City Council

BELLEFONTE BOROUGH WORK SESSION & COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 27, 2020 AGENDA 5:45 PM Executive Session – Personnel, Real Estate 6:30 PM WORK SESSION  Tom Zilla, Tom Zurat, Highway Projects Update 7:30 PM COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER: Reminder: Due to the room acoustics, please speak up when talking so that people can hear what you are saying. Thank you. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: Mr. Johnson Ms. Cleeton Mr. Prendergast Mr. Eaton Ms. Thompson Ms. Hombosky Ms. Tosti-Vasey Mayor Wilson Ms. Walker Mr. Brachbill APPROVAL OF MINUTES: January 6, 2020 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 from FaithCentre re 14th Annual Walk/Run 5K/10K Communications Letter Request from St. John Catholic School re Governor’s Park Communications Letter Request re Children’s Fair Mayor Police Report Mayor Police Exonerations Finance Voucher Summary December 2019: $1,039,653.19 Finance Treasurers Report December 2019 REGULAR AGENDA COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN: Email from E Lose re NVJPC Letter Request from CC Library Letter from Stan Wallace re SEO Services 2020 Letter from DCED re Grant Approval for Strategic Management Planning Program Letter Request from A Dombrowski re Governor’s Park Letter Request from Mount Nittany Healh Letter Request re Bellefonte Cruise and Soap Box Derby Letter from DEP re Evaluation for Possible Redesignations Email re 2020 Pennsylvania One Call Safe Digging Month Proclamation PSAB Awards Flyers PSAB Find Your Voice re Resolutions Process Memo re YMCA and Parking in Lot A Thank You Letter from FaithCentre Memo re Parking at Brother’s NY Style Pizza Council Committee Assignments Memo DBI Request for 2020 Outdoor Adventure Expo ORAL: Soap Box Derby—Alan Uhler SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS: Nittany Valley Joint Recreation Authority Meeting Minutes.121919.DRAFT Centre Region COG Meeting Minutes and Construction/Rental Reports Spring Creek Watershed Commission Meeting Centre Area Cable Consortium (CACC) Meeting Fire Executive Committee IDA Meeting Minutes.01082020.DRAFT Workplace Safety Committee Meeting Minutes.01082020.DRAFT Governor Wolf Green Energy Program, Ms. Tosti-Vasey MAYOR: OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ZONING/PLANNING Spring Township Rezoning Review and Comment Nittany Valley Joint Planning Commission (NVJPC) Meeting Planning Commission Meeting Minutes.01132020.DRAFT HARB January 14 HARB Meeting Canceled January 28 HARB Meeting Planned BUILDING AND PROPERTY—Anne Walker, Chair Parking Lot H (Waffle Shop) – EV Charging Station Completed, Borough has not been reimbursed by State to date, reimbursement is anticipated to be April of 2020 Consider Committee Meeting – fees for code enforcement, short term rentals, ds FINANCE AND GOV’T PERFORMANCE—Gina Thompson, Chair Current v Prior December 2019 Budget v Actual December 2019 Budget v Actual Summary December 2019 Consider Committee Meeting – fees for fire police, other borough costs related to special Events, travel expense reimbursement policy for elected and appointed officials PARK AND RECREATION—Melissa Hombosky, Chair Governors Park Score Board HUMAN RESOURCES—Jon Eaton, Chair 1Base Plan Document 2018-05-31 Final(BaseAandB) 14-003-3 N1 Bellefonte Borough_CB_AA2017 14-003-3 N1 Bellefonte Borough_DB_AA2019'1' 14-003-3 N2 Bellefonte Borough_CB_AA2017 Bellefonte Borough (NU) amendment ordinance Consider Appointment of Josiah Newman from Alternate to Regular Member of Zoning Hearing Board SAFETY—Randy Brachbill, Chair FEMA SAFR Grant Update WATER/SANITATION—Doug Johnson, Chair Water Authority Meeting Minutes.121719 and 01072020.DRAFT Daily Water Withdrawal Report December 2019 $10 Service Fee Per Year Per Brush and/or Grass Container Added to First Utility Bill of Year STREETS— Deb Cleeton, Chair Memo re Street Paving 2020 Consider Committee meeting – fees/parking passes for long term parking (red meter areas) ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION—Mike Prendergast, Chair Musser Lane Compost Facility – compost pad completed Consider being part of National Clean Up Day PSU Sustainability Project – Street Tree Inventory project did not get resourced PSU Sustainability Project – study of police department located at Armory (stable building) is underway PSU Sustainability Project – Intern digitizing maps is underway Climate Action Plan Task Force OLD BUSINESS NVJPC Memo NEW BUSINESS Set Date for Community Yard Sale (May 15 & 16 since Big Spring Festival is May 9, Mother’s Day and Penn State Graduation are May 10, and Memorial Day is May 25); Riff Raff Week (week of May 18-22); Halloween (Saturday, October 31—no Penn St/BASD games that day); Holiday Courtesy Parking (November 26, 2020 through January 1, 2021) Council Ad Hoc Committee (Pres, VP, PT) Review, Assist with Borough Newsletter to go out in March PUBLIC COMMENT ADJOURNMENT: TIME_____ PM