENCES GOVERNMENAL AFNARS JER E. SUMPF. PRESDEN JER E. SUMPF & ASSOCAES. NC..PENNSYLVANA LEAGU & MUNCPALES JACK GARNER, EXECAVE D]RECOR.PENNSYLVANA SAE BOROAGHS ASSOCAON E DYARD ROXE LL, LE GS LAVE D RE C O R.PENNSYLVANA SAE ASSOCAON OF OWNSHP SUPERVSORS ELAM HERR, ASSSAN EXECAVE DRECOR.C OUNY C OMMSSONERS ASSOC AON O F PENNSYLVANA DOUG H,L, EXECAVE DRECOR.PENNSYLVANA ASSOCAON OF HOUSNG & REDEVELOPMEN AAHORES-RCHARD DRENEWCH, EXECAVE DRECOR.PENNSYLVANA MUNCPAL AAHORES ASSOCAON DOAG BLHEMER, EXECAVE DRECOR. PE NNS YLVANA PLANN NG AS S OC AON MC H B C KL E,C HA R-LE G SLAYE C O MM E E.PENNSYLVANA HOUSNG FNANCE AGENCY BRAN HUDSON, EXECAVE DRECOR. PE NN S YLVAN A N F RAS RUC U RE NVE S ME N AU HO N Y PAUL MARC HE, EXECUVE DRECOR.1O,OOO FRENDS OF PENNSYLVANA ADY SWANK, PRESDEN.HOUSNG ALLANCE OF PENNSYLVANA LZ HERSH, EXECAW DRECOR. P E NN S YLVANA DOWNO}4/N C E NE R BLL FONANA, EXECAVE DRECOR "mprving he Qualiy l Pcplcs Lives, Onc ndividual, Neighbrhd, and Cmmuniy a a ime" jsumpfassc@al.cm