CITY COUNCIL MEETING 9am WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7
PLEASE SPEAK OUT – no matter where you live - REGISTER NOW:
1. Go to City of Erie webpage TODAY at Cityof.erie.pa.us ;
2. Scroll down to City Council Morning Meeting and Finance Briefing (Oct 7, 2020);
3. Within that post, click on the link and a new page will open.
4. Scroll down and fill out name, address, etc.
5. Press the green REGISTER button at the bottom of the page.
6. You will receive a confirmation email from Frank Strumila. FStrumila@erie.pa.us
7. Prepare your brief statement asking for a full NEPA Environmental Assessment
prior to allowing PennDOT to proceed. Sample below.
SAMPLE STATEMENT
My name is xxx and I live at xxx.
Thank you for listening City Council.
Despite PennDOT’s explanations, and despite the praise for the Bayfront roadway expansion plan (by Hotel owners and the leaders of Gannon, UPMC Hamot, Erie Insurance, the Port Authority, Convention Center and now by Charles Buki) the need for a full NEPA Environmental Assessment remains.
Please honor the WILL OF THE PEOPLE and the experts (from PennFuture, Sierra Club, Audubon, Our Water, Our Air Our Rights, SONS of Lake Erie, Connect Urban Erie, Bike Erie, Kind Veg, CIVITAS, the NAACP and others) by protecting our Bayfront with as full NEPA Environmental Assessment.
Please do not allow PennDOT to remove the railroad tracks and begin their highway project until after a full NEPA Environmental Assessment is completed.
Don’t give up our bayfront!