COUNCIL
Regular MeetingScranton, PA · June 8, 2026
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1 COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF SCRANTON
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7 Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
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THOMAS SCHUSTER - PRESIDENT
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PATRICK FLYNN, VICE PRESIDENT
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MARK MCANDREW
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JESSICA ROTHCHILD
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SEAN MCANDREW
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FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK
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KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR
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1 (Pledge of Allegiance.)
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3 MR. SCHUSTER: Please remain
4 standing for a moment of silent reflection for
5 our service men and women throughout the world
6 and for those who have passed away in our
7 community. Roll call, please.
8 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.
9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.
10 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.
11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Present.
12 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.
13 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Present.
14 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.
15 MR. FLYNN: Here.
16 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.
17 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.
18 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER. No
19 business at this time.
20 MR. SCHUSTER: Do any Council
21 members have any announcements at this time?
22 MR. MARK MCANDREW: I got a couple.
23 So today starts the Scranton Greek Food
24 Festival. I know my wife went over today to
25 get some food. And it's from June 2 to the 6th
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1 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
2 And the great thing -- I don't know,
3 maybe most people don't know about it, you can
4 call ahead with your order. And it's ready
5 when you get there, which is very convenient.
6 And second, so the Holy Rosary
7 picnic is going to be next week. That's
8 Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13th from 6
9 to 10 on Friday, and 5 to 10 on Saturday.
10 That's another great one too with some great
11 food. And that is all I have. Thank you.
12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, everyone,
13 there's a memorial bocce tournament for a
14 former Scranton resident. I believe he also
15 was a professor or a teacher over at
16 Lackawanna. It's the John Rettura Memorial.
17 It's June 6th. And it's at Arcaro and Genell's
18 at the bocce courts in Old Forge.
19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
20 Any other members have announcements at this
21 time?
22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I have a
23 couple. First, something was brought to my
24 attention, so the GFS, they're going to be
25 honored at their annual meeting. They're going
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1 to be honoring Dr. Daniel Ginsburg. And that
2 will be taking place at the Scranton Jewish
3 Community Center on June 18th.
4 That'll be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,
5 and tickets are $25. For those who don't know,
6 Dr. Ginsburg is 95 years old and really an
7 inspirational person. Him and his wife, Sandy
8 have lived in Scranton since 1965. And they
9 recently celebrated 68 years of marriage, which
10 is incredible.
11 And so they'll be honored --
12 honoring him. He was previously a professor as
13 well at the University of Scranton. And it'll
14 just be, I think, a great event, great way to
15 honor him, support the Jewish Federation and
16 their work.
17 So, if anyone's interested, you
18 could find out more through the Jewish
19 Federation, the JFS. That'll be held at the
20 Scranton JCC.
21 And then I also wanted to make note,
22 this past Saturday, I know I had announced it
23 in advance, but the Garbage Olympics that
24 NeighborWorks hosts annually, that took place
25 over in West Side. And I was lucky to be a
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1 part of that again.
2 I was a part of a winning team that
3 had collected the most garbage. And it's
4 something that is enjoyable and rewarding. And
5 I would like to personally do more. I was
6 around Meridian Avenue and had gotten quite a
7 bit of trash from there.
8 So it's a great way to bring our
9 community together and in doing cleanups in
10 neighborhoods. So thank you for the
11 NeighborWorks for running that and bringing
12 people out to do a garbage cleanup over in West
13 Side over the weekend.
14 So that was another successful
15 event. I think last year they had quite a bit
16 of rain too. So it wasn't able to be as
17 successful as it normally is. But even though
18 it was a little cold, we still had relatively
19 good weather that day.
20 And then lastly, I just wanted to
21 make note. So today's June 2nd. June is Pride
22 Month. And that's, you know, a month that's
23 personally important to me as a member of the
24 LGBTQ community. But we had our -- we kicked
25 off Pride Month with a Pride flag raising on
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1 Sunday here at City Hall, which we've done
2 annually, I think, for eight years.
3 And we had a really great crowd that
4 day. It was also a really nice way to bring
5 together the community. There was such a sense
6 of joy and pride at that event. And I had my
7 family there with me. And there were other
8 kids there. And they're running around in the
9 background and writing in chalk on City Hall
10 steps.
11 And it was just a great all-around
12 event. And so anyone who's part of the LGBTQ
13 community and celebrates during Pride Month,
14 I wish you a joyous month. And that's all that
15 I have. Oh, and also wanted to thank
16 Councilman Flynn and Councilman Sean McAndrew
17 for attending the flag raising as well. Thank
18 you.
19 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Any other
20 announcements?
21 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER
22 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
23 MR. SCHUSTER: Our first speaker is
24 Joan Hodowanitz.
25 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,
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1 Scranton. The first thing I'd just like to
2 announce that the Scranton Public Library is
3 conducting its quarterly book sale on the
4 second floor of the Marketplace at Steamtown
5 right in front of the gym.
6 So don't go ahead and pay 60 or $70
7 for a hardcover book when you can buy it for $2
8 or a paperback for one. They have all kinds of
9 things. They have DVDs, movies, CDs, puzzles,
10 anything you want, it's there.
11 You know, it occurs to me that if we
12 were following the Home Rule Charter, the audit
13 for 2025 will be two days late because it would
14 be due on May 31st. But I'd be happy to see it
15 by the end of September. So we'll keep
16 checking on that.
17 One of the resolutions, the grant
18 for safe streets for enhancing pedestrian
19 crossings and safety on Mulberry Street and
20 Moosic Street, that's a good idea. It
21 certainly is needed. But it raised an issue in
22 my mind. And I live downtown and I walk
23 everywhere because I no longer drive.
24 So I walk from Samters to the
25 library to various stores. And the last month
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1 or so there has been a continuous drilling in
2 the streets and in this -- on the sidewalks.
3 I've never seen anything like it before.
4 And I'm assuming it's part of the
5 Streetscape walkability or whatever the current
6 buzzword is, which you know is fine. But you
7 can't walk down any sidewalk without seeing,
8 you know, the middle of the sidewalk dug up,
9 or, you know, the middle of the street dug up.
