City Council

Borough of Bellefonte Council Business Meeting AGENDA 7:30 PM Monday, May 2, 2022 In-Person, Council Chambers ATTEND IN PERSON – The Council Chambers is open to the public with normal or standard occupancy levels. FACE COVERING/MASKS ARE OPTIONAL. Masks are available at the sign-in desk. IF FEELING ILL - PLEASE JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY VIEW LIVE FEED/RECORDING OF WORK SESSIONS and BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETINGS– Council Work Sessions and Council Business Meetings can be viewed live on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EZMSKq3GyOI. Recordings can be viewed on CNET, Comcast’s Government Education Channel 7, or at www.cnet1.org ATTEND VIRTUALLY- Please contact the Borough via email: boro@bellefontepa.gov or phone: 814-355-1501 before 4PM on Monday May 2nd, 2022 to receive the Link to the meeting I. 7:30 PM COUNCIL MEETING – CALL TO ORDER Welcome everyone to the Bellefonte Borough council meeting. We will do our best to start council meetings on time and to end them on time. Due tothe room acoustics, please speak up when talking so that people can hear what you are saying. All comments and reports should be kept to three minutes maximum. Thank you. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE followed by a Moment of Silence III. ROLL CALL Mr. Bernier, Pro Tem, North Ward Ms. McKean, West Ward Mr. Brachbill, President, South Ward Ms. Purnell, North Ward Ms. Cleeton, South Ward Ms. Sedgwick, West Ward Ms. Dann, South Ward Ms. Tosti-Vasey, West Ward Mr. Johnson, Vice-President, North Ward Mayor Johnson, At Large IV. ADDITIONS TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA In accordance with Act 65 of 2021, If a matter is not on the Agenda, Council cannot take official action on it with some exceptions. The Council can act on matters relating to potential or real emergencies. Council may add a matter of agency business to its agenda through majority vote. The Council should state the reason why the action item is being added to the agenda. Council may vote to add an action item(s) to the agenda 1  V. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA This Public Comment period is reserved for oral comments regarding any action items listed on this meeting agenda or added by majority vote at this meeting. No deliberations will be entered into by the Council at this time. Please sign in, come to the podium at the appropriate time, state your name and address and which item you are speaking about. Please limit comments to three minutes maximum. VI. COMMUNICATIONS (written) Trinity United Methodist Church Fundraiser- 5K in Governor’s Park on October 7th-8th, 2022. Call for a motion/2nd to remove from Table. Call for a motion /2nd to approve the 5k Race scheduled for October 7-8, 2022 in Governor’s Park. Aumans Key Shop (AKS) request to purchase 146 S. Water Street parking lot owned by the Borough. Property will need to be listed for bid because the value is over $15,000. Call for a motion/ 2nd to put the property out to bid with the right to refuse any/ all bids. YMCA Summer Program request to use Governor’s Park Pavilions #1, 2 and 3 Monday, June 13- Thursday, August 25, 2022. Call for a motion/ 2nd to approve YMCA Summer Program’s use of Governor’s Park Pavilions #1, 2 and 3 Monday, June 13-Thursday, August 25, 2022. Faith Centre 15th Annual Walk/Run 5K on October 15, 2022, and Howl-oo-ween Pooch Parade. Call for a motion/2nd to conditionally approve the date of October 15, 2022 for the Howl-oo-ween Pooch Parade. CATA Announces return of Sunday services and extends pass discount. FYI. No council action is requested. Herbie’s Hometown Loop request for August 20, 2022. Call for a motion/ 2nd to conditionally approve the date of August 20, 2022 for Herbie’s Hometown Loop. Bellefonte Emergency Medical Services Municipal Update. FYI, No Council action is requested. 2023-2026 Centre County MPO Transportation Improvement Program Public Comment Period Friday, April 29 and concludes at 5:00 PM on Monday, May 30, 2022. VII. 