COUNCIL

1 1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON 2 3 4 HELD: 5 6 7 Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 8 9 10 LOCATION: 11 12 COUNCIL CHAMBERS 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Maria McCool, RPR Official Court Reporter 25  2 1 C O U N C I L M E M B E R S: 2 THOMAS SCHUSTER - PRESIDENT 3 PATRICK FLYNN, VICE PRESIDENT 4 MARK MCANDREW 5 JESSICA ROTHCHILD 6 SEAN MCANDREW 7 8 FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK 9 KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK 10 THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 (Pledge of Allegiance.) 2 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Please remain 4 standing for a moment of silent reflection to 5 our service men and women throughout the world 6 and for those who have passed away in our 7 community. Thank you. Roll call, Miss 8 Carrera. 9 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here. 11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present. 13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 14 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present. 15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 16 MR. FLYNN: Here. 17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Present. Please 19 dispense with the reading of the minutes. 20 MR. FLYNN: I make a -- I make a 21 motion to take from the table Resolution No. 25 22 of 2026. 23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: There's a motion on 25 the floor and a second to take from the table  4 1 Resolution 25 of 2026. This resolution is the 2 HARB denial of the demolition of the Mattes Law 3 Office building at 324 North Washington Avenue. 4 It's being taken from the table and 5 placed in Seventh Order tonight for a final 6 vote. Anyone who would like to speak on this 7 piece of legislation may do so in Fourth Order 8 at Citizens Participation. 9 On the question? All those in favor 10 signify by saying aye. 11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 13 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 14 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 15 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The 16 ayes it and so moved. Please dispense with the 17 reading of the minutes. 18 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER. No 19 business at this time. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Are there any 21 comments on any of the -- we received and filed 22 them. Any Council members have any 23 announcements at this time? 24 MR. FLYNN: I have a few. One, we 25 have some information from the county that was  5 1 sent over. One, on the new fraud notifying 2 instructions for any fraudulent activity 3 happening. I have it here. I'm not going to 4 read it all. It's a lot of information, but it 5 will be outside on the table after the meeting 6 if you want to take a picture of it or grab a 7 copy of it. 8 And the other is Lackawanna County 9 Conservation District's 2026 seedling sale that 10 is now starting. So I'll have the information 11 on what seedlings are for sale, how much, how 12 to purchase them. And that will also be on the 13 table outside after the meeting. 14 The third and final thing I have is 15 something personal I told my aunt I would do. 16 My aunt turned 90 years old last week. My aunt 17 Patricia Ward, lifelong resident of Scranton, 18 has lived in the Bellevue section her entire 19 life. 20 And 90 is a very big deal. I'm so 21 happy for her. And I just wanted to publicly 22 wish my Aunt Pat a happy birthday. And that's 23 all I have. Thanks. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other 25 announcements at this time?  6 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I got two 2 of them. So this Saturday is parade day. I 3 hope everybody has a great time and stays safe 4 obviously. But also, the Ukavets on Railroad 5 Avenue asked me to announce that after the 6 parade they are going to have their annual ham 7 and cabbage dinner, $13. Or if you want a ham 8 sandwich, it's $5. 9 It's at the American Ukrainian 10 Veteran's Association of Lackawanna County. 11 It's on 237 Railroad Avenue. I'm proud to say 12 that my students are helping with preparing the 13 food for this fundraiser for these guys. So if 14 you have a chance, stop by. It's open to the 15 public. 16 And they also asked me to mention 17 that on Sunday, March 29th, they have their 18 annual ham and kielbasa raffle. It's from 2 to 19 5. They have light snacks. If you want to 20 bring some snacks, that's fine also at the same 21 location. 22 But they have a lot of great 23 raffles. And it's a good time and helps with 24 their fund-raising. And that is all I have. 25 Thank you.  7 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I have 2 one. It's the Lackawanna County and Scranton 3 Wilkes-Barre RailRiders invite you to a free 4 groundskeeping workshop. So if anybody is a 5 coach or team volunteers, there will be a 6 workshop, tools of the trade from mount care 7 and play care, infield and game prep, creating 8 foul lines, pretty much everything to do to get 9 the field ready to play on. This will be 10 Sunday, March 29th noon to 1:30 at the PNC 11 Field in Moosic. 12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other 13 announcements? I have two announcements to 14 make. There is going to be a Hop on the 15 Trolley with the Easter Bunny. It's Saturday, 16 March 28th and Sunday, March 29th. Trolley 17 departure times are 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 18 11:30 a.m., 12:45 and 1:30 p.m. 19 They are going to have rides and the 20 museum. Adults are $15, seniors are $14 and 21 children are 13. There's going to be balloon 22 art and face painting from 10:30 to 2:30. And 23 for reservations call 570-963-6590. And that's 24 the Lackawanna County is Hop on the Trolley 25 with the Easter Bunny.  8 1 Also, this Saturday is going to be 2 the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. The 3 Parade steps off at 11:45 at St. Peter's 4 Cathedral on Wyoming Avenue. So all are 5 welcome. Come in and enjoy the City of 6 Scranton. Have fun and be safe. That's all I 7 have for tonight. 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER. 9 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: Our first speaker 11 tonight is Tyler Warden. 12 MR. WARDEN: Council, I'm here to 13 discuss some issues I have regarding helping 14 the homeless again. I know that Mr. Mark 15 McAndrew had a lady come in here and talk about 16 the how the shelter is, like, overall the worst 17 shelter in Lackawanna County being that is the 18 only shelter we have for overnight in 19 Lackawanna County. 20 The one main problem I have with the 21 shelter is that they do not allow non 22 Lackawanna County residents into the shelter 23 even when they are homeless and they need 24 services. 25 That is a big issue because right  9 1 now we are facing an influx of homeless 2 individuals coming into Scranton that cannot 3 access that resource. So my one thing I wanted 4 to ask was to make the shelter open for all 5 homeless individuals regarding Lackawanna 6 County status. 7 On top of that, I also had -- the 8 thing I want to talk about was on homelessness 9 was the fact that me being a homeless 10 individual and going through like Mr. McAndrew 11 said the winter how bad it was this winter with 12 like how people are struggling and how I have 13 seen being homeless these people struggle in 14 tents and not have the resources and not have a 15 lot of things that we need. 16 So the only one place where you 17 could go now since the Keystone Mission has 18 closed down is the CIC. And they are doing 19 their very best to accommodate all the 20 individuals that are homeless in this city. 21 I'm asking is there anything we 22 could do to open more overnight shelters by 23 using some of the buildings we have that are 24 sitting out here falling apart, not being 25 utilized.  10 1 I was -- in the budget -- I know 2 there's a budget for fixing up infrastructure. 3 And I think some of that should go to the 4 buildings that we have in this city that are 5 not being used to transform them into more 6 overnight shelters to accommodate more of these 7 individuals. 8 And I think that's more important 9 because we are people. We are not animals. We 10 should not be living out in tents. And that's 11 what I have to say on that. Thank you, 12 Council, for hearing my thoughts. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 14 Next speaker is Joan Hodowanitz. 15 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz, 16 Scranton. First thing I want to announce is 17 that the Friends of the Scranton Public Library 18 are hosting a bus trip to the Bronx Zoo on 19 Saturday, May 2nd. 20 The bus is going to fill up very, 21 very fast because a lot of people have 22 expressed interest. And if you aren't a member 23 of the Friends, you might want to join because 24 then you get a cheaper price. 25 The trip would cost you only $85.  11 1 But it's a great way to get out of Scranton. 2 And if you have ankle biters, you know, carpet 3 commandos or, you know, young ones, take them 4 to see a beautiful zoo. It's a great 5 educational opportunity for a Saturday in May. 6 And you could get more information 7 by stopping in your Friendly Scranton Public 8 Library. That's all I'll say on that. I also 9 understand that Saturday, the parade day, the 10 firefighters' headquarters here on Mulberry 11 Street is inviting the public into to see their 12 historical display from 10 to 2 p.m. 13 This is another thing, you know, 14 bring your kids to the parade and take them to 15 see, you know, the firehouse and talk to the 16 firefighters. It's great. Maybe they'll even 17 let you blow the horn. So I would. 18 I know you're tired of hearing me 19 ask this and I'm tired of asking. But what is 20 the status of DPW's collective bargaining 21 agreement? 22 MR. SCHUSTER: At this point I 23 haven't heard anything officially. 24 MS. HODOWANITZ: Well, I could tell 25 you it's been 434 days since the last contract  12 1 expired. And speaking of DPW, I know you are 2 scheduling a caucus on April 7th, I guess with 3 DPW Director on the efforts for the January 4 snowstorm. Is that correct, April 7th? Okay. 5 A couple weeks ago I remember 6 somebody asking that when you got the report 7 put in Third Order. But it never went into 8 Third Order. Is that because it's 9 confidential? 10 MR. SCHUSTER: No, I don't think at 11 this point it's confidential. But we could get 12 in Third Order. 13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, please put it 14 in Third Order because I think the general 15 public would like to see that document and 16 would probably be interested in that caucus, 17 especially since personnel from DPW came in the 18 other week to basically give their side of the 19 story. 20 So I think this is something we want 21 to pursue because even though there may be no 22 more snowstorms this season, you turn around 23 twice and it will be November, December. And 24 so we need to get this right and which we 25 haven't in a long time.  13 1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Frank, just -- 2 that document is on the website, correct? 3 MS. HODOWANITZ: Is it on the 4 website? 5 MR. VOLDENBERG: It's on the 6 website. 7 MS. HODOWANITZ: Not on Third Order 8 though. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: No, it hasn't been in 10 Third Order. But, yeah, I misspoke. 