10 And it doesn't look like once they
11 finished they've done a very good job patching
12 it up. So one has to assume that whatever
13 they've done is temporary, and they're coming
14 back. But it's looking to me like you're going
15 to have to pave all of the downtown again.
16 I don't know, maybe you guys just
17 park behind the City Hall, and you walk into
18 City Hall, and you -- you don't see the rest of
19 the downtown. You ought to take a walk around
20 downtown Scranton and see how much of, you
21 know, these streets and sidewalks are being dug
22 up.
23 You know, perfectly good sidewalks,
24 and right in the middle, two feet, just dug up.
25 And you know they're going to have to replace
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1 it. Take a look at let's say, the 400 block of
2 Spruce Street. I don't like to call it Biden
3 Street. The whole sidewalk is virtually gone.
4 So what are they going to do,
5 replace the entire length of the sidewalk now?
6 I don't know what's going on. What concerns me
7 is, that if they leave it in shabby condition
8 and we have another winter like we did last
9 year, it's going to be a mess downtown, and not
10 just the roads with potholes.
11 It's going to be the sidewalks too
12 now. So maybe you want to consider having
13 maybe DPW Director come in and explain what's
14 the plan and how it's all going to be made
15 better, not later than Thanksgiving because I'm
16 telling you, every morning I get up to the
17 gentle sound of the church bells and the
18 jackhammers.
19 And it's -- hey, anybody say I'm
20 wrong, you know, those of you who do walk
21 downtown, take a look at it. What is the plan?
22 I hate -- you know, I don't want to hear, well,
23 they ran out of asphalt or it's raining or it's
24 too cold.
25 You know, it's going to be a mess.
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1 I've never seen a year when they dug up the
2 sidewalks like this, you know. And if, you
3 know, these are -- some of these streets were
4 recently paved within the last three or five
5 years, now they're gonna have to be paved all
6 over again. Have you budgeted for that?
7 That's all I have to say.
8 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Joan, one
9 second. Last week you gave me the community --
10 the Scranton Public Library --
11 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, the cookbook.
12 MR. MARK MCANDREW: The cookbook.
13 Well, I took your advice. I brought it to
14 school along with ingredients. And as a
15 project, we made coffee cake and I have some
16 for you.
17 MS. HODOWANITZ: Oh, thank you so
18 much. See, I don't cook or bake because it's
19 against my religion.
20 MR. SCHUSTER: Mr. Voldenberg,
21 can we get those questions answered? And then
22 also, can we check in on the audit? I know
23 they're saying it's going to come on time this
24 year. But if we could just check in on the
25 audit just to make sure.
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1 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. And a
3 timeline for the renovation of downtown,
4 because we got into the same thing with Jackson
5 Street last year. Jackson Street was being
6 done right at the same time of year as this
7 year. And it didn't get done until last week.
8 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get a
9 timeline.
10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next
11 speaker is Mike Mancini.
12 MR. MANCINI: Thank you, Council
13 President Schuster. Good evening, Council, and
14 the good people of Scranton. Tonight, no net.
15 Let's talk.
16 After speaking last week, I heard
17 from a young woman who was in distress.
18 She was homeless and she lived a tough life.
19 And she was asking for help. After the
20 conclusion of this -- of the meeting last week,
21 I heard a feel-good story.
22 If you would like to share it in
23 Fifth Order, I would greatly appreciate it.
24 Talking about the homeless, it's more than
25 unsheltered. A member of this Council has been
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1 on that panel and part of 52 that I know of for
2 the last two, two and a half years, and yet
3 there's no answers.
4 I was at one of those meetings back
5 in April of 2024. And to my surprise, all of
6 the Executive Directors from the nonprofits
7 were present. And they really had no answers
8 because they're not the people that are on the
9 streets and noticing the true dilemma and
10 impact that these people are going through.
11 One of the things that I did hear
12 was the fact that there was a survey that went
13 around. There was 105 that were homeless.
14 Well, guess what, there's a lot more than that.
15 A few of them were found at the Jackson Street
16 Park in the Rec Center yesterday. And Parks
17 and Recreation had to come in and remove them.
18 So when that happens, when
19 city-owned property is affected, you know, it
20 becomes a real issue. So what I would like to
21 do is ask Council if one of you would also put
22 yourself forward and sit in on that panel and
23 bring that back to us because somebody is being
24 careless with the truth here.
25 Nothing is happening. Okay, when
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1 nothing happens, nothing gets accomplished.
2 We're talking about people here, talking about
3 people's lives, people that are having a
4 difficult time.
5 Maybe it might not be on their own.
6 It might be because of some of their personal
7 issues. However, it doesn't mean that doing
8 nothing really helps, because that's all we've
9 seen from the Unhoused Task Force.
10 Talking about Jackson Street Park --
11 the skate park, something was brought up a week
12 ago about former Mayor Peters and former Mayor
13 Hickey. You mentioned about putting both of
14 their names on that park. Why not put one on
15 the Rec Center and the other one on the park
16 itself?
17 I would also recommend that you take
18 a look at that Rec Center because it's been
19 unused for decades. It's a utilized space that
20 we have that we could actually help the
21 homeless. Maybe we could put something in
22 there once a week where we could take -- get
23 some of the nonprofits that are actually able
24 to help and get them into one place and allow
25 them to help.
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1 Second thing, last week I brought up
2 Stafford Avenue where the city shelled out a
3 lot of money to have that street paved.
4 Now, property owners get henpecked to death
5 with property taxes, and they have little to
6 show for it.
7 One of the things that they have is
8 the paving project. Although, none of the
9 streets in West Scranton were paved, you know,
10 as a Scrantonian, I travel other streets and so
11 do so many other people. One of the last
12 things you want to see is our streets dug up
13 after they've been newly paved.
14 So here's my recommendation. Get a
15 list of the last two years every street that
16 was there was paved in the City of Scranton,
17 and any permits that were pulled against those
18 streets for digging purposes and determine
19 what's what.
20 And have them pay because they've
21 gotten away with murder over the last year.
