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BELLEFONTE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING OF April 5, 2021 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 Tuesday 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 3:30 PM 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. The meeting link and phone number will be sent out. LIVE FEED/RECORDING OF BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS–Borough Council meetings can be viewed live at https://youtu.be/yIV_29_8C0c and are also recorded. Recordings can be viewed on the Comcast local government education channel – Channel 7 or at www.cnet1.org 6:30 PM Executive Session: Real Estate 7:00 PM WORK SESSION  Short-Term Rental Ordinance 7:30 PM COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE: ROLL CALL: Mr. Johnson Mr. Eaton Mr. Prendergast Ms. Hombosky Ms. Tosti-Vasey Mayor Wilson Ms. Walker Mr. Brachbill Ms. Cleeton ALL VOTES TAKEN WILL BE RECORDED AS UNANIMOUS WHEN THERE IS NO AUDIBLE OPPOSITION APPROVAL OF MINUTES: March 15, 2021 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. REGULAR AGENDA ORAL: CANDIDATE PRESENTATIONS, SOUTH WARD COUNCIL VACANCY (Presentations are limited to 3 minutes) CONSIDER VOTE TO FILL SOUTH WARD COUNCIL SEAT VACANCY COMMUNICATIONS WRITTEN: Letter from Citizen about Pedestrian and Vehicle Safety DBI Outdoor Adventure Expo- Talleyrand Park, October 3rd, 2021 Boy Scouts Request to use Governors Park for May 23rd Event Bellefonte YMCA Request to use Governors Park, multiple dates DBI Bellefonte Under the Lights- Talleyrand Park or Waterfront, September 3rd, 2021 Annual Watershed Cleanup Day April 24, 2021 “Friday on the Fonte” Special Events by DBI, Late May – September 2021 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event April 30 and May 1, 2021 Riff Raff Date, Request for Later Dates Going out for a Pint: Craft Breweries as Neighborhood Assets CCRRA House Bill 225 Centre County Central Booking Center – Funding Concerns Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County - Update Bellefonte Historic Streets Tablet Project- Thank you PA DEP Focus on Energy E-Newsletter APPI Advisor March 2021 MAYOR—Tom Wilson Police Report February 2021 Animal Control/ Parking Ticket Report February 2021 COUNCIL PRESIDENT—Joanne Tosti-Vasey Reminder – Governors Order/CDC guidelines for Masking, Social Distancing, etc. American Rescue Plan Whitehouse Presentation Take Aways BUILDING AND PROPERTY—Anne Walker, Chair Consider Approval of Surplus Items Disposal List FINANCE AND GOV’T PERFORMANCE—Vacancy in Committee Chair Special meeting held on Strategic Management Plan with Consultant on Monday, March 29th Special Meeting to be held on Final Draft of Strategic Management Plan with Consultant on Monday, April 26th at 6:30 PM PARK AND RECREATION—Melissa Hombosky, Chair Committee Meeting held – Recommendations YMCA Events in Governors Park; Bellefonte Soccer Association events in Governors Park; Large Wedding in Talleyrand Park on May 29; Flag Day Ceremony in Talleyrand Park on June 14th; Little League Duck Race in Talleyrand Park on June 19th; Bellefonte Chamber Croquet Tournament in Talleyrand Park on August 8th, any other events HUMAN RESOURCES—Jon Eaton, Chair Non-uniform Collective Bargaining Agreement Renewal – Negotiations are ongoing Borough Department Vacancies Update SAFETY—Randy Brachbill, Chair BFDEC Meeting of March 25th WATER/SANITATION—Doug Johnson, Chair MCGA-NRWA-Position-Statement on Cybersecurity STREETS—Deb Cleeton, Chair Letter from PennDOT about Traffic Signals Committee Meetings Update Public Hearing on Pedestrian Safety scheduled for April 19th at 6:30 PM ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION—Mike Prendergast, Chair Memo from Lori McGowan - $500 Expenditure for Joining ICLEE PSU Sustainability Project (work on the Mill Race Dam in Spring Creek) Update Air Quality Report from PSU (Same Email as above Update) Office of Community Affairs ZONING/PLANNING  HARB – Certificates of Appropriateness:  218 N. Spring St.-  221 N. Allegheny St.-  428 N. Spring St.- NUISANCE CODES Report -  Will have for 2nd Meeting April 2021 SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS: Nittany Valley ADHOC /Fire Chiefs – Nittany Valley Fire Study Introduction Meeting scheduled for April 6th at 7pm COG Public Safety Committee meeting Tuesday, April 13th Airport Authority meeting of March 25th – Mr. Johnson BOROUGH MANAGER—Ralph Stewart Report to be submitted at the April 19th Council Meeting OLD BUSINESS Proposed Sidewalk Ordinance Amendments Goals for 2021 - Originally Presented as part of the Preliminary Budget Document for 2021 On-street Permit Parking near Courthouse – Discussions with County Government Administration NEW BUSINESS Consider Resolution No. 04052021-01 Supporting Local Police Use of Radar Legislation Bellefonte Waterfront Development Status Report – approval for extension of RCAP Application PUBLIC COMMENT ADJOURNMENT: TIME_____ PM