11 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll place it in 12 Third Order also. 13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Where on the 14 website is it? 15 MR. FLYNN: On the City Council 16 page. 17 MS. HODOWANITZ: Under where? 18 MR. FLYNN: On the City Council 19 page. 20 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay, I'll look for 21 it. Thank you. But I got to say this, you 22 know, people forget that residents and 23 taxpayers are stakeholders in this city and 24 that public officials and municipal employees 25 actually work for us.  14 1 So we have a vested interest in 2 issues like this. And we should not be -- not 3 given a seat at the table when we ask for it. 4 Also in Fifth Order motions, could someone in 5 25 words or less tell me what was said during 6 that public caucus? 7 A, we couldn't hear back here; and 8 B, about the only words we heard was 9 sustainability and the future. So I'd like to 10 know what did that group accomplish in two 11 years. I agree with Chief Carroll that you 12 can't prove a negative so that, you know, what 13 may have been accomplished was things that 14 never happened. 15 But still, you know, there should be 16 some specific accomplishments that they could 17 point to in two years other than, you know, 18 we're talking, we're planning, we're 19 programming and we're coordinating, you know, 20 you've had long enough. 21 And then in Fifth Order also, would 22 you explain what's going on with the amendment 23 to the zoning ordinance with regard to the data 24 centers? There's been some confusion, you 25 know, it was in the legals and then it's not on  15 1 the agenda. So just let the public know where 2 we stand. Thank you. 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Our next 4 speaker is Mike Mancini. 5 MR. MANCINI: Thank you, Council 6 President Schuster. Good evening, members of 7 Council, residents of Scranton. Tonight the 8 first of several parts, the state of Scranton, 9 infrastructure and safety. I love Scranton. 10 That's why -- exactly why I'm standing here 11 frustrated and frankly alarmed. 12 Over the past several years the gap 13 between the story we tell about Scranton and 14 the reality people live every day has grown too 15 wide. Residents see it every time they hit a 16 crater-sized pothole, cross a crumbling bridge, 17 or worry about walking at night. 18 First, our infrastructure is not 19 just aging. It's in poor and in some cases 20 dangerous condition. Construction costs have 21 shot up roughly 70 percent since 2021. 22 Residents don't experience the same numbers -- 23 residents don't experience this as numbers on a 24 page. 25 They experience it as closed roads,  16 1 weight restricted bridges, detours that kill 2 small businesses, and damage to their cars that 3 they can't afford to fix. Look at our roads 4 and stormwater systems. Water runoff and 5 drainage problems have been ignored for far too 6 long. 7 We all know these are not isolated 8 trouble spots. They're symptoms of city wide 9 pattern of deferring maintenance until it 10 becomes an emergency. When higher level 11 governments are stepping up to fix the arteries 12 around us like I-81, yet neighborhood streets 13 were made patchwork and unsafe. 14 Residents understandably ask, where 15 are our priorities? But again, most 16 Scrantonians that live on a near -- on or near 17 courthouse square walk their kids across 18 chaotic intersections near schools. They wait 19 for buses on streets with no safe crossings. 20 They push strollers past speeding 21 with no enforcement. We cannot pretend that a 22 beautified downtown area fixes our systemic 23 systems safety issues. Financially we have 24 been given an enormous lifeline. 25 Scranton received about 68.7 million  17 1 in ARPA funds. Many residents look around and 2 ask, if we had almost nearly 70 million extra 3 dollars, why are our basic systems, streets, 4 bridges, drainage, and public safety still in 5 such poor shape? 6 Why weren't more of these once in a 7 generation dollars visibly invested in the 8 neighborhoods that have gone ignored for 9 decades? We see large flashy projects downtown 10 while longstanding neighborhood issues gets 11 push back to the next capital budget or the one 12 after that. 13 We read about big transportation, 14 the beltway schemes to speed traffic around 15 Scranton. Yet people in the city are stuck 16 with unsafe intersections and unreliable 17 underresourced public safety on the streets 18 where they live and work every day. 19 So what do I want from this Council, 20 a binding time specific plan to address our 21 worst bridges and streets neighborhood by 22 neighborhood with clear timelines. When a 23 third party pave cut inspector appears before 24 caucus on May 24th, throw fastballs. 25 Our city cannot afford another  18 1 softball. Consider an increase in violations 2 for ordinance regarding the pave cuts. Other 3 municipalities who have utility responsible for 4 storm drain -- fine them for violations against 5 their ordinance. Scranton does not. 6 There are 1,800 storm drains that 7 are the responsibility of PA Water. When you 8 choose to do nothing about these issues, you 9 fail our residents and business owners of 10 Scranton every time. 11 The thought process of not your idea 12 or your question, not your problem is 13 unacceptable. Scranton does not need more 14 slogans. It needs honest acknowledgement of 15 how far we've fallen since 2021 on basic 16 infrastructure. 17 And they need you to act with 18 urgency and transparency. The residents are 19 paying for it twice, once with their tax bills 20 and again, bent rims, flooded basements, and 21 higher insurance. I'm asking you tonight to 22 stop treating these as talking points and start 23 treating them as emergencies. 24 Fix our streets. Fix our bridges. 25 Make our neighborhood safe. Use your money and  19 1 your time wisely. Show us the proof. People 2 of Scranton deserve nothing less. Next week, 3 HUP test for nonprofits and the property 4 assessment. Good evening, Scranton. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Up next 6 is Judy Laske. 7 MS. LASKE: Good evening, Council. 8 I'm here to address the homeless situation. I 9 live across the street from Weston Field. I 10 see it day in and day out, morning and night. 11 They are allowed to go in from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. 12 Most of the time I see them leaving 13 around 5:30 in the morning on my ring camera. 14 I appreciate you giving them a place to sleep. 15 But if it's only negative 2 to like 14 degrees, 16 I don't see why they can't say until it warms 17 up until at least about 20 degrees and why you 18 can't have a police officer over there to stay 19 with them. 20 And I think the city needs to find 21 like that gentleman said, a building that's not 22 being used in the city that could be possibly 23 occupied by the homeless where they are not put 24 out during the day, not only for the winter 25 time but you also have to think about  20 1 summertime. There's heat waves. 2 A lot of them that are over at the 3 homeless, some of them elderly. One is a 4 veteran. And I think it's disgusting that a 5 veteran of all -- of all people that are over 6 there, a veteran is over there. I do try to 7 help them. 8 I don't want to make this about me. 9 But I -- I can't stand watching out my door and 10 seeing them standing in a line over there. 11 It's freezing out. I did reach out to friends 12 on Facebook for hand warmers. To whoever 13 donated -- kind of have an idea of who did it. 14 I did hand them out. I did give 15 them some hand warmers because I was in a 16 situation a little over a month ago I was out 17 in the cold. I was down in Allentown at a 18 venue, forgot where I parked my car, was never 19 down there before. 20 And by the time I got to my car I 21 could not feel my fingers or my toes. I don't 22 know how these people survive in this. I 23 really do not. Some people think that, you 24 know, they're all drug addicts. They're all 25 drunks. They just don't want to get a job.  21 1 There's one woman over there. 2 She's a younger woman that now they 3 basically all trust me because I go over there 4 and I do help out with the volunteers that are 5 over there. I do -- I'm just going to say I 6 send some things over there to make them a 7 little happier, whatever. 8 I try to help out with clothing, 9 whatever I could possibly give them. The one 10 girl said -- she asked me. She said, "Do you 11 know where I could get an apartment? I'm 12 trying to save up money. Do you know where 13 there's an apartment that I could get for $450 14 or $500 a month?" 15 I'm, like, oh, dear God, like, I 16 don't know where she was thinking that. But 17 she did tell me that she tried to get a job. 18 And because she's a recovering drug addict for 19 15 years, go girl. People take advantage of 20 her. People take advantage of most of them. 21 They wanted in her, quote/unquote, 22 she came up to me. I explained to her that 23 this shirt I have on right now is for my 24 nephew. I wear it for my nephew. My nephew 25 struggled for years with mental health. He  22 1 was -- he did have an addiction. But he did -- 2 I was proud of him. He did clean up. He was 3 clean for -- I would say at least seven years. 4 And unfortunately last year he took 5 his life. And these people over there I 6 connect with them because I know how it is to 7 have somebody treat you like garbage. Like, 8 they look at you like you're worth nothing 9 because that's how my nephew felt. 10 These people trust me. I am willing 11 if there is some sort of homeless task force, 12 I'm all for it. I'll run it. I don't care. I 13 want to do what I can do to help these people 14 because I don't want anybody else to suffer 15 what I'm suffering and going through losing my 16 nephew because he was a stigma that people 17 think that he was. 18 And he was more than that. And I 19 was proud of him. And I'm proud of these 20 homeless people that are over there because I 21 don't know how -- I couldn't survive 30 minutes 22 looking for my car without breaking down 23 because I couldn't feel my body. 24 How do they do it? I don't know. 25 God bless them. And that's another thing they  23 1 tell me. God bless you for everything do you 2 and everything that you do to help us. I'm, 3 like, I'm blessed. I have a warm house to 4 sleep in. I have a car. God bless you because 5 I don't know how you do it. 6 I don't know how you survive without 7 no help. They don't know where to go. The 8 volunteers over there I do have to say, God 9 bless them, because they're over there. And 10 the DPW workers, they -- I don't know if you 11 are aware of this, but they're over there too 12 with the volunteers. 13 They have to be, I guess, because of 14 for whatever reason, for safety reasons or 15 whatever. But they did tell me and I want to 16 let, you know, like, don't believe everything 17 you read in the paper either because the 18 gentleman that I did talk to from DPW, when all 19 of those workers called off, they left out that 20 they were working 18 to 24 hours straight. 21 So I want to make sure that that's 22 brought out. But I am -- I know I'm -- I don't 23 want to go over my time. But if there is a 24 homeless task force, I'm all in because these 25 people don't deserve to be treated the way  24 1 they're treated. 2 And I don't think they should be 3 kicked out in the morning. There has to be 4 someplace in the city that you could put them 5 in, for instance, Bancroft. Bancroft -- 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you, Mrs. 7 Laske. 8 MS. LASKE: It's closed down. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. 