22 They left so many roads unattended. People
23 have been down and out to begin with. Dollars
24 are harder to come by. And then when you have
25 to pay for work to be done to your vehicle
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2 oversight, it becomes an issue.
3 We have ordinances in place. And we
4 only have five fines in the last year.
5 Okay, that doesn't cut it with me. These
6 people deserve better. And I hope this
7 administration could take into account that
8 people are better off when we all work
9 together. Thank you.
10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next is
11 Les Spindler.
12 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening,
13 Council, Les Spindler, city resident,
14 homeowner. Last Saturday I open up my garage
15 doors and pull my car in, about six or seven
16 ATVs come flying over North Rebecca Avenue.
17 They're out of control. I yelled at
18 them, like, one of the last ones. And what
19 does he do? He revs his engine up louder and
20 makes it louder. It was a slap -- a slap in
21 the face. They don't care. And then what,
22 they turned right to go down Dorothy Street.
23 There's baseball games, softball games going on
24 down there.
25 These -- these -- these people don't
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1 care. They're out of control. Something's got
2 to be done. And I don't know why we can't do
3 anything in a city our size. I told this story
4 before.
5 A few months back in Shamokin, the
6 city -- the Police Chief of Shamokin said they
7 have a big problem there with e-scooters,
8 e-bikes, ATVs.
9 They catch the people. They -- they
10 have so many confiscated, the chief said, they
11 don't know what to do with them, whether to
12 sell them or scrap them. But I don't know why
13 we can't do something about it when a little
14 town like Shamokin can.
15 I think we have to change our policy
16 and make our streets safer because these people
17 are out of control with all these vehicles that
18 shouldn't be on the road.
19 My favorite subject again, pave
20 cuts, talked about this for weeks. Clearview
21 Street and North Main Avenue, you have to slow
22 down to five miles an hour, I swear, to go
23 through that intersection there, and they're
24 getting away with murder.
25 And that was the water company.
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1 Last Friday, I don't know who dug it up; but at
2 the traffic light before Family Dollar on Main
3 Avenue -- I forget what street that is,
4 huge hole was dug up. They put this huge metal
5 thing in the ground. I think it was for
6 drainage.
7 I went by Saturday afternoon, was
8 paved over like a newly paved road. They
9 should all be done like that. I don't know who
10 did that, but it was a beautiful job.
11 Meanwhile, Clearview Street for a month now or
12 more is a mess. And our pave cut inspectors
13 aren't doing a darn thing. Something's got to
14 be done.
15 Okay, Euclid Avenue again, need more
16 signs. I was going up the other day. I went
17 up Dorothy Street. There's a guy stopped at
18 the stop sign. He was all ready to go down the
19 hill. I saw him go, but then I guess he saw a
20 sign and he backed up and turned around.
21 But we need more signage. Coming
22 from Euclid Avenue it says do not enter. But
23 coming down Dorothy Street, it doesn't say
24 that. It says road closed. But nobody's
25 paying attention. They have to put a new do
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1 not enter sign there and maybe a one-way sign.
2 But something's got to be done.
3 Lastly, across the street from
4 Euclid Avenue from Euclid up to Farr Street,
5 yesterday they dug a big trench in the dirt
6 next to the sidewalk. And, uh, Urban Electric
7 was there. I don't know what -- if that's part
8 of their other project from across the street
9 or what they're doing.
10 They -- I guess they finished it
11 yesterday. It was all filled in today. And
12 these gray things are sticking out of the
13 ground, like, gray tubes. And so I don't know
14 if they're gonna put lights up or what the heck
15 they do.
16 It was the electric company there,
17 so looking to see what -- if that's part of
18 that project. I don't know. That's all I have
19 for this week. Thank you for your time.
20 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Next up
21 is Laura Augustini.
22 MS. AUGUSTINI: Good evening,
23 Council. My name is Laura Augustini, President
24 of the Green Ridge Neighborhood Association. I
25 also live in Green Ridge, obviously. Over the
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1 past couple of weeks, we've had some nice
2 cleanups at our parks at Pretzel Parks slash
3 Sturges Park.
4 And then last weekend we had a
5 cleanup at Woodlawn. I first want to praise
6 the Parks and Rec Department. They've been
7 phenomenal working with us, getting mulch for
8 us for us to put down, working with us in terms
9 of what we like to do in the parks to beautify
10 them, to keep them looking nice, add some color
11 to them.
12 We -- while we wish we had more
13 people helping us, we do enjoy taking care of
14 those parks. However, over the past two
15 weekends there's been vandalism at Pretzel
16 Park. Over Memorial Day weekend, the bench
17 that is sitting there, which is not attached to
18 anything was picked up and put in the -- to the
19 middle of the middle flower bed where the
20 fountain used to be.
21 There was no damage done to the
22 plants at that time. But there was damage done
23 to the bench. So we took it down and Parks and
24 Rec put it back where it belonged on Monday --
25 on Tuesday because it was Memorial Day weekend.
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1 Now, this past weekend on Friday
2 night, we assume, because we found it. It was
3 found on Saturday morning, there was about a
4 half a case of beer cans and two brand new
5 trees were knocked down.
6 We don't know who did it. We assume
7 it was kids. But we have been requesting
8 cameras at Pretzel Park for at least three
9 years. And I say at least. It's probably
10 more. I've been told that it's in the IT
11 Department. The IT Department's working on it.
12 It's -- they're working on it. It's in the IT
13 budget.
14 I'm tired of hearing that
15 Scranton -- that the Green Ridge section of
16 Scranton is low down on budget for safety,
17 because quote, we don't have any crime,
18 unquote. Well, guess what, we do.
19 I did e-mail the Chief and the
20 Mayor. And I was told again IT is working on
21 it. And the Chief will increase patrols on
22 Friday and Saturday night. It's not enough.
23 We are continually down on the list. We're
24 told that there's no car for us because we
25 don't need it.
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2 patrols. I'm glad that Crowley Park is closed
3 up at night. Somebody takes care of that.
4 The fences and the gate is closed. And so that
5 is taking away that opportunity. But
6 obviously, there are still problems.
