PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA

PY 2025-2029 FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND PY 2025 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

Notice is hereby given that the City of Sharon, Mercer County, PA will hold public hearings on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM and Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 12 PM prevailing time, in the Council Chambers, 155 West Connelly Boulevard, Sharon, PA 16146. 

The Sharon Municipal Building and the City Council Chambers are accessible to persons with physical disabilities. If special arrangements need to be made to accommodate residents for them to participate in the public hearing, please call Ms. Suzanne Kepple, CDBG Program Manager, Community Development Department, City of Sharon, PA 16146, (724) 983-3231, to make those arrangements. Any person requiring an interpreter for the hearing impaired or the visually impaired should contact Ms. Kepple at least 72 hours prior to the meeting and an interpreter will be provided. In addition, hearing-impaired persons may call Pennsylvania Relay at 7-1-1. Any non-English speaking person wishing to attend the public hearing should contact Ms. Kepple at least 72 hours prior to the meeting and, if needed, a language interpreter will be provided.  

Cualquier persona que no hable inglés y desee asistir a la audiencia pública deberá comunicarse con la Sra. Kepple al menos 72 horas antes de la reunión y, si es necesario, se proporcionará un intérprete de idioma.

يجب على أي شخص لا يتحدث اللغة الإنجليزية ويرغب في حضور جلسة الاستماع العامة الاتصال بالسيدة كيبل قبل 72 ساعة على الأقل من الاجتماع، وإذا لزم الأمر، سيتم توفير مترجم لغوي.

任何希望參加公開聽證會的非英語人士應在會議前至少提前 72 小時聯繫 Kepple 女士，如有需要，我們將提供語言翻譯。

सार्वजनिक सुनवाई में भाग लेने के इच्छुक किसी भी गैर-अंग्रेजी भाषी व्यक्ति को बैठक से कम से कम 72 घंटे पहले सुश्री केपल से संपर्क करना चाहिए और यदि आवश्यक हो तो भाषा दुभाषिया उपलब्ध कराया जाएगा।

Любое лицо, не владеющее английским языком и желающее присутствовать на публичных слушаниях, должно связаться с г-жой Кеппл не менее чем за 72 часа до начала заседания, и при необходимости будет предоставлен переводчик.

The purpose of these public hearings are to gather information for the City’s PY 2025-2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan for PY 2025 which the City must submit to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Funds Program.  The City of Sharon anticipates based on last fiscal year’s allocation that it will receive an estimated CDBG entitlement grant in the amount of approximately $554,128 and program income in the amount of $75,000 for PY 2025.  These funding levels are contingent upon the final approval of the Federal Budget for PY 2025.   In order to receive those funds, the City of Sharon must prepare a Five Year Consolidated Plan and One Year Annual Action Plan for each year for the use of CDBG funds.  At least 70% of the CDBG funds must benefit low- and moderate-income persons living in the City of Sharon.  In preparing its CDBG application the City intends to afford citizens, local agencies, and interested parties the opportunity to become involved in the planning process.

The following types of activities may be eligible for funding under the CDBG program:

Acquisition of property; disposition costs; improvements to public facilities, including the removal of architectural barriers; demolition and environmental clean-up; public services that are new or a quantifiable increase in the level of service; interim assistance; relocation payments for persons displaced as a result of a CDBG activity; rehabilitation of houses; code enforcement; special economic development activities; special activities undertaken by a community based development organization; home ownership assistance for purchase; planning; environmental; program administration; audit; and other miscellaneous activities.

If the City would undertake an activity that would result in the displacement of families or individuals, then the City would utilize its policy for minimizing such displacement.  Furthermore, the City is responsible for replacing all low- and moderate-income housing units that may be demolished or converted as a result of CDBG funds.

All interested citizens are encouraged to attend this public hearing and they will be given the opportunity to present oral or written testimony concerning the needs of the City of Sharon and the use of CDBG funds to address those needs over the next five years.  Written comments may be addressed to Ms. Suzanne Kepple, CDBG Program Manager, Community Development Department, 155 West Connelly Boulevard, Sharon, PA 16146.

Robert Fiscus, City Manager, City of Sharon