10 MS. LASKE: So please do what you 11 could do. And, like I said, please -- you 12 could reach out to me. I'm available anytime 13 to help with the homeless. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Our next speaker is 15 Lee Morgan. 16 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council, 17 Lee Morgan. The first thing I have here is, 18 you know, I was listening to the presentation 19 that was going on here. I couldn't hear a lot. 20 But I thought it had a lot to do with youth. 21 And I'd just like to say that I know 22 that the Court of Common Pleas is working 23 through issues of custody. And I guess they're 24 trying to change their format. 25 Women researchers seem to believe  25 1 the solution is more fathers in homes. And I 2 really think that we need a real discussion on 3 all of the issues going on. And it should be 4 honest, truthful, straightforward and should 5 include everything, not just a political 6 discussion. 7 The next thing I have here is, 8-A. 8 You know, that building that's at 324 North 9 Washington Avenue is not beyond being salvaged. 10 Somebody remodeled that building. It's built 11 with lime mortar. It probably has drywall 12 inside and a lot of moisture. 13 So it has a mold problem. It's been 14 closed for a long time. That would be an 15 excellent place for a women's shelter. And I 16 don't think it would cost a lot money to 17 renovate it. 18 Somebody probably insulated it a 19 long time ago and the building can't breathe 20 because it wasn't designed to be insulated 21 probably and have drywall put on it because 22 drywall doesn't breathe and plaster does. 23 The next thing I have here is that I 24 did a motion for reconsideration to Judge 25 Bloom's issuing of a summary judgment for ECTV.  26 1 And I sat here or stood here and spoke about 2 how biassed the judge was. 3 And I think that if people want to 4 look at it, it's 3.23 CV 1635. And I've made 5 legal argument as to where the judge made 6 mistakes in his ruling. And they're blatant. 7 And he blocked discovery. So we're going to 8 see what the Appeals Court says after I file 9 notice on the opposing party. After this 10 motion, they got 30 days. 11 Now, I gave the -- I gave the 12 Council a request, okay, and, you know, nobody 13 wants to litigate anything. But somebody's got 14 to start doing something. And it's got to 15 start hopefully today. We have a terrible 16 feral cat problem in this city. 17 One animal control officer can't 18 handle that burden. And the women up at Nay 19 Aug trying to neuter cats are so overwhelmed 20 they don't even have a chance. The humane 21 society is so overwhelmed they don't have a 22 chance. 23 We need to hire one or two people to 24 go out and set cages and start collecting these 25 animals and fixing them because you've got to  27 1 get ahead of it. And the whole city is 2 overrun. You just don't see them. But they're 3 everywhere. And, you know something, it has to 4 do with being human. 5 Okay, these -- just like for the 6 homeless, you know, something needs to change. 7 The other thing is the public component needed 8 to come back to ECTV, not for me but for 9 everybody in this community because that's what 10 the Congress and Senate created that channel 11 for. 12 And at one time it was run by the 13 Scranton Public Library. There were no 14 problems. That board has to be removed and 15 something has to be done to give the citizens 16 in this community a voice. And the last thing 17 is Pennsylvania American Water, they're a 18 monopoly. 19 They're buying assets all over the 20 Commonwealth. Read all the things about them 21 on the stockmarket and what the projections are 22 for themselves. The Council has to send a 23 letter to the PUC and ask -- tell them that 24 it's a monopoly. The rates have to be cut. 25 And the city has to use eminent domain to  28 1 capture that asset. 2 Yes, we're going to sell bonds to 3 make it happen. But read the history of 4 Pennsylvania American Water AM Water in this 5 city from 1866. Residents can't live here if 6 they can't afford the water. 7 And you know something, Council, 8 it's time for you to do something. It's time 9 to make a stand, make some changes propel 10 litigate -- legislation as legislators with the 11 Mayor and enhance the life of Scrantonians. 12 That's all I'm trying to do here. 13 I'm trying to get you to get moving and do 14 something. I've come here for 40 years. And 15 I've listened to politics. You're capable. 16 You have to take the first step. Try it. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Up next, 18 Les Spindler. 19 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening, 20 Council, Les Spindler, city resident. You 21 know, finally all the snow is melted. And I 22 talked about what happened on my corner a few 23 weeks ago. 24 Last week since all the snow melted 25 I really got to get a good look at my corner.  29 1 The DPW did a beautiful job last year fixing 2 everything that I complained about for probably 3 20 years now. And in one morning, the 4 incompetent crew that the city hired ruined 5 half of my corner, half the job they did. 6 I gave pictures to Mr. Schuster. I 7 want to know what the Mayor's going to do. 8 That company should pay to repair what DPW did. 9 They did a beautiful job from the corner all 10 the way to the front of my house. And they 11 destroyed half of it. I'm sick about it. 12 Next thing, last week Tom Coyne 13 talked about the sound system. And I agree 14 with him because I watched the meeting last 15 week. I couldn't make it. And half of what 16 Councilwoman Rothchild said I couldn't hear. 17 But I heard something about the 18 Green Ridge Street Bridge Project isn't going 19 to be done until like November. That's 20 ridiculous. That's ridiculous. The temporary 21 bridge was taken down February 11th. I wrote 22 that date down. 23 From then until yesterday, nothing 24 was done. They started taking the dirt pile 25 away yesterday. That could have been done --  30 1 that dirt could have been gone by now. And 2 then there's these -- an eyesore. Once the 3 dirt's taken away, there's huge steel rusted 4 beams sticking out of the ground. 5 They have to go. That's an eyesore. 6 And then once that's done, I can't see how much 7 more work has to be done. They have to fix the 8 road leading up to the bridge. But there's no 9 way that -- if they work every day, that could 10 have been done by next month if they didn't 11 take a month off. 12 I don't know what PennDOT was doing, 13 but they're dragging their feet. I think they 14 should get in here and answer questions why 15 this possibly might take until November to get 16 fixed. It's inconveniencing businesses on Nay 17 Aug Avenue. 18 It's inconveniencing drivers. It's 19 a mess. They work there for a month. It's 20 ridiculous. That project could be done in a 21 few more weeks if they didn't sit on their 22 butts for a month. 23 Oh, last week I heard the DPW worker 24 saying how they were low on salt so they 25 couldn't pretreat for that snowstorm. Well,  31 1 two weeks ago tomorrow, we had like a light 2 dusting. By the time I got up, my road was 3 wet. 4 I wouldn't even know it snowed if 5 there wasn't a light dusting on my lawn. A 6 couple hours later I see a DPW truck going by 7 my house salting the road. The road was wet. 8 It was 43 degrees that day. It wasn't 9 freezing. 10 I said to my wife, Why in God's name 11 are they wasting salt on a wet road? And we're 12 low on salt. Who sent that truck out to salt 13 that day? The road was wet. It's ridiculous. 14 Last week this gentleman said how low they are 15 on salt and that was just a waste of salt that 16 day. This city is out of control. 17 Oh, next thing, the vehicle I keep 18 talking about at 2005 Farr Street, last time I 19 spoke about this, the police officer who was 20 here followed me out in the hallway. He said 21 that was tagged. He tagged it he told me. So 22 this will be the last time I'll talk about it. 23 But he said it's a process. The owner passed 24 away. It's a process. 25 But I want to know what happens to  32 1 those cars once they're towed away. Are they 2 put up for auction or -- 3 MR. SCHUSTER: We could find out 4 that process. 5 MR. SPINDLER: Because that vehicle 6 I'm talking about is a nice vehicle. I 7 wouldn't mind bidding on it. Pave cuts, I 8 talked about this a few weeks ago. Sterling 9 Street and North Main Avenue just past the 10 firehouse, three big pave cuts. It's really 11 bad. 12 And then there is ones I spoke about 13 a long time ago. It's 108 South Main Avenue to 14 114 South Main Avenue, terrible. Yeah, and 15 this -- like I said, this sound system has to 16 be fixed. It's terrible. I'm going leave on a 17 lighter note. 18 I saw this on Facebook last week. 19 How could you spot a drunk driver in 20 Pennsylvania? They're the ones driving 21 straight while everybody else is swerving to 22 avoid the potholes. Thank you for your time. 23 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Marie 24 Schumacher is next. 25 MS. SCHUMACHER: Good evening, Marie  33 1 Schumacher from the East Mountain of Scranton. 2 I have to go along with the potholes. It was a 3 couple years ago but I came off Seymour Avenue 4 and went north on 307. And the way that is 5 slanted, I hit it wrong and it only cost me 6 $2,200 to get it fixed. So, you know, it is 7 bad. 8 Then also, a little further down on 9 307 and we get to the graffiti I guess I'll 10 have to say with huge letters that were there. 11 And I believe they were white and painted. And 12 I want to thank the DPW. They came out -- I 13 don't remember if it was yesterday or today. 14 But they took it off. You'd never 15 know it had been there. So it -- you could 16 take it off but it doesn't look good until it 17 can be. 18 So what else, I guess that's it -- 19 well, I think DPW did a pretty good job with 20 the snow. They did it I thought on our avenue 21 and East Mountain Road. I think they were 22 pretty well done. And I thank them. But it's 23 not -- it's not 100 percent yet. 24 So that's it. If you could please 25 go after these potholes and -- and do something  34 1 with the -- well, with the Lookout. That would 2 be nice. Thank you. 3 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 4 Would anyone else like to address Council? 5 MS. KOLOSKI: Good evening, Doris 6 Koloski, Scranton resident. Okay, so first of 7 all, a couple people contacted me because they 8 know I come here and they asked me to report on 9 two sinkholes, one was on the intersection of 10 Linden Street and Prescott Avenue, the 11 northwest corner. They said there is a 12 sinkhole. 13 And then there was also -- there is 14 also a large one in front of White House near 15 the alley in the 1500 block of Linden Street on 16 the odd side. Now, I didn't see these. These 17 are things that people had asked me about. 18 Now, I know you all got my stuff with the 19 sidewalks on the other side of the street. 20 And I want to talk about my street. 21 My street is the 400 block of Colfax. I think 22 we have -- I have one streetlight on the whole 23 street. On the opposite side where the 24 hospital bought, there are no telephone poles 25 at all except on each corner.  35 1 And then on my side we have them. 2 And I saw one light shining. But I don't see 3 any -- somebody said they might be out and just 4 get the pole number. But I don't see any 5 lights. So I'm not sure if there is actually 6 even lights on them. 7 But it's very, very dark on that 8 street when you're walking. And that's why -- 9 how I noticed again the sidewalk was not fixed 10 because I got stuck in it. It was dark and I 11 was coming down with the dogs from the park. 12 And I got stuck in the -- what do you call it, 13 all the broken up concrete. 