7 And I know it's kids, like, it was
8 Prep graduation Friday night. I know it was
9 kids. But if -- and I -- we filed a police
10 report. I did call the police on Saturday
11 morning. And Officer (inaudible) came by and
12 took a report. But he even commented, Oh,
13 there's no cameras here.
14 It's time. It's time for cameras to
15 be installed at all of the city parks. But I
16 ask that they especially -- something be put at
17 the park at Pretzel Park because we're entering
18 into the summer months. It's going to be used
19 again. Kids are going to be around.
20 It's a gorgeous park. And it's used
21 by so many young children. I'm not even
22 talking, you know, the teenagers who were
23 there, young children. I was there Sunday
24 afternoon watering. And there were like four
25 or five families that came through. It was
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2 So, again, I request that something
3 be done about -- about cameras at the park. I
4 also want to address as many have addressed the
5 utility work that's being done all over the
6 city. Wyoming Avenue is no longer passable. I
7 can't even imagine -- it used to be that that
8 was like the emergency route.
9 I can't even imagine having an
10 ambulance go down that street. It's
11 ridiculous. And I know that it's utilities
12 that are working on it that they're doing x, y,
13 and z, moving things, I assume, for the
14 meadow broke -- Meadow Brook Creek Project,
15 which is coming.
16 But it's been a long -- they've been
17 working on it. And too many of our residents
18 in that area are having trouble, like, you
19 literally crawl down the street. People are
20 having their tires damaged and their cars
21 damaged.
22 And to Ms. Hodowanitz's point, I
23 drive downtown. I work downtown. And I never
24 know how long it's going to take me to get
25 there. And I get -- I hope that it's going to
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2 coming in for the FIFA soccer tournament and
3 next weekend for the big boy that's coming.
4 Thank you.
5 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Mr. Voldenberg,
6 could you please request an update with regards
7 to the cameras for the park from my friends at
8 the IT Department?
9 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir. I'll
10 send it on behalf of Council.
11 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Can you ask them
12 for a timeline?
13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.
14 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thanks.
15 MR. SCHUSTER: Next is Lee Morgan.
16 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council,
17 Lee Morgan. The first thing I have here today
18 is that I'd just like to share with the
19 residents of the city the fact that I'm waiting
20 for a briefing schedule from the Third Circuit
21 Court of Appeals in regards to ECTV.
22 I don't know how many people find
23 that to be important. But for a community that
24 should have a public access channel, I think
25 it's time to really have a discussion in the
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1 city about creating an agenda for the city.
2 We keep putting these silly things
3 in the agenda. But we're not making any real
4 changes to our city. The city's been in
5 decline for 100 years since the 1920s. We keep
6 electing five Council members to do something
7 for the city.
8 And they seem hell-bent on spending
9 and mismanaging grant money, not answering
10 questions. You know, we couldn't even get an
11 answer to the reason why the slide was taken
12 down at Nay Aug Park considering a study was
13 done on it.
14 And it was found to be in excellent
15 shape. And we haven't even decided -- haven't
16 had the Council tell us why they're -- who
17 decided to take it down and why. We just don't
18 get any answers from our government. And
19 really what we need, you know, I made a request
20 to the Council for three items.
21 I'm not going to really bring them
22 up today. But, you know, they're -- I have a
23 request for additional ones. But there has to
24 be legal litigation that either an individual
25 or the city at large can serve on this Council
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1 and this Mayor to force them -- I mean force
2 them, even though you were elected to represent
3 the residents.
4 We keep seeing these silly agendas,
5 but there's no real change. We've got low
6 bridges for 100 years that trucks have been
7 hitting, roads that are a mess for about
8 probably the same amount of time, a city budget
9 that, you know, people come here and talk all
10 the time about, you know, where are all these
11 documents and why aren't we following the
12 charter.
13 Well, take yourself to the
14 courthouse and go get a judge to issue an order
15 and serve it on the Council and it will
16 immediately happen. I mean, there's no excuse
17 for the things that are happening here. We
18 have a city of 75,000 people that's dying.
19 We're seriously mismanaged. You
20 know, I don't understand why we haven't taken
21 the city's pension plan and gave it to the
22 Commonwealth. We just -- we listen to people
23 on this Council and previous Councils tell us
24 about how they're working for us. I've come
25 here for 40 years.
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1 I saw zero or very little progress.
2 I saw things that I talked about here get done
3 sooner or later by another elected official.
4 And that's a good thing. But there's so many
5 things that haven't been done. They aren't
6 even being discussed. There's no real change
7 taking place here.
8 I look to the neighborhood groups
9 who have supported a lot of the candidacies of
10 these candidates who've run for these Council
11 seats and State Rep seats, even the State
12 Senator.
13 These are the people that should
14 have held people's feet to the fire. You know,
15 I think the most important thing that somebody
16 could do is read the study by female
17 researchers about women. That's not to
18 browbeat women, just read it.
19 Read about the problems we're having
20 in our culture. Read about our government
21 that's not functioning. Look at all the feral
22 cats running through the neighborhoods. And
23 one councilman says, well, I think we increased
24 our funding.
25 We can't seem to move forward on
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1 anything. And we can't get a Council that has
2 the power of investigation and the power of
3 subpoena to move forward and find answers for
4 long neglected problems.
5 And 75,000 people have languished in
6 this quagmire generation after generation after
7 generation. And we hear the same dogma just
8 from different people. And everybody has a
9 plan, and there is no plan.
10 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would
11 anyone else like to address Council?
12 MS. KOLOSKI: Doris Koloski,
13 Scranton resident. First, I'd like to wish
14 everybody a happy Pride Month. Basically, I
15 came in here today to talk about what Laura
16 Augustini talked about, the cameras not being
17 available for the park.
18 I happened to see on TV where they
19 showed the trees that were pulled up at Pretzel
20 Park. And it was just atrocious. And I don't
21 understand why the city cannot have cameras at
22 the park. Now, I know you guys don't issue the
23 cameras, but try to put some pressure on the
24 administration because all the parks should
25 have cameras.
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1 I don't understand people destroying
2 things just for the sake of destroying things.
3 I'm not going to repeat everything, obviously,
4 that she said. So half of my stuff is done.
