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BELLEFONTE BOROUGH VIRTUAL WORK SESSION & COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 6, 2020 AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENT OF COUNCIL MEETING CHANGES DUE TO CORONAVIRUS The Borough of Bellefonte has declared a local state of emergency due to COVID-19 and is closed to the public. Additionally, the Governor has issued a Stay-at-Home order. Bellefonte Borough Council meetings are essential events, therefore they have not been cancelled. However, Bellefonte Borough officials and staff will conduct meetings telephonically or otherwise electronically. The Borough will not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. Below you will find information on how to offer public comment on agenda items and how to watch the meeting. The Council Meeting Agenda will be posted on the Borough’s website at www.bellefonte.net no later than 4:30PM EST Friday prior to the Monday evening meeting. E-MAIL PUBLIC COMMENT– You may submit your public comments via email to boro@bellefontepa.gov with the subject “Public Comment”. You must include your name, address and the agenda item. Emails received by 3:30PM EST will be compiled and entered into the public record during the public comment period. LETTER FORM PUBLIC COMMENT- You may also drop off, in letter form, public comments by putting the letter in our mail slot in our entrance door at 236 West Lamb Street by 3:30PM EST the day of the meeting. You must include your name, address and the agenda item. REQUEST TO SPEAK-PUBLIC COMMENT-To make a comment during a public hearing, a request to speak must be emailed or put in letter form to the above addresses also by 3:30 p.m. the day of the meeting. Include name, address, phone number and the agenda item. At the time for public comment, the speaker will be called by the Borough and placed on a speaker. LIVE FEED/RECORDING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS – Borough Council meetings can be viewed live at https://youtu.be/RtiVzlHA-mc and are also recorded. Recordings can be viewed on the Comcast local government education channel – Channel 7 or at www.cnet1.org 6:15 – 6:45 PM Executive Session – Personnel 6:50 PM WORK SESSION  Police Procedures 7:30 PM COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER: Announcement: Executive Session on Personnel was held on June 25 th, 2020 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE: ROLL CALL: Ms. Thompson Ms. Hombosky Ms. Tosti-Vasey Mr. Johnson Ms. Walker Mr. Prendergast Mr. Brachbill Mayor Wilson Ms. Cleeton Mr. Eaton IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT VIRTUAL MEETING VOTING BE DONE BY ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES: June 15, 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. Finance Invoice from Stover McGlaughlin REGULAR AGENDA COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN: CCMPO Meeting Summary 6-23-20 Email Request re 4th Annual Dylan Crunick Memorial Charity Baseball Tournament Re-appointment to Centre County Library & Historical Museum Board Request for Justin Miller Email re Canceled Saturday Pop-Up Drive-In, Request to use small soccer field area at Governors Park Email re 2020 Census Email from Ilona Ballreich re Sustainable Communities Collaborative Projects Letter re Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month ORAL: Annual C-NET Presentation, Cindy Hahn PUBLIC COMMENT: MAYOR: COUNCIL PRESIDENT Pennsylvania Municipal League (PML) Sustainability Conference – feedback Presentation to PA DEP – Climate Change Study July 20th Council Meeting Work Session – Madeleine Palchat, Local Climate Change Program COUNCIL MEMBERS Building & Property Committee: YMCA Reduced parking rates request; When to reinstate parking rates Historic Bellefonte Cruise/sock hop – expecting information request for sock hop in September Environmental & Sustainability Committee: Review local Climate Action Plan prior to next Council meeting Streets Committee: LTAP Penn DoT Program contacted about Gamble Mill Crosswalk and Blanchard/Bishop sight lines. Daily Water Withdrawal Report June 2020 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ZONING/PLANNING HARB Certificates of Appropriateness: 217 North Allegheny St (Verizon Building); 224 West Linn St OLD BUSINESS Resolution for Mobile Food Vendor Regulations Reschedule Yard Sale and Bulk Waste pick up Playgrounds Open – Signs in place “Notice - Playground and Parks Equipment are not Sanitized” Update on projects/contracts/grants – Don NEW BUSINESS Fair Housing Resolution 2020 for Bellefonte Borough Resolutions re Mandatory Mask Wearing for Centre County and Bellefonte Borough Governors Order – Face Masks must be warn in public PUBLIC COMMENT ADJOURNMENT: TIME_____ PM