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 the Council request specific items to be removed for separate action. Council Action Requested General Council Meeting Minutes April 4, 2022 General Council Meeting Minutes April 18, 2022 Call for a motion/2nd to approve the Consent Agenda VIII. REPORTS Please try to limit all reports/rebuttals/deliberations to three minutes maximum. DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL/ REPORT STAFF Mayor Mayor Johnson Submitted ➢ Small Business Week Proclamation Office of Community Affairs (OCA) Ms. Thompson Submitted 1. Zoning ➢ Sign ordinance - final comments? 2. Planning ➢ No items 3. Historical and Architectural Review Board (HARB): Motion to approval/the issuance of a Certificate of Appropriateness for the following projects as presented: 2  ➢ 203 N. Allegheny (CCLHM) – 2-story porch replacement ➢ 136 S. Water Street – repaint exterior, replace rubber roof, and update fixtures ➢ 308-310 E. Linn Street – replace shingle roof, Owen’s Corning Slatestone Gray IX. CURRENT and OLD BUSINESS 3/21/22 Stover McGlauglin Invoice and Meeting minutes of 3/21/2022. Call for a motion/ 2nd for a correction and approval of the Stover McGlauglin Invoice. Call for a motion/ 2nd to approve the 3/21/22 Meeting Minutes as amended. Meeting Minutes of March 7th 2022 Call for a motion/ 2nd to approve the corrected meeting minutes of March 7th 2022. Borough Retirement Party is scheduled for Thursday, June 9th, 2022 at 2pm-4pm in Council Chambers. FYI, no Council action is requested. Chapter 575 Zoning, Article XXI Signs Ordinance No. 05022022-01. Call for a motion/ 2nd to approve Sign Ordinance No. 05022022-01 as amended. LERTA Program – at their regular meeting on April 26th, the Bellefonte Area School Board unanimously approved a Resolution to join Bellefonte’s LERTA program. The Centre County Commissioners plan to have a “first read” of their LERTA Ordinance at their meeting on May 3rd. FYI. No council action is requested. Train Station bid acceptance letters Mid-State Roofing & Coating and Romanworx painting. FYI. No council action is requested. RFP- Paving Bids were due Monday, May 2, 2022 3pm. Call for a motion/ 2nd to allow staff to review, approve and select paving bid. Short Term Rental Draft Ordinance as received from and recommended by the Borough Planning Commission. Call for a motion/2nd to consider substantial changes to the draft ordinance. If substantial changes are approved, then staff will re-draft the proposed ordinance accordingly and resubmit it for further consideration. X. NEW BUSINESS Consider reducing the number of Financial Reports Currently Provided to increase staff efficiency, time and paper usage. Call for a motion/ 2nd to keep the following financial reports: Budget v. Actual, Budget v. Actual Summary, Voucher Summary and Treasurer’s Report. Consider Resolution No. 05022022-01 Cannabis Legalization. Call for a motion/ 2nd to approve the Resolution. Consider Resolution No. 05022022-02 recognizing Tom Zilla for his years of service to Centre Region Planning and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Call for a motion/ 2nd to approve the Resolution. Bellefonte awarded PennDOT Transportation Alternative Project Grant in the amount of $325,000.00 for work on S. Spring and W. Bishop Street Streetscape improvements. FYI, No council action is requested. Bellefonte awarded DEP 902 Recycling grant in the amount of $310,070.00 for Musser Lane Composting projects (Pad Extension; Skid Steer and Compost/Mulch Bagging Equipment). FYI, No council action is requested. Consider Items from Goals/Issues list to be scheduled for the 05.16.2022 Council Work Session. Call for a motion/ 2nd of goals to consider for 05.16.2022 Work Session XI. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA This Public Comment period is normally reserved for comments regarding items not listed on this meeting agenda. Please state your name and address and the issue you arespeaking about. Please limit comments to three minutes maximum. 3  XII. ADJOURNMENT The council meeting will be adjourned at or as close as possible to 9:00 PM The Council Code of Conduct and the 2022 List of Goals/action items will be included with each Agenda. 4