5 I also wanted to say how beautiful it is up at
6 Nay Aug Park now with all the courts going and
7 all the kids up there and the picnics all over
8 the place and the music.
9 I left music schedules on the table
10 downstairs where you walk in and the front
11 door. So for anybody, you know, in the City
12 Hall or leaving today wants to pick one up for
13 the concerts at Nay Aug Park.
14 They're Sunday afternoons. And
15 they're Monday nights. And then there's some
16 specialty ones. Okay, so I do want to make
17 these announcements because it's getting
18 closer. June 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Fifth
19 Annual Electric City Flower show at Nay Aug
20 Park.
21 Free entry to the museum. There'll
22 be live music. There'll be vendors, gardening
23 tips and food trucks. June 14th, there's a
24 bingo and baskets at the Nay Aug Park -- what
25 do you call it -- community room now, the old
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1 snack bar.
2 And it's put on by the Hill
3 Neighborhood Association. The doors open at 12
4 p.m. The first game is at 1 p.m. Limited
5 seating, so you'd be wise to make a
6 reservation, but walk-ins are welcome, if
7 available.
8 There is no limit for people to come
9 in for the basket raffle. The kids are welcome
10 for bingo 14 and up as long as they're
11 accompanied by an adult. The fee is $20 for
12 members of the Hill Neighborhood Association
13 and $25 for non-members.
14 The basket raffle, there's no
15 charge. If you need to make reservations, you
16 can be made by texting to 272-772-9210 or
17 e-mail HNAscranton@gmail.com.
18 Okay, so now I'm going to declare
19 myself officially insane because the definition
20 for insanity is coming someplace and asking the
21 same thing over and over and over again and
22 expecting a different answer.
23 421 Colfax, I emailed -- I emailed
24 or whatever, messaged you guys so everybody got
25 all the pictures, the front, the back, the view
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1 from my kitchen window. It's disgusting. And
2 I can't believe it can't be considered a fire
3 hazard.
4 And I'd like to know what code --
5 what powers does Code Enforcement even have
6 besides riding around and just pinning up fine
7 notices on the doors. But then there's no
8 teeth to anything. It just doesn't make sense.
9 I mean, that -- there's -- you don't
10 answer for anything. If you're a solid person,
11 you probably send in your fine. But everybody
12 else is just ignoring it. And then I don't see
13 that anything gets done about it.
14 MR. SCHUSTER: Frank, did we get any
15 updates? I know you sent it in a couple of
16 times for 421.
17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I have submitted
18 it. It's a unique situation where the landlord
19 is out of town. There's some litigation
20 involved.
21 MS. KOLOSKI: The landlord's in
22 prison, I believe.
23 MR. VOLDENBERG: And we requested
24 DPW assist with the overgrowth behind the
25 property.
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1 MS. KOLOSKI: Well, how about in the
2 front of the property also? And then it's
3 climbing all over the sides of the property. I
4 mean, it's really -- it's really bad. I mean,
5 I'm looking forward to it being torn down. I'm
6 a little afraid of what's going to migrate into
7 our houses when -- once it is torn down because
8 there's so many woodland creatures living in
9 and out of there.
10 People are dumping garbage. And the
11 sidewalk thing is gone. I mean, if the guy
12 doesn't answer -- if a landlord doesn't answer,
13 can't they do something? I thought last year
14 Jerry Smurl kept saying that they were going to
15 try conservatorship. Now, you had a thing here
16 on it -- caucus, and they did pick a house.
17 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, that's -- so
18 the house they picked on New York Avenue is
19 going to take quite a while legally to get that
20 conservatorship done. That's going to be their
21 pilot project. But this one here we've sent in
22 many times. And the pictures that we received
23 the other day also got sent over as well.
24 MR. VOLDENBERG: That's correct,
25 sir.
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1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Frank, can you
2 ask DPW if they can go address it and help out
3 by the end of the week? And if they can't --
4 MS. KOLOSKI: My time's up so --
5 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: -- can we have a
6 reason why?
7 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.
8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Thank you.
9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: We also have
10 them blight team that was taking on properties
11 like that last summer, I remember. I don't
12 know if that's still active. Could we ask
13 about that? Thank you.
14 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Mr.
15 McAndrew.
16 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, can we actually
17 ask what properties or what areas the blight
18 team is working on currently? Thank you.
19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.
20 MR. COYNE: Good evening, Council,
21 Tom Coyne, Minooka. First, I'm going to touch
22 base on gift cards, wondering if there's been
23 any response on that. Next, I'm going to go
24 towards the women's shelters, the number of
25 beds.
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1 I know that came up about a month
2 ago once again. I believe it's come up three
3 or four times before this body of the six or
4 eight beds in total that are allocated in the
5 City of Scranton to women.
6 And, of course, as a woman's strong
7 representative, I'm sure you're right on it.
8 And we -- and with the Homeless Task Force, I'm
9 sure we've done something at this point to
10 increase the number of beds or at least
11 addressed it.
12 Can I get a response back from
13 anyone on what's the update on actually
14 increasing the women's shelters, the number of
15 beds for them because winter is coming. Six or
16 eight is substandard.
17 Twenty for men and women are
18 extremely substandard. That's less than the
19 amount of employees on the floor of this
20 building -- on one floor of this building.
21 That's a small lunch room.
22 That's a -- that's under a
23 classroom's size of children that we cannot
24 shelter for more than a night because we have a
25 tiny amount of beds. Way back when we had a
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1 another donation noted before the city that
2 Aztec was going to give a gift of plastic --
3 plasticized wood for the Nay Aug Park walkways
4 because we had the gazebos and the walkways up
5 in Nay Aug Park were deteriorating.
6 They were wood. They needed to be
7 replaced. And it was brought up before here
8 that they would be donating materials to work
9 on that project. Did that ever happen? Did
10 they donate the materials?
11 Has there been construction? Has it
12 been followed up with? What happened to it? I
13 know it was never put officially before the
14 body, but Council members spoke to it directly
15 of this donation before this body to improve
16 the park. What happened to it?
17 Is it like the gift cards that two
18 years later we're looking back and then going
19 something was donated to the city. Did anyone
20 follow up on it? Is the Lookout fixed yet?