14 And I went to go around onto the 15 grass like I usually have to do with my 16 flashlight on that I use for picking up after 17 my dog to make sure I didn't step in anything. 18 And the rocks were now on the grass. So on 19 that side of the street, it's very difficulty 20 to walk. 21 And on the other side, the side I 22 live on, we still have the problem with the 421 23 Colfax Avenue abandoned house that has been on 24 the demolition list. And that's hard to walk 25 around also onto the grass because there's all  36 1 kinds of broken sidewalk and chunks of concrete 2 on the grass. 3 So unless you walk down the middle 4 of the street, it's kind of a problem to walk 5 anywhere on the 400 block of Colfax Avenue 6 which is pretty sad. So I still don't really 7 fully understand what's going on with 421 8 because it's been on the list. And they say 9 they -- the guy puts a lawsuit against the city 10 for tearing it down. 11 But isn't there something? I know 12 they talked about the conservatorship. But, I 13 mean, there so many woodland creatures in 14 there. And now summer is coming again. And 15 I'm really worried about a fire. If it ever 16 catches on fire, it's going to be a mess. 17 So that's basically all I wanted to 18 say about the 400 block of Colfax. I'm hoping 19 though maybe they could just send somebody up 20 like that -- to take just a look to see about 21 the lights and see if there's just a reason 22 that there's no lights there. 23 I mean, how many lights are usually 24 on a block on a telephone pole. I don't 25 remember. When my kids were little we used to  37 1 say when those streetlights go on, come home. 2 They wouldn't know when to come home now 3 because there's no streetlights to go on. So 4 it would be nice if somebody could just look 5 into that. Thank you. Have a good night. 6 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Frank, can you 7 send that down to the admin? 8 MR. VOLDENBERG: I made note of it. 9 I'll take care it of. 10 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thank you. 11 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Tom 12 Coyne. 13 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka. 14 First, a request from one of our viewers at 15 home. Is it possible that we could get a 16 street sign on Schlager and Sumner Avenue. 17 Evidently they had one at one point but the 18 signs are now missing. 19 So they'd like someone to go out 20 there and replace the signs on that street. 21 Moving on, I'm glad the sidewalk down the block 22 here is fenced off. February 11th of 2025, I 23 actually came before this body and brought to 24 the attention that the building was undercut 25 and you could see into the basement.  38 1 And I wasn't sure if there was a 2 vault or not underneath it. But there was 3 obviously a way for water and you could see the 4 side structure starting to crumble away. Three 5 doors down from license and inspection and it 6 took a year to get a fence up and a year to 7 figure out that the sidewalk was a hazard. 8 It's fenced off because the sidewalk 9 is unsafe. Yet it took a year for three blocks 10 for it to be inspected properly. 11 Moving on, I want to talk about the 12 HARB on Seventh Order. It's been tabled -- it 13 was tabled and explained further in a shorter 14 version I presented to Council by e-mail. What 15 appears to be one issue before Council tonight 16 is actually two separate decisions. 17 And they should not be confused. 18 First, the HARB decision. HARB denied the 19 request to demolish the building in a historic 20 district and replace it with a parking lot. 21 They did so because the applicant failed to 22 provide structural documentation because 23 demolition would create a gap in the historic 24 district and would provide -- and because a 25 parking lot is not compatible with the historic  39 1 charter, nor is it allowed in the zoning of 2 that area. 3 Under HARB's authority, the 4 applicant did not meet its burden of proof. So 5 that denial should stand. The second issue is 6 public safety. If the structure is truly 7 deteriorating and has an undermine sidewalk or 8 has created a hazard, that is not a HARB 9 question. It's a public safety issue. 10 Under Section 63A of Home Rule 11 Charter, Council has the authority to act to 12 protect the health and safety of the public, 13 including ordering an emergency inspection and 14 action, if necessary. So again, this is not 15 one issue. It's two. 16 So first, I would recommend that you 17 uphold the HARB decision. Second, Council 18 needs to address any genuine safety hazard 19 separately under Council's public safety 20 purview. 21 Keeping those two decisions separate 22 protects both the historic process and public 23 safety. Now moving onto earlier tonight's 24 presentations. Social Contract was in. And 25 again, we have an organization who was planning  40 1 to plan. They say that after two years they 2 are getting a plan together when the original 3 plan that they presented didn't even include 4 talking to the school district. 5 They did it based on other regions 6 without even looking at this area itself. And 7 they presented it to Council as if it was an 8 in-depth study of all the stakeholders. And 9 they didn't even bother to talk to the school 10 district. 11 Now we're looking to fund in the 12 future another nonprofit to do what they were 13 hired to do in the first place, not to analyze 14 it but to help make changes. And the only 15 change they are making is we're putting 16 together a board paid by the public who has no 17 publicly appointed board members, who are going 18 to move forward to do something eventually and 19 you'll get that plan later. 20 Something is wrong with that whole 21 calculous. It was full of buzz words. I've 22 heard those before. It's the same as Rubicon. 23 I've heard it before. It sounds like the 24 Unsheltered Task Force. We're going to do 25 something for the unsheltered eventually.  41 1 And last is the pilot. We hired 2 them for the tax free review. We didn't hire 3 them for the county. They need to come before 4 this body here and explain where they are. 5 We don't need to know if the county 6 has paperwork outstanding they sent out. We 7 need to know why they haven't acted in the best 8 interest of this city and its people. Thank 9 you and good night. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would 11 anyone else like to address Council? 12 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A. 13 MOTIONS. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you 15 have any motions or comments? 16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I -- 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Are you a resident of 18 the City of Scranton? 19 UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I was formally. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay. You let me 21 know that you were originally from Dunmore. 22 But where are you a resident -- where do you 23 reside right now? 24 UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Inaudible.) 25 MR. SCHUSTER: Public comment is  42 1 reserved for residents and taxpayers. So you 2 won't be speaking tonight in Fifth Order. 3 UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Inaudible.) 4 MR. SCHUSTER: For quite some time. 5 I can't tell you off the top of my head. 6 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A. 7 MOTIONS. 8 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you 9 have any motions or comments at this time? 10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I do. I wanted 11 to speak to something that's come up a few 12 times tonight, last week. Over the years we've 13 had people come to speak about the homeless 14 problem in Scranton. And many who -- okay, 15 also perhaps if people weren't talking in the 16 back, ma'am, that would help. 17 So over the years how many people 18 come to speak about the homeless problem in 19 Scranton. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Excuse me. 21 DR. ROTHCHILD: And many of whom -- 22 who are homeless themselves. And I am very 23 sympathetic towards those people who have come 24 to speak. I think it's very brave of them. I 25 appreciate them expressing their frustrations  43 1 with the lack of resources and services that we 2 have in the city. 3 And I want to do everything that we 4 can as a city to be helpful towards that. I 5 have been a part of -- as it keeps getting 6 pointed out, I have been a part of the 7 Unsheltered Task Force. But I'm not the one 8 who runs it. The Mayor does. 9 It's a collaboration between 10 multiple agencies, community organizations 11 within the city that are doing the work. I do 12 think it would be great if we had an option to 13 have a committee -- an ad hoc committee that 14 does include some community members because I 15 know we've had many who have expressed wanting 16 to do more and wanting to help or those who 17 have helped and are really interested in 18 helping us to solve this problem. 19 So that will be a suggestion of mine 20 to the Mayor and to the task force. Thank you. 21 I'm not aware of a new shelter being created. 22 But I know that has been part of the 23 conversations in the past. 24 Unfortunately that would take a 25 great deal of funding and staffing. So those  44 1 are problems to solve for in order to create 2 such a shelter. We want it to be something 3 that's sustainable. And I don't know that it 4 could be city run. 5 Even now our Code Blue Shelter even 6 though we provide a place for it, we have 7 Catholic Social Services helping to staff that 8 shelter. And, you know, I think it's still 9 something very important that needs to be 10 addressed. I don't want to brush it off as 11 something that's not possible or isn't an 12 urgent need for many. 13 But I'm open to any and all 14 suggestions about how we solve this problem 15 together. I did want to make note and provide 16 a number of resources tonight that are 17 available within the city to any who are 18 wondering or not aware. 19 I know it was made as a statement 20 last week that there're only being six beds 21 available for women within -- within all of 22 Lackawanna County. I do want to explain what 23 resources are out there and, yeah, so first 24 off, the Code Blue Shelter that I mentioned 25 that many do know about that, that's held at  45 1 Weston Field House. 2 And that is during the wintertime 3 when temperatures reach below 20 degrees or if 4 there's a significant amount of snow, like snow 5 predictions of 12 inches or more that would -- 6 that Code Blue Shelter to open. 7 And the shelter that is open 8 throughout the year at night is St. Anthony's 9 Shelter. That is run by Catholic Social 10 Services. And that was the one that was 11 mentioned last week. They've been there for a 12 long time. 13 I've been inside the facility 14 before. It is quite small. I think they are 15 able to accommodate 20 men and 6 women each 16 night. I'm not sure why it's divvied up that 17 way between men and women. I just know 18 that's -- that's what they have available. And 19 I think that's been the same for quite a while. 20 The Community Intervention Shelter 21 is the day shelter that a lot of people utilize 22 and go to and when Keystone Mission was around 23 and active, they also I think acted as a day 24 shelter. There's St. Joseph's Center has the 25 Walsh Manor and this provides emergency housing  46 1 for pregnant women specifically and help with 2 transitional housing for them, parent training, 3 things like that. That houses up to four 4 women. 