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JERSEY SHORE – The Jersey Shore Borough Council has unanimously decided to apply for three grants to support its active transportation plan to strengthen pedestrian and bicycle safety, tourism and the local economy.

The active transportation plan is a long-term strategy for connecting the bike “Rail Trail” to downtown Jersey Shore for tourism and economic development. In addition, the plan aims to make the community safer for cyclists.

The council approved the application for two grants of $ 3 million each to aid development. It sent one multimodal grant application to PennDOT and the other to the State Department of Community and Economic Development.

Also on Monday evening, the council agreed to apply for a third grant to the state’s Greenway Trails and Recreation program of $ 250,000 to support the same project.

The multimodal grant doesn’t require local dollar matches, Hoover said.

The active transportation plan provides for improvements across the district, including bike lanes near schools and bike crossings in the city center, he said.

In other news, the council began its session with a hearing on the renewal of a cable franchise agreement with Comcast that will allow Comcast to continue providing cable television services. The agreement previously ran for 20 years, but the new one is a 10-year contract. No council members or the public have objected to the renewal.

“It was basically a language update to make sure we could take full advantage of it.” said Borough Manager Cody Hoover.

The district also approved an ordinance that will restrict parking on Seminary Street. Parking is not permitted at the intersection of Seminary Street and Elk Street, heading east towards Main Street.

The council also agreed to hire Pine Creek Township to clean the streets of Jersey Shore Borough for $ 139 an hour.

According to Hoover, there is no street sweeper in the community. Therefore, offers from three different groups were evaluated before Pine Creek was selected as the most cost-effective option.

Hoover outlined two measures he had taken to assist the Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police. The first was to order protective materials for the police station to be painted and then installed.

Hoover said he also spent around $ 1,200 repairing the roof of the leaky TVRP transmitter.

The council also hired two new employees.

Andrew Morgan will be a part-time worker, while Nathaniel Edkin will serve on the road crew when necessary. Both receive $ 15.31 per hour at the same time as their duties.

The borough pool will be open on Memorial Day weekend and will host evening swimming every week from June 10th to August 19th.

To support the pool, the community agreed to cover half the cost of a new pool cleaner.

The old cleaner was built to last eight to ten years but was used for 14 years. So the recovery committee asked the community to pay half the cost of $ 2,699 to replace the cleaner.

Eventually, the council agreed to send representatives with Hoover to ask Lycoming County’s officers to provide additional recycling bins for cardboard as the county’s residents filled the current bins and left excess cardboard outside.

The Council will meet on April 12 at 7 p. M.

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