21 Has it been fixed? Do we have cameras up
22 there? We're talking about cameras.
23 This is now, what, two years that
24 the stones have been ripped out. There's
25 vandalism. We're constantly going up there to
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1 clean the stones up there. Camera and lighting
2 has been asked -- in place. We're going to get
3 it in place.
4 We're going to get it all secured.
5 What's been done? Winter is coming again.
6 And the last time we couldn't go down to get
7 the stones because it was winter. It was cold.
8 It was over the edge there. We've got to wait.
9 Well, what's the waiting now? Are
10 we waiting for the winter so it deteriorates
11 more? Because that seems what progress is in
12 our city waiting until winter comes till we
13 can't do the project saying we'll do it later
14 as things deteriorate.
15 Now, moving on to 3100 Cedar Avenue.
16 Why are we making the street changes and
17 traffic flow due to an exception rather than
18 the rule? The recommendations included options
19 to make the east side no parking where they
20 would want to put drainage. And that's a
21 choice.
22 Why was the decision made not to do
23 this? What was the rationale? What was
24 decided based only on one block radius and not
25 the context of the neighborhood? Was the road
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1 pitch considered in the area where they're
2 driving cars into for winter snow and ice?
3 Are we making a choice as
4 convenience for two six unit apartments and a
5 single family zone neighborhood? The report
6 was titled One Way Study as it was pre-decide.
7 And it is stated in the background based on the
8 Planning Commission review and discussion with
9 the applicant to provide deference to the
10 driveway access.
11 Sight distance is -- issue is
12 resolved by no parking on the east side. But
13 that's not part of this recommendation.
14 Needing to pull in and let another car pass
15 would remedy the no parking on the east side as
16 well.
17 But this is still deficient for a
18 proper safety pattern. Part of the logic was
19 to assure proper sight distance. And on the
20 last page it says one way traffic is for
21 allowing parking on both sides. Parking on
22 both sides does not give sight clearance
23 availability.
24 So there's conflicts in that, for
25 example, on Crane Street it says a similar --
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1 with a similar narrowing. Since parking demand
2 is at specific time for events, leaving Crane
3 Street with a two-way no parking -- and no
4 parking restrictions on it would likely be the
5 best alternative for convenience of the local
6 residents and traffic circulation for Divine
7 Mercy Parish.
8 Why is the block next to it not
9 needed because the report says so, but this
10 block is. Obviously it's for developer. Thank
11 you and good night.
12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Would
13 anyone else like to address Council? Thank
14 you.
15 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Are you good?
16 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah.
17 MR. LITTLE: Hi, Rik Little.
18 Good evening. That speaker doesn't work over
19 there. Homelessness, it's really all about
20 benefits. Everything's about benefits.
21 I'll try to tell you how I learned -- learned
22 about that. In this town we got HUD SHA.
23 That's federal benefits. There's
24 too many things, you know, people go, you know,
25 get a job. You're homeless, all this stuff,
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1 and the CIC.
2 And then all the -- anyway, I
3 talked -- I think I talked about that last
4 week. But I think everybody will be homeless
5 around here if things keep going the way it's
6 going on the data centers.
7 I mean, does anybody really know
8 what's going on? You know, I read the paper.
9 And I was happy to read the paper. I think it
10 was last Saturday, John Horvath's article. And
11 it sort of made clear about -- well, like, four
12 power plants or something near the Circle
13 Drive-In.
14 And they lost. And they appealed to
15 the Court of Common Pleas, place I've been to a
16 lot, place I went to just trying to not become
17 homeless when I was living for 14 and a half
18 years at Scranton Housing Authority.
19 And this is the same Court of Common
20 Pleas that runs right to know. And I have a
21 lot of experience. I'd go, you know, to code
22 enforcement and ask, you know, because people
23 were just breaking into my room all the time
24 and stealing stuff and confiscating my stuff
25 and, you know, flooding the place.
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1 And if I wanted any answers or
2 anything, what they told me right downstairs
3 is, you should do a right to know. And my
4 experiences in right to know is -- is, you
5 know, if you're hooked up enough, if you have a
6 big law firm, a good enough lawyer, almost
7 everything on the right to know won't be
8 answered.
9 And then it becomes the purview of
10 the Court of Common Pleas. I went in front of
11 the Court of Common Pleas because I didn't want
12 to go to an eviction hearing without, you know,
13 naked, without any discovery, without a formal
14 or informal hearing.
15 So after I beat them the first time,
16 I mean, they hire a Lackawanna County District
17 Attorney to evict me the first time. And then
18 I won. And then they evict me again. They
19 were about to evict me again. So I'm thinking
20 ahead. I made a pre-complaint emergency
21 discovery motion.
22 And I go in there and, oh, Scranton
23 Housing Authority switches the attorney. Now
24 they're using the school board attorney. And
25 the Judge is like, hey, Matt, how you doing?
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1 And this is the transcript. I mean, all these
2 things are almost impossible to do.
3 But that -- I realized that's what
4 the game is here. It's loaded lawyers. And
5 that's what the data center thing is. They've
6 been planning this data center. They made this
7 place a target probably 50 years ago when
8 that -- when Lake Scranton is owned by
9 Pennsylvania Power and Water, perfect place.
10 That's why in a political thing
11 they're putting all this pressure, all this
12 money, money from California -- money from all
13 over the world to get their people in there to
14 do this. But what's really running everything
15 and our future is the judicial -- the judicial
16 thing.
17 Let's see, you know, and I'm a --
18 and everybody's sidetracked with other stuff,
19 you know, like, like Pride for this Pride
20 Month, Pride flag, you know. And where, if you
21 don't agree with it, you hate. You're a hater.
22 You're a Islamophobe. You're homophobe.
23 You're a racist.
24 You're anti-Semite. And so I only
25 have a second. Call your representative and
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1 say vote no on Section 224 of the 226 NDAA
2 bill because that's the end of the world.
3 Thanks.
4 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anyone
5 else like to address Council?