5 And then there is the Women's 6 Resource Center, although they don't have 7 specific housing, they do help women and 8 children to find immediate housing, those who 9 are fleeing domestic dating, sexual violence, 10 stalking and human trafficking. 11 The NEPA Youth Shelter, they have an 12 after school program specifically for high 13 school students between ages 14 and 19. They 14 also are able to help with finding emergency 15 housing for those between the ages of 18 and 16 21, those with an immediate need. 17 And that's actually a board that 18 I -- that I'm happy to serve on and be a part 19 of. And then there's also United Neighborhood 20 Center, which helps specifically with 21 transitional housing support as well as a lot 22 of other things. 23 And then actually I believe without 24 mentioning the Catherine McAuley Center too, 25 which I had mention last week they had a recent  47 1 merger with the Friends of the Poor. And they 2 are located at 430 Pittston Avenue. And that's 3 the shelter that has housing for -- just for 4 women and children. 5 So I know that they -- they have 6 maybe a couple dozen beds. I've also visited 7 there before and got to see it and hear about 8 the programs that they have to offer there. 9 And I know that's a really great resource for 10 women. 11 So a lot of these that I mentioned, 12 there's different ways in finding them. 13 There's the Lackawanna County Publishing for 14 Housing. And they have a great list of 15 information such as what I mentioned, also 16 through the county government website and then, 17 you know, even through the state. 18 So there are resources out there. I 19 would like to have some more information or 20 links to these pages through our city website 21 because again, people who are residing in the 22 city would like to, you know, find out through 23 the city where they could go. That might be, 24 like, a first stop. So I want to make sure 25 that we have that information available too.  48 1 So I would like to make that request of the 2 administration. 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll take care of 4 it, Dr. Rothchild. 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And 6 that's all I have to address with regards to 7 that for now. There is something that I had 8 asked about last week that I just wanted to 9 make mention that I received a response to and 10 that I was asking about the list for 2026 for 11 demolitions if that's available. 12 And there were several properties 13 I've been asking about for a long period of 14 time, some that I've been told in the past have 15 been on the demolition list and possibly taken 16 off. And I was informed that the city's OECD 17 team is in the process of developing final 18 demolition list for 2026, public properties, 19 Council has asked about at this time, 231-233 20 Harrison Avenue is currently considered for 21 demolition. 22 Council should note that demolition 23 in the property was stopped by a court 24 injunction last year but followup is needed. 25 And then the two other properties, 429 Prescott  49 1 and 526 Mulberry, those have been condemned but 2 have not been considered for demolition as of 3 this time. 4 So I'd like them to reconsider those 5 properties and once again get a list of once 6 they do develop the 2026 list to see what is 7 currently on there. And if there's any input 8 that -- that Council could provide in the 9 development of that list too because I think we 10 hear about many of these properties and see 11 them in our neighborhoods too. And I would 12 like to give input. Thank you. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 14 Mr. Sean McAndrew, do you have any motions or 15 comments? 16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a 17 few. First, we got an update from 18 administration regarding the Fidelity building 19 inspection. They said it is complete finally. 20 And they said they would have a discussion with 21 us in executive session to review the 22 inspection and also the floor plans of what 23 they want to make into building. 24 Now, I understand having in 25 executive session talking about the floor  50 1 plans. We're going to have police offices in 2 there. And that's a safety security issue. I 3 completely agree with. 4 I do disagree with speaking and 5 reviewing the inspection in executive session. 6 That's something that Council should get and 7 the public should be able to see because it's 8 taxpayers' dollars that's going into buying 9 this building. 10 Hopefully everything is fine with 11 the building. But again, we need to see it and 12 the public needs to see it. I did ask Frank to 13 request by the end of the day on Friday a copy 14 of it. And as of now, we still have not 15 received. We sent another update I think 16 yesterday, no answer. 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: That's correct. 18 We'll follow up again. 19 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Appreciate that. 20 It's frustrating when, you know, things are 21 available for us to review and we don't get 22 them in a timely manner because now we know 23 the deal is going to be completed soon. So 24 hopefully going forward they'll have some more 25 respect for us as a council to get us the  51 1 information so we would review it. 2 Next, the Unsheltered Task Force. I 3 requested a list of who is on the task force. 4 Administration gave us an updated one. So I 5 appreciate them giving me an updated list. 6 There is close to like 50 people on this. 7 I mean, sometimes when there's so 8 many people on a board or a task force, it's 9 hard to get things done. So I'm going start 10 possibly reaching out to these individuals 11 asking them how their experience is on it, 12 what -- and some feedback that they could 13 provide us regarding what transpires there. 14 And I think it's possibly something 15 we need to look into as a Council of creating 16 our own committee or something and taking the 17 initiative to see what we could do to get 18 things done. That's another board or committee 19 that's been put together for years and what are 20 the results? What are the goals they have too 21 as well? 22 So we need to get some more 23 information from them. I know Bancroft was 24 brought up about being used. And that has been 25 discussed with the school district a few times  52 1 a couple years ago. 2 Unfortunately we can't use Bancroft 3 because there's a ventilation issue. So that 4 is one reason why there's no -- not students in 5 there right now. On top of that, it's been 6 used for storage for last three or four years. 7 So it's going to take a lot of money to get 8 that up and running if the school district 9 wanted to use it for anything. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: No, sorry -- 11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: No. No showers 12 at Bancroft. Next, I spoke with Police Chief 13 Carroll in the hallway. I also sent him an 14 e-mail regarding the safety assessment of City 15 Hall. I was told there was a document. I 16 agree we should not have a copy of the 17 document. 18 But I'm going to be sitting down 19 with him to review it. I have a lot of 20 questions on some of the decisions that have 21 been made with locking the front doors and the 22 reasons for that. And truly is that safe? I 23 think there should be an armed guard at the 24 door. I think there's -- locked doors don't do 25 much. But I think -- I would like to see who  53 1 created the plan and what the plan entails and 2 make sure this building is as safe as possible 3 for our residents and open to the public. 4 Every other municipality has a -- in 5 this area is open to the public when they need 6 to come in. So that will be hopefully reported 7 back on soon. And then finally, I do have some 8 questions regarding the digital billboard on 9 320 Mulberry Street. 10 I know my understanding was 11 originally the HARB Board denied it. And then 12 it got brought to the previous Council and they 13 upheld the HARB Board's ruling. Now my 14 understanding is the city has settled and now 15 it's approved and they have a permit for it. 16 So I guess my question, 17 Mr. Gilbride, if you could reach out to the 18 legal department to say what happened there, 19 why did they settle and provide us some 20 information why now they have a permit and they 21 are able to put up these digital billboards. 22 I think this is some more 23 information because we -- we're the ones the 24 residents contact most or they come here to 25 speak. The Mayor and her administration don't  54 1 have meetings like we do to allow residents to 2 come to speak and ask questions. 3 So when we get these questions 4 asked, we need answers. And this is -- 5 sometimes they need to be a little bit more 6 proactive. So going forward when they have 7 settlements in general, can they please provide 8 us information so in case we do get questions 9 we're able to provide those answers as soon as 10 possible? 11 And another part of this billboard, 12 I believe I was told that the original 13 billboard never even had the proper permits to 14 be built. And that was probably back in 15 2014-15, I'm not even sure. Frank, can we look 16 into the original permits that were awarded to 17 the original billboard and see if there were 18 actually permits and then what is the 19 ramifications if a structure or something was 20 built without permits and everything? 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll do that, sir. 22 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: And that's all I 23 have. Thank you. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Mr. Mark McAndrew, 25 any questions or any motions or comments?  55 1 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a 2 couple. So I'm going report out on inquiries I 3 presented last week. So I asked for an update 4 on the status of the Elm Street Bridge Project. 5 And PennDOT reports that the project is on 6 schedule with the completion date projected 7 midJuly, okay, 2026. 8 So that's good to hear. I'm sure 9 people will be thrilled to hear that. So 10 regarding the limited number of beds for women 11 at overnight shelters for the unsheltered, Mr. 12 McAndrew asked if the administration may advise 13 the number of beds for each women at each venue 14 and additional beds may be considered. 15 And I also asked for an update on 16 the next scheduled homeless task force meeting 17 and any progress by the committee. So to 18 answer the first question, the city is aware of 19 six beds reserved for women at the St. 20 Anthony's Haven, which is a space operated 21 solely by Catholic Social Services. 22 Scranton's Code Blue Shelter at 23 Weston Field for which the city provides venue 24 that's staffed by CSS does not restrict the 25 number of beds reserved for women. We have  56 1 provided spaces as many as 19 women in a single 2 evening on an average of nine women each time 3 the Code Blue Shelter has opened for extreme 4 weather conditions in '25 and '26. 5 All right. So, you know, it's 6 another issue we talked about in caucus the 7 public needs to be aware, education and 8 awareness. You know, that information needs 9 to get out. And that's up to the task force to 10 figure out how to put it out there. 11 So I also asked for an update of 12 the task force. So the next meeting of the 13 Unsheltered Task Force is April 29th. In the 14 112 days from November 10 to March 2nd, the 15 city has hosted 70 code blue emergency shelters 16 at Weston Field operated by Catholic Social 17 Services. 