City Council

BELLEFONTE BOROUGH WORK SESSION & COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 19, 2019 AGENDA 5:30 PM STREETS COMMITTEE MEETING 6:30 PM WORK SESSION  Pennsylvania Association of Bed and Breakfast Inns will be presenting a power point focusing on "Leveling the Playing Field”  Walter Schneider Code Director, Introduction of John Franek, Code Services Manager 7:30 PM COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: Mr. Eaton Ms. Walker Ms. Hombosky Mr. Brachbill Mr. Johnson Ms. Brown Mr. Prendergast Mayor Wilson Ms. Thompson Ms. Tosti-Vasey APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 5, 2019 CONSENT AGENDA All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of council request specific items to be removed for separate action. Communications Letter Request re Homecoming Parade Mayor Police Exonerations Mayor Police Report Finance Voucher Summary July 2019: $884,266.45 Finance Treasurer’s Report July 2019 REGULAR AGENDA COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN: Memo re Flu Vaccine Letter Request from A Fee re Awaken the Dawn Event in Talleyrand Park Letter Request from RSVP Spring Creek Watershed Atlas Project ORAL: SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS: Centre Region COG Public Safety Minutes June 2019 Comparison of Monthly Code Statistics Construction Value July 2019 Comparison of Monthly Code Statistics Rental Housing Inspections June 2019 Workplace Safety Committee Meeting Minutes.081419.DRAFT IDA Committee Meeting.081419.CANCELLED Feedback on EV workshop held Aug. 9th & 10th in Bellefonte Centre Area Cable Consortium (CACC) meeting update FCC Ruling regarding RoWs, cable franchise fees MAYOR: 6 PM, Wednesday, September 4th – 50th year anniversary, loss of four Bellefonte community members in plane crash Status of parks-cameras presentation to Council OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ZONING/PLANNING Planning Commission Meeting Minutes.081219.DRAFT—will be at the table Monday night HARB Certificates of Appropriateness: 425 N Spring St; 438 E Curtin St HARB Meeting Minutes.081319.DRAFT BUILDING AND PROPERTY—Anne Walker, Chair Update – property donation near Teener League Field FINANCE AND GOV’T PERFORMANCE—Gina Thompson, Chair Update, auditors notified regarding council action on time sheets, audit reports will be at the Council table, Departments personnel are to comply Current v Prior July 2019 Budget v Actual July 2019 Memo re Auditors PARK AND RECREATION—Melissa Hombosky, Chair Date for Masullo Park ADA ramp ribbon-cutting ceremony Update, fish food dispensers stocked, checked weekly HUMAN RESOURCES—Renee Brown, Chair Consider Approval of R. Torsell for Shade Tree Commission Status of wastewater treatment plant position SAFETY—Randy Brachbill, Chair Comments received regarding Chapter 35 Consider approval of Chapter 35 WATER/SANITATION—Doug Johnson, Chair Daily Water Withdrawal Report July 2019 Borough Authority Meeting.080619.DRAFT Update on RFP process related to Big Spring Cover STREETS—Jon Eaton, Chair 8/19 Committee Meeting Report Update, Thomas Street Paving, ADA Ramps along Penn Dot roads Update, Lamb Street Bridge drainage improvement project – Done Accidents still occurring at Howard and Wilson intersection Request – look at signage at Governors Park and Airport Road Intersection, drivers are not stopping from Governors onto Airport Road ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION—Mike Prendergast, Chair Bellefonte in the running for Climate Action Plan, GHG inventory Pilot Project Update, PSU-Bellefonte Sustainability Projects PSU Sustainability Expo Set for December 11th at Days Inn, State College Memo, Recreational Fires/Fire Pits and what can be burned EV Electric Usage memo/report OLD BUSINESS Wayfinding Signage Project, Decisions presented at the September 3rd Council meeting CATA Micro transit Pilot Study – start delayed possibly to January 1st Solicitor Response, Signage/Banners on West Penn Power Poles, see “Bellefonte Borough Business” email exchange PA LCB Noise Exemption Hearing, 10:30 am, Thursday, September 5th, Council Chambers NEW BUSINESS Resignation of Nate Day, Planning Commission PUBLIC COMMENT ADJOURNMENT: TIME_____ PM