6 MR. RUMER: Hey, guys, Chris Rumer,
7 resident of Scranton, Vice President of the
8 GRNA. I figured, if I'm missing -- if I'm
9 missing bedtime tonight, I probably should get
10 up and say something while I'm here.
11 But I originally came in support of
12 Laura Augustini and the comments about
13 surveillance or some sort of cameras at Pretzel
14 Park, which, you know, three -- I'll be the
15 third person. So hopefully third time's a
16 charm tonight to see if there can be some sort
17 of action for that, just kind of another
18 thought to spin that because it seems as though
19 every time the cameras are brought up people
20 say, well, we'll increase, you know, routes,
21 like, we'll have, like, a police officer roll
22 through with the comment that there's no crime
23 going on in our area, which, you know,
24 considering the rest of the city, like, I would
25 consider that a blessing that that's the case
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1 but in a very passive way, not needing another
2 human body to drive a car and potentially catch
3 something at one moment while they drive
4 through.
5 The camera seems to be the obvious
6 choice, link them together with however many
7 people stare at screens all day versus tying
8 somebody else up. So really, all I came to say
9 was more in support of that to kind of add a
10 little bit more weight behind that.
11 And then I didn't get this
12 gentleman's name about the signage and didn't
13 realize I could come and talk about this too.
14 So I live on Electric Street near the islands
15 in Green Ridge down towards the bottom of
16 Electric Street.
17 And it's a one-way, which is great.
18 You know, I've got one kid. I'll have two by
19 the end of the summer. My son is two and a
20 half years old. And his favorite thing to do
21 is just run in a straight line without looking
22 where he's going.
23 And on a one-way street as a parent,
24 it's very, you know, relieving to think, oh,
25 well, at least cars can only come from one
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1 direction. But the islands only have do not
2 enter signs on the one part of the circle that
3 I would say rarely any cars come through.
4 You can make a left off of Capouse
5 or you're not supposed to be and you can go
6 straight across Capouse to cruise across the
7 bottom of the islands and not have, you know,
8 and you can do that. People do it. Busses do
9 it, like tons of people do it. But there's no
10 signage that keeps people from driving all the
11 way up.
12 And you think, like, how often does
13 that happen? Like, my wife and I work from
14 home and my office -- it looks outside the
15 front. And there's like three or four cars a
16 day that drive up the wrong way on Electric
17 Street, which, again, you know, people aren't
18 going to follow the rules.
19 They'll do what they want. I'm not
20 the only guy with kids on that street. And I'm
21 not even the guy with the most kids on that
22 street. There's probably at least 15 kids if
23 you add up all the houses. And they're all
24 under the age of 10 that are always playing
25 outside. It's a beautiful thing, but it's so
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1 scary when there's cars that just fly up the
2 one way.
3 And, you know, we'll give them the
4 benefit of the doubt. Maybe they didn't see
5 the signage. So my ask, you know, similar to
6 this gentleman, about, you know, increased
7 signage, I don't even want, like, I want one
8 sign.
9 And I just want it to say wrong way.
10 I don't want to do not enter because I feel
11 like do not enter is like the you're not
12 supposed to go in there, but we won't tell if
13 you don't.
14 You know, but the one way -- or the
15 wrong way I feel like sends a louder message.
16 Like, you put the wrong way signs on the
17 highway because you really don't want people
18 getting on the ramp the wrong way.
19 So that's just what I would say with
20 my time here tonight that if we could have -- I
21 don't know how it works, so I apologize, a
22 note, something be passed down the line to add
23 a wrong way sign just somewhere off of Capouse
24 to Electric just to -- just so it's clear you
25 can't go up that way because, you know, it's
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1 like wild how many cars drive up the wrong way
2 when, you know, for me, it's like that's
3 against the rules, right?
4 So I think that's it. I appreciate
5 the time. Good to see you, guys, Pat, see you
6 now, buddy, and have a good night. Thank you.
7 DR. ROTHCHILD: We can get that
8 request sent over to DPW so that's the
9 department that it would go to. And then they
10 could determine and add a sign there.
11 MR. RUMER: Cool. Thanks.
12 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Anyone
13 else like to address Council? Can you just
14 state your name and address?
15 MR. SKRUTSKI: Sure. Good evening,
16 Council. My name is Tom Skrutski. I'm a
17 resident of Scranton. I'm a renter. I moved
18 downtown about three years ago. And I want to
19 start by saying something that doesn't get said
20 often enough.
21 Scranton really is a good place to
22 live. And I grew up in Archibald, spent my
23 whole life there. I moved about three years
24 ago here to the city, and I love it. I really
25 do. I'm happy to live here. I'm happy to call
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1 Scranton home.
2 Now, that's not to say everyone in
3 this room, they made excellent points tonight.
4 And there are things that have to get changed,
5 worked on, fixed. There's room for
6 improvement. But at the end of the day, this
7 is a good place to call home. So I just wanted
8 to say that.
9 And now with Miss Hodwanitz's
10 point, I also live downtown. And there is
11 quite the amount of construction. But I view
12 that as a good thing because you have to get --
13 you have to go through this first before we get
14 to the Streetscape Project.
15 So I'm anxious and excited to see
16 what it'll look like when it's done. It's a
17 little rough right now as everyone can attest.
18 But I think it's going to be well worth it.
19 And the last thing I really wanted to say
20 tonight, I had an idea.
21 Now, I'm not a homeowner. But if
22 this idea was put forth to me as a homeowner in
23 the city, I would take advantage of it. So
24 there might be a way to kill a few birds with
25 one stone as far as infrastructure and fixing
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1 up our neighborhoods.
2 So my idea would be to -- I don't
3 know if the city is in a position to do this,
4 but if we could offer a -- maybe a tax rebate
5 or some kind of incentive for a homeowner or
6 commercial property owner to build a sidewalk
7 on their property to like standard dimensions
8 that the city would set forth.
9 And if they would do that and have
10 maybe a licensed contractor do it, it would be
11 good for business for them. It would be good
12 for the city, for the economy. It would also
13 be good for the neighborhood to get good
14 quality sidewalks in.
15 And I -- really if we did a little
16 at a time and homeowners took advantage of
17 this, you could really get a whole street or a
18 whole neighborhood done. So that's -- that's
19 all I like to say. So thank you very much for
20 your time. Have a good evening.