18 On those evenings Weston hosted an 19 average of 31 persons in need, 23 males on 20 average and nine females on average when the 21 city experienced deep freezing temperatures in 22 early February. 23 Weston Field reaches maximum 24 capacity of 50 unhoused persons twice with 34 25 men and 16 women on February 5th and with 31  57 1 men and 19 women on February 7th by comparison. 2 The St. Anthony's Haven shelter 3 which is operated nightly by CSS whether or not 4 code blue exists was open 79 days from November 5 10th to March 2nd serving an average of 18 6 people per night, 13 of whom were male and 5 7 females on average. 8 So with that said, so I was great -- 9 I'm very proud to meet you tonight in the back 10 that you're a champion. You live, eat -- it's 11 unfortunate that you live, see, and eat 12 homelessness every day because of proximity 13 where you live. 14 And I applaud your efforts and what 15 you do for them is honorable and admirable. 16 Thank you. Well, no, I believe in recognizing 17 people when they deserve it. Okay, so -- and 18 the poor -- I'm still sick to my stomach of the 19 poor young woman who was here last week. 20 And I was -- and I was embarrassed 21 and disgusted to say I didn't know this 22 information to provide to her, you know, the 23 mission with six beds only. But you brought up 24 some key points. 25 This young lady did too. She's just  58 1 trying to, you know, trying to survive. But we 2 have this unsheltered or homeless task force 3 with how many members did you say, Mr. 4 McAndrew? 5 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Close to 50. 6 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Fifty. I mean, 7 50 minds, 50 ideas, something has to come 8 together. So I know we've asked in the past. 9 We never got a straight answer because some 10 people who are homeless or other people, 11 residents -- because I don't know how the task 12 force was selected. 13 But I'm hearing it's mostly 14 nonprofits which is fine. They have some 15 expertise. That's their wheelhouse. But like 16 I said, you experience it every day, the issue. 17 Right, the poor young lady lives it every day, 18 God bless her. 19 I believe women like you and her 20 should have a seat at the table. All right. 21 They need your perspective. Like I said -- I 22 mean, you know, the other organizations I get 23 it. I get it. You know, they bring value and 24 expertise. But, you know, they don't live it. 25 I mean, I'd rather hear from someone the needs  59 1 and interest if I was on that committee through 2 people actually experiencing this. 3 So I know we asked in the past if 4 these people could have a seat at the table. 5 We didn't get a straight answer. I don't know 6 if we got a -- we'll look into it. So I'm 7 going to ask again considering, you know, 8 what's been going on and, you know, people that 9 are coming forward to us, we have to help. 10 We got to do better like I said last 11 week. So I would request that these ladies 12 have a seat at the table. All right. I know 13 there's a way someone forwarded me some 14 information on a way to contact the young lady 15 who was here last week. 16 I'm not sure if she'd want to be 17 part of that, but I think she should be offered 18 it to say the least. All right? 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll reach out 20 tomorrow morning. 21 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you. 22 Update on the Yeshiva school on Hickory Street, 23 people ask me about that. Council should note 24 that the project is not a city project. That's 25 fine. But it's in the city.  60 1 The contractor provided the 2 following update this week as a courtesy. The 3 two story -- the two story old building will be 4 demolished in the next two weeks. Once 5 demolished they will start replacing sidewalks 6 and curbs around building and finish the 7 landscaping, total time four to six weeks. 8 So I'm sure the person that's 9 concerned is watching right now. And if not, 10 I'll forward her this information. So last 11 week I brought up the telephone poles that 12 remain after they install new ones. 13 And then I did a little research. 14 And they're called ghost poles, right, and 15 during that meeting when I brought them up 16 because Mr. Schuster has been bringing this up 17 for as long as he's here and unfortunately to 18 no avail. 19 So I asked the question, what's the 20 policy? Do we have one regarding the side by 21 side utility poles at the same location being 22 erected throughout the city? And during the 23 meeting, like I said, someone texted me and 24 said there's three ghost poles at one location 25 on the corner of Everett and Pettibone. So how  61 1 long have they been there? 2 These are safety issues. These 3 should be taken care of. So the response I got 4 back from the city is, in Pennsylvania side by 5 side telephone poles also called utility poles 6 fall under the regulatory authority of the 7 Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, PUC, 8 which oversees poles attachments to utility 9 poles, ducts, conduits, rights-of-way, etc. 10 So I took a little deeper dive and 11 right now there is legislation that passed in 12 the House. Let me see. So the legislation 13 aims to eliminate common sight of old poles 14 lingering next to new ones by mandating a 15 structure removal process. 16 It's a PUC oversight. So that is 17 who we have to complain to. I would hope the 18 city would join us with that. There should be 19 removal deadlines, all right, civil penalties, 20 central registry of the poles and the new ones 21 and ratepayer protection. 22 So if they start removing them, they 23 shouldn't pass the cost onto us. So why these 24 poles linger is before this legislation, there 25 were no state laws mandating it. I get it.  62 1 You know, sometimes if people aren't going to, 2 you know, step up and companies aren't going to 3 step up and do what's right unless they're 4 forced to and it's unfortunate. 5 And utility companies, God, you 6 know, PUC should be help us out here because 7 they have no problem with increase rates 8 constantly, whether it's water or gas or 9 electric. So the current status of House Bill 10 825 which is referred to now is the most 11 current version of this bill. 12 And it's -- so it's -- we're waiting 13 on the Senate to take care of this. All right, 14 so we keep our eye on this. So my question, 15 Solicitor Gilbride, is do we wait for this 16 legislation and try to hammer it and force it 17 as a city or, hey, we can develop our own 18 ordinance with these utility companies. Is 19 that something we could explore? 20 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Ordinarily with 21 utility companies, that is something that's 22 controlled by the state. But I will look into 23 it to see if, in fact, there is any -- 24 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Sorry to 25 interrupt, but also when I was doing a little  63 1 research, some cities have their own ordinance. 2 So, like I said, just explore this for me. It 3 was -- it was something to find out that the 4 state's working on it too. 5 But we should -- we should look into 6 that, follow up on this because, if not, three 7 years from now we're going to be saying it 8 again. And I hate when we have to do that. 9 All right. Next up -- what else do I have? I 10 don't want to miss this here. I think that's 11 all I have. Thank you. 12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr. 13 Flynn, do you have any motions or comments? 14 MR. FLYNN: Yes, I do. Thank you. 15 I'll start off by also addressing the 16 homelessness issue that's happening in the City 17 of Scranton. I want to echo some sentiments. 18 Thank you for coming tonight and discussing 19 your experience with it. 20 This is something that I have been 21 talking about from the moment I got on Council, 22 you know, from lived experience. I'm not 23 ashamed to say I'm a person in long-term 24 recovery from addiction. I have been for 11 25 years.  64 1 I'm one of the lucky ones. My 2 family always stood by my side or I would have 3 been homeless. So I come at this from both 4 lived experience but a bunch of empathy for 5 individuals who get to that point. 6 And I understand the stigma around 7 homelessness and around addiction and mental 8 health issues and how that drives individuals 9 further into that despair. And we need to 10 change the narrative around that. 11 You know, I brought up numerous 12 times around the Code Blue Shelter bringing 13 resources into there to meet individuals where 14 they're at. You know, individuals could be 15 coming into a code blue shelter and be caught 16 in a moment of vulnerability or willingness to 17 get some of the help they may need. 18 And why not have some services there 19 to maybe try to map them into whether it be 20 mental health services, addiction services, or 21 figure out, you know, maybe tomorrow you could 22 go to place A and start working on some resume 23 building or trying to figure out how to talk in 24 an interview about those large gaps in 25 unemployment history because you're homeless  65 1 and dealt with addiction for so many years, 2 right, and all of those different things that 3 we could be doing. 4 I hit a few snags along the way in 5 these discussions and asking these questions. 6 Our next step is I'm going to go and meet with 7 the Director of the CIC in Scranton as well as 8 the Fire Chief. 9 And one of their concerns was 10 potentially -- I don't want to say definitely, 11 but potentially that if individuals think that 12 someone is going to be trying to provide them 13 services they don't want in an emergency 14 shelter situation, they may not come. And 15 that's an issue. 16 But my belief is the more touch 17 points you could have with individuals the 18 better. And you always have to get -- I'm not 19 saying run up to someone as soon as they come 20 in and say, hey, I need you -- I want you to do 21 this, this, this, but have it there in a more 22 passive way to be there because I believe the 23 homeless -- the homeless shelters are wonderful 24 things that we need to have. 25 But it's only a stopgap measure.  66 1 How do we get individuals onto a path of self 2 sustainability. That's the real win here. So 3 I appreciate you coming in. I won't stop 4 working on this, fighting for those 5 individuals. So thank you for that. 6 Another thing, I just got a message 7 from a constituent, Mr. Voldenberg. The corner 8 of Madison and Poplar, there's overgrown trees 9 and brush that are becoming a safety hazard. 10 If we could have DPW go out and look at that, I 11 would appreciate it for maybe some trimming or 12 whatever else may need to be done. 13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 14 MR. FLYNN: Thank you. And then 15 shockingly enough, I'm going to be talking 16 about utility companies and pave cuts in Green 17 Ridge. So just yesterday we had a situation 18 where the gas company and their contractors 19 came and began digging directly in front of 20 peoples' driveways without giving the residents 21 any sort of notice whatsoever for the ability 22 to get their cars out before they start. 23 So people woke up, came out of their 24 homes and suddenly they couldn't access their 25 own driveways. I had a resident reach out in  67 1 the 1600 block of Wyoming Avenue which I have 2 been talking about ad nauseam. 