21 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
22 When it comes to, I mean, maybe not for
23 yourself, but when it comes to sidewalks,
24 NeighborWorks does do a program, the Beautiful
25 Blocks where several neighbors can get
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1 together, a minimum of five, and they could
2 work on some of the little projects and things
3 in their -- in their neighborhood or in
4 their -- on their block or in their community.
5 MR. SKRUTSKI: That's great. I
6 didn't know about that. Thank you. That's
7 great.
8 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.
9 MR. SKRUTSKI: Thank you.
10 DR. ROTHCHILD: They started a
11 specific sidewalk portion of that last year
12 that was really successful and highly used.
13 There definitely is a need and want to for
14 people to have assistance for their sidewalks
15 but and any other programs we can look into
16 because that's not going to -- that might not
17 initially change a large portion of the
18 sidewalks.
19 You think about how many sidewalks
20 we have throughout the city and our
21 neighborhoods, but, you know, that's -- that's
22 been a good, healthy start, I think, for them,
23 for the city.
24 MR. SKRUTSKI: Yeah, absolutely. I
25 wasn't aware about that. So thank you.
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1 Hopefully more people take advantage of it.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Have a
3 good night.
4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you.
5 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A.
6 MOTIONS.
7 MR. SCHUSTER: Dr. Rothchild, do you
8 have any motions or comments?
9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes, I have a few.
10 Okay, so first off, I had mentioned earlier
11 that -- that I had taken place as part of the
12 Garbage Olympics and that I was along, like,
13 Meridian Ave, like, Luzerne and Meridian where
14 there's the Price Rite Shopping Center.
15 There was something that we noticed
16 while we were over there. There were several
17 trash bags full of things that had been dumped
18 in that area. And we tried to clean up what we
19 could. But as, like, right as a part of the
20 parking lot on the border of it on the Meridian
21 Avenue side, there -- there were a number of
22 oil cans and an oil pan.
23 And it just -- it seems like someone
24 was -- must be regularly changing oil in that
25 location and a lot of, like, car parts in that
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1 area that really we didn't want to touch or do
2 anything with or dispose of. So if -- if
3 perhaps we can get code enforcement or someone
4 over there to take a look at that area, I'd
5 appreciate it.
6 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, Dr.
7 Rothchild. I'll have code enforcement get over
8 there.
9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Great.
10 Thank you. And let's see. I know when Miss
11 Doris Koloski was up here, she had mentioned
12 again the issues with 421 Colfax Avenue. But
13 there was -- you did also send us some pictures
14 of an abandoned vehicle. I don't believe you
15 had mentioned that.
16 So I just wanted to make sure that
17 was brought up and is being taken care of. So
18 it has an old tag on it from April 16th. But
19 it still has not been removed. And that's
20 located on the 1800 block of Mulberry Street.
21 So if we can check in on that, the status of
22 that abandoned vehicle, I'd appreciate that,
23 Mr. Voldenberg.
24 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll be sure to
25 include that.
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1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Thank you.
2 There are a couple other areas that -- that
3 need attention and also still in that neck of
4 the woods of the Hill Section. I'd mentioned
5 it last week. But the pave cut that's located
6 on the 500 block of Harrison Avenue that
7 received a complaint about that still has not
8 been addressed or touched.
9 And it's -- I go over myself
10 frequently so I know too. And so that is
11 something that I'd still like to get taken care
12 of. Whatever utility company is responsible
13 for it if we can get them out to that ASAP or
14 just our inspectors -- or pave cut inspectors
15 to take a look at the pave cut.
16 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.
17 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you so much.
18 And also along Harrison Avenue is the Harrison
19 House or the former Harrison House. It's
20 unoccupied and vacant now. I know that there
21 was new ownership. But I forget who it is that
22 owns it, and it's become really overgrown.
23 I know sometimes there were
24 neighborhood kids that would play, like, ball
25 in the yard and no one can get over there now
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1 because of how high the grass is. But even
2 along the sidewalk, it's -- it's really quite
3 high. No one has mowed it yet this season.
4 So if we can contact the owner of
5 that property and make sure that it's being
6 maintained even though it's vacant, I'd
7 appreciate that.
8 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll report it.
9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you. And then
10 still on the same neighborhood, I know this
11 is -- this is the year for -- this is the time
12 of year for a lot of those complaints. People
13 haven't started mowing their grass yet when
14 they should have or just starting to notice a
15 lot of overgrowth at that time of year.
16 There's -- there's a number of
17 properties and issues of concern, especially
18 along Vine Street. I know in the past I've
19 teamed up with code enforcement with an
20 inspector from that office and just actually
21 walked the neighborhood to take a look and
22 discuss what was going on with some of these
23 properties.
24 And they certainly had, you know,
25 more insight into them. So I wonder if we
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1 can't contact them. So that may be something
2 that I could do again.
3 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll set it up.
4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. And then one
5 last issue I wanted to address. There are a
6 couple speakers who brought up tonight the
7 Unsheltered Task Force once again. And I've --
8 I have provided updates. I provided as much
9 detailed information as I can about my
10 involvement with the task force and as well as
11 meetings that I've participated in.
12 And, you know, I know I'm not like
13 recording the minutes, but I really feel like I
14 have been quite truthful in any of the
15 discussions and have been an active part of
16 those discussions.
17 But I am happy to have, like,
18 another Council member, you know, team up to be
19 a part of that. So I don't know who might be
20 interested, but maybe that's a discussion we
21 can have. And then they can, you know,
22 request, I guess, they would go to the Mayor
23 since it's the Mayor's task force.
24 I don't think I could invite them on
25 myself. But if they have that discussion with
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1 her to say, hey, I want to be a part of this
2 too so we have at least two Council members
3 representing Council, I have -- I have no
4 issues with that.
5 I have nothing to, nothing to hide.
6 I really am trying to do my best to help our
7 homeless or unsheltered community within the --
8 within the city. And I know that that task
9 force, it has been primarily focused on Code
10 Blue -- the Code Blue Shelter.
11 And so that