3 And they sent me pictures. And the 4 best way I could describe it is that a moat 5 was dug in front of her driveway, right, about 6 a 3 to 4 foot gap between her driveway and the 7 street. That's utterly unacceptable. 8 Basically communication with 9 residents should be the bear minimum 10 expectation when work like this is being done. 11 Also it ties into a broader issue that I have 12 been raising since midJanuary, the condition of 13 the pave cuts throughout the city. 14 I specifically brought up the 15 failing pave cuts on Electric Street months 16 ago. Here was the direct response that I got 17 back from the administration after I asked a 18 question at our January 27th meeting. 19 They said, "The city is aware of 20 these issues and has been in direct contact 21 with relevant utilities many times over the 22 past few weeks. Inspectors have been sent out 23 to specific areas where restoration has failed. 24 Since these issues in Green Ridge have become 25 known, we have moved our monthly meetings with  68 1 the water and gas companies to biweekly to 2 ensure safe and passable road conditions and 3 flag areas directly needing attention." 4 Here we are nearly two months later 5 and the situation on Electric Street has not 6 been touched. So I will now go to my question 7 from last week was, what is the timeline and 8 process for the pave cuts. Someone calls one 9 in failing pave cut to 311 or through whatever 10 medium they choose, the pave cut inspector goes 11 out. 12 They realize it's failing and they 13 reach out to the utility company and the 14 utility company comes and fixes it. From start 15 to finish, what is that process? So the 16 response I got -- and bear with me, I'll read 17 it verbatim. "Failing pave cuts reported are 18 flagged via e-mail or phone to the respective 19 utility depending on severity. 20 This is done typically within three 21 days of report. Utilities have been very 22 responsive to this method. For instances in 23 which the utility is not responsive, the city 24 has a formal violation letter that could be 25 issued.  69 1 This mandates a five day restoration 2 deadline or they will be fined $1,000 per day. 3 Repair timelines very significantly based on 4 whether material availability and excavation 5 size. Restoring a pavement cut is a complex 6 operation that often requires four or more 7 crews at a single site. 8 Even a temporary patch involves a 9 heavy logistical lift, excavating tools such as 10 jackhammers, vac trucks or excavators, dump 11 trucks for hauling fill and crew for spreading 12 and tamping and final compaction using a 13 vibratory plate are all necessary to get the 14 job done. Permanent restorations are even more 15 labor intensive and involve additional steps." 16 So on January 27th, they were having 17 conversations biweekly, pave cut inspectors 18 were going out; and now the way I read this and 19 the public could make their own decisions, is 20 now they're making excuses for the utility 21 companies as to why this isn't being done. 22 But our residents see this every 23 day. They drive over these failing patches 24 that sink, break apart, create unpassable 25 conditions. When people ask why they haven't  70 1 been fixed, the explanation we hear is often 2 the weather, the temperatures or conditions 3 aren't right for proper patching, which I 4 understand. 5 But somehow the weather is never a 6 hindrance when it comes time to dig the hole up 7 in the first place. If the conditions are good 8 enough to open the street, then we should be 9 holding these companies to the same standard 10 when it comes to restoring the roadway properly 11 and promptly. 12 At the end of the day, these are our 13 streets and our residents who are dealing with 14 the consequences. We need better coordination, 15 better communication with homeowners certainly 16 because the resident that reached out to me 17 could not get out of her house all day with her 18 car because was she moated in and 19 accountability needs to happen to make sure 20 that when utilities cut into our roads, they 21 leave them in acceptable conditions. 22 So, Mr. Voldenberg, this has been an 23 issue now I'm seeing with UGI for a little 24 while now, especially the lack of communication 25 with homeowners and residents on some of this  71 1 expansive work they're doing. If my Council 2 members would agree with me, I would love to 3 try to get UGI to come in for a caucus to 4 answer some questions that Council might have. 5 So if we could try to schedule that with UGI to 6 come in. 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll contact them 8 in the morning. 9 MR. FLYNN: That would be great. 10 So, you know, I just hope at some point this 11 has been going on for months, we get some 12 answers. We hold the utility companies 13 accountable. 14 And maybe it's time to start 15 actually putting into effect some of these 16 violation letters and restoration deadlines 17 that the city says we have at our disposal. So 18 that's all I have for this evening. Thank you. 19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 20 I might be shorter than some of the other 21 members up here. I want to address our data 22 center ordinance. It is going to be 23 readvertised this week. And it will be on our 24 March 17th agenda for Council to introduce. So 25 there was some confusion there. But it will be  72 1 readvertised this week and it will be on 17th 2 agenda. 3 In regard to pave cuts, on the 24th 4 of March we have Pennoni, the third party pave 5 cut inspector coming into a caucus here to 6 speak to Council. In preparation for that 7 among the other questions that we have about 8 pave cuts, can we get a two year list of how 9 many pave cuts we have identified as a city, 10 how many are completely completed, and then how 11 many of those are pending or still pending? 12 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get that 13 information. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 15 And if we can just ask, our own city database 16 that we have to track those pave cuts, did we 17 turn that list over to the new company when 18 they came in or what that process was? 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask that also. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much. 21 The next thing was I had asked for an update on 22 PEL's five-year plan. So we have been getting 23 an updated five year financial analysis from 24 PEL. 25 And the city plans an anticipated  73 1 date of early April. So I'm really curious to 2 get that five year plan, see what the 3 projections are in terms of finances for the 4 city. We have a lot of moving numbers moving 5 into next year. We're losing some of the tax 6 base from the hospital. 7 We have some city expansion and on 8 the expenditure side of our budget and I'm 9 really curious to see what those finances are 10 going to look like and what they are projected 11 out. The last thing I have is, Mr. Voldenberg, 12 we had a petition for St. Francis Cabrini 13 Avenue. We had a street light that was -- the 14 neighbors there petitioned to come in. 15 MR. VOLDENBERG: With the vacant 16 lot. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, we did -- we 18 did receive that. Can we just -- the business 19 administration just asked if we could resend 20 that petition over to them for that area. 21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank you 23 very much. And that's all I have for tonight. 24 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR 25 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE  74 1 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO 2 REQUEST FUNDING FROM LACKAWANNA COUNTY'S ART 3 AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE 4 COUNTY'S AMERICA250PA INITIATIVE. 5 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced 7 into its proper committee. 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: So moved. 9 MR. FLYNN: Second. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All 11 those in favor of introduction signify by 12 saying aye. 13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 15 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 16 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 17 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The 18 ayes it and so moved. 19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR 20 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE 21 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO 22 SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR A PENN DOT GREEN 23 LIGHT GO PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $402,220.00 24 TO BE USED TOWARDS UPGRADES AT THE INTERSECTION 25 OF PROVIDENCE ROAD AND ALBRIGHT AVENUE.  75 1 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll 2 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced 3 into its proper committee. 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: So moved. 5 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second. 6 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? On 7 the question, it's great to see another one of 8 these green light go programs occur in the 9 city. This one is the amount of $402,220. A 10 couple of these projects have been completed. 11 And it's great to see this work moving forward. 12 All those in favor of introduction signify by 13 saying aye. 14 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 15 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 17 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The 19 ayes it and so moved. 20 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER. No 21 business at this time. 22 SEVENTH ORDER. 7-A. FOR 23 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR 24 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 24, 2026 - 25 REAPPOINTMENT OF DORIS KOLOSKI AS A MEMBER OF  76 1 THE SCRANTON HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR A 2 TERM EXPIRING FEBRUARY 23, 2031. 3 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll 4 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced 5 into it property committee. Sorry, sorry, as 6 Chairperson for the Committee on Rules, I 7 recommend final passage of Item 7-A. 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 9 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 10 Roll call, please. 11 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes. 15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes. 17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 18 MR. FLYNN: Yes. 19 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 20 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby 21 declare Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted. 22 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-B. FOR 23 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC 24 WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 26, 25 2026 - AMENDING RESOLUTIONS 180 OF 2019 AND 180  77 1 OF 2025 TO ALLOW THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION 2 FUND (MTF) AWARDS OF $1,110,200.00 (PROJECT ID 3 2020-04-35-098) AND $1,395,860.00 (PROJECT ID 4 202411046274), RESPECTIVELY, TO BE USED FOR THE 5 REPLACEMENT OF THE MYRTLE STREET BRIDGE 6 PROJECT. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the 8 recommendation of the Chairperson for the 9 Committee on Public Works? 10 MR. FLYNN: As Chairperson for the 11 Committee on Public Works, I recommend final 12 passage of Item 7-B. 13 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Second. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? On 15 the question, this is a project that we had, 16 the Myrtle Street and Ash Street bridges that 17 are to be replaced -- they're on the list to be 18 replaced. This one here is the Myrtle Street 19 bridge. 20 The funding was originally secured 21 for the Ash Street bridge. But they did an 22 inspection and they deemed that the Myrtle 23 Street bridge was in more need. 24 So that funding has been transferred 25 over to the Myrtle Street Bridge as being in a  78 1 greater need prior to the Ash Street 2 completion. So this bridge here on Myrtle 3 Street's going to be replaced. After that, 4 Myrtle Street is going to be replaced. Anyone 5 else on the question? Roll call, please. 6 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes. 10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 11 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes. 12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 13 MR. FLYNN: Yes. 14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 15 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby 16 declare Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted. 17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-C. FOR 18 CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES - FOR 19 ADOPTION - RESOLUTION NO. 27, 2026 - 20 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE 21 CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A 22 CONTRACT WITH CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP TO PERFORM 23 INDEPENDENT AUDIT AND SINGLE AUDIT SERVICES. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: As Chairperson for 25 the Committee on Rules, I recommend final  79 1 passage of Item 7-C. 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 3 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 4 Roll call, please. 5 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 7 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes. 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 10 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes. 11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 12 MR. FLYNN: Yes. 13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 14 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby 15 declare Item 7-C legally and lawfully adopted. 16 MR. VOLDENBERG: 7-D. PREVIOUSLY 17 TABLED - FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON 18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- FOR ADOPTION - 19 RESOLUTION NO. 25, 2026 - ACCEPTING THE 20 RECOMMENDATION OF THE HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL 21 REVIEW BOARD ("HARB") AND DENYING THE 22 CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR FIDELITY 23 BANK, 101 NORTH BLAKELY STREET, DUNMORE, 24 PENNSYLVANIA 18512 FOR DEMOLITION OF THE MATTES 25 LAW OFFICE BUILDING AT 324 NORTH WASHINGTON  80 1 AVENUE, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18503. 2 MR. FLYNN: I make a motion to amend 3 Item 7-D to read: Denying the recommendation 4 of Historic Architectural Review Board and 5 leaving the rest of the text the same. 6 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Second. 7 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 8 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Mr. President, on 9 the question, Mr. Flynn, in looking at the 10 language, you would also have to change from 11 denying the certificate of appropriateness to 12 allowing that certificate. So it would require 13 a friendly amendment by yourself and Mr. 14 McAndrew. 15 MR. FLYNN: I can't hear you. 16 ATTY. GILBRIDE: You would need to 17 change the language with regard to denying the 18 certificate of appropriateness to allowing that 19 certificate as well. 20 MR. FLYNN: Okay. So I make another 21 motion to change denying the certificate -- 22 friendly amendment to change denying the 23 certificate of appropriate to allowing the 24 certificate of appropriateness. 25 MR. SCHUSTER: Do we have a second?  81 1 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Is that agreeable 2 to you, Mr. McAndrew, since you seconded it? 3 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes. 4 ATTY. GILBRIDE: Now you could vote 5 the bill. 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. On the 7 question? All those in favor signify by saying 8 aye. 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye. 10 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye. 11 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye. 12 MR. FLYNN: Aye. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The 14 ayes it and so moved. 15 What is the recommendation of 16 Chairperson for the Committee on Community 17 Development? 18 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: As Chairperson 19 for the Committee on Community Development, I 20 recommend final passage of Item 7-D as amended. 21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second. 22 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? 23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, on the 24 question, Mr. Gilbride, just can you explain to 25 everybody listening that if you deny it that  82 1 means they are able to tear down the building; 2 is that correct? 3 ATTY. GILBRIDE: That is correct. 4 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. One 5 reason why I'll be voting in favor for denying 6 it and letting them tear down the building is a 7 safety issue. We've heard from business owner, 8 from Fidelity workers themselves that the 9 facade was falling down. 10 There's sidewalk issues. So to me 11 it is a safety issue and safety always comes 12 first. I was a little unhappy to hear when 13 they were at the HARB meeting that if it wasn't 14 approved that they were just going to let it 15 sit there and fall, be taken down. 16 And also hearing today from that the 17 owner of Abe's that he had to shovel their 18 sidewalks I think during the storm, so not 19 happy to hear that. I hope going forward 20 they're taking care of the property. But at 21 the end of the day, this is a safety issue for 22 our residents. And I will be in favor to 23 tearing it down for the safety. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: Anyone else on the 25 question?  83 1 MR. FLYNN: On the question, yeah, I 2 had a conversation with the owner of Abe's. I 3 wasn't sure which way I was going yet. I got a 4 lot of insight from him from that conversation 5 as to the impact that it's having on his 6 business. 7 I believe the business that is 8 impacted the greatest by this structure of the 9 Mattes and Mattes building is Abe's. So 10 hearing him in favor of the demolition of this 11 building made -- had an impact on me. 12 I also reviewed the report from 13 Reuther and Bowen in its entirety. I 14 personally do not believe that this building 15 is -- has a possibility of any sort of 16 rehabbing. I received numerous calls on this 17 issue, not one of those calls I received was in 18 favor of keeping this building. 19 Every single call I received was in 20 favor of the demolition of it. So for those 21 reasons, I will be voting to -- in favor of 22 demolishing the building. 23 MR. SCHUSTER: Roll call -- on the 24 question? 25 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, on the  84 1 question, so as Chairman for the Committee on 2 Public Safety, that's my committee, and after 3 listening to, you know, to the testimony of 4 individuals here that, you know, are affected 5 by it and testified to the safety issue and 6 because it's an immense safety issue, my 7 decision is a safety issue outweighs the desire 8 for the HARB Board's -- theirs of preservation. 9 So that's why I'll be voting yes to deny. 10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I might 11 as well speak to it as well on the question. I 12 did, you know, echo some of the sentiments 13 here. A lot of the feedback that I received, 14 whether it be here in public comment or out on 15 streets or calls, were all in favor of 16 demolition of the building. 17 So I would say all the feedback that 18 we received as a Council as a whole, I would 19 say were going in that direction. Anyone else 20 on the question? 21 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, on the 22 question, I'm in agreement with my colleagues 23 on this. I also understand that it's a safety 24 issue and that the building is likely to be 25 demolished either way. So we'll let Fidelity  85 1 go ahead and do that. 2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Roll 3 call, please. 4 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild. 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes. 6 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew. 7 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes. 8 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew. 9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes. 10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn. 11 MR. FLYNN: Yes. 12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster. 13 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby 14 declare Item 7-D as amended, legally and 15 lawfully adopted. 16 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. No 17 business at this time. 18 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. This 19 resolution was taken from the table and placed 20 in 7th order for final vote this evening. And 21 if there's no further business, I'll entertain 22 a motion to adjourn. 23 MR. FLYNN: So moved. 24 MR. SCHUSTER: This meeting is 25 adjourned. 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64:10 NO [4] - 75:24, 76:24, often [2] - 69:6, 70:1 74:21, 78:20 63:14, 66:13, 66:14, nauseam [1] - 67:2 78:19, 79:19 outside [2] - 5:5, 5:13 old [3] - 5:16, 60:3, 71:7, 71:9, 71:19, Nay [2] - 26:18, 30:16 nobody [1] - 26:12 outstanding [1] - 41:6 61:13 72:12, 72:14, 72:19, near [4] - 16:16, non [1] - 8:21 outweighs [1] - 84:7 ON [4] - 75:23, 76:23, 72:20, 73:15, 73:17, 16:18, 34:14 nonprofit [1] - 40:12 78:18, 79:17 overall [1] - 8:16 73:21, 73:22, 73:24, nearly [2] - 17:2, 68:4 nonprofits [2] - 19:3, once [8] - 17:6, 18:19, overgrown [1] - 66:8 74:5, 74:9, 74:10, 58:14 necessary [2] - 39:14, 30:2, 30:6, 32:1, overnight [4] - 8:18, 74:14, 74:15, 74:16, noon [1] - 7:10 69:13 49:5, 60:4 9:22, 10:6, 55:11 74:17, 74:19, 75:1, North [3] - 4:3, 25:8, need [29] - 8:23, 9:15, one [37] - 4:24, 5:1, overrun [1] - 27:2 75:5, 75:6, 75:15, 32:9 12:24, 18:13, 18:17, 7:2, 8:20, 9:3, 9:16, oversees [1] - 61:8 75:16, 75:17, 75:18, 25:2, 26:23, 41:3, north [1] - 33:4 17:11, 20:3, 21:1, oversight [1] - 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5:1 61:14, 61:20, 64:1 p.m [3] - 7:18, 11:12, 81:18, 81:22, 81:23, 44:9, 50:12, 56:7, November [5] - 12:23, open [10] - 6:14, 9:4, 19:11 82:4, 82:24, 83:1, 56:8, 58:25, 70:19 29:19, 30:15, 56:14, 9:22, 44:13, 45:6, PA [1] - 18:7 83:23, 83:25, 84:10, negative [2] - 14:12, 57:4 45:7, 53:3, 53:5, page [3] - 13:16, 85:2, 85:7, 85:9, 19:15 number [5] - 35:4, 57:4, 70:8 13:19, 15:24 85:11, 85:13, 85:16, Neighborhood [1] - 44:16, 55:10, 55:13, opened [1] - 56:3 pages [1] - 47:20 85:18, 85:23, 85:24 46:19 55:25 operated [3] - 55:20, paid [1] - 40:16 MS [38] - 3:9, 3:11, neighborhood [5] - numbers [3] - 15:22, 56:16, 57:3 painted [1] - 33:11 3:13, 3:15, 3:17, 16:12, 17:10, 17:21, 15:23, 73:4 operation [1] - 69:6 painting [1] - 7:22 10:15, 11:24, 12:13, 17:22, 18:25 numerous [2] - 64:11, opportunity [1] - 11:5 paper [1] - 23:17 13:3, 13:7, 13:13, neighborhoods [2] - 83:16 Opposed [4] - 4:15, paperwork [1] - 41:6 13:17, 13:20, 19:7, 17:8, 49:11 74:17, 75:18, 81:13 Parade [2] - 8:2, 8:3 24:8, 24:10, 32:25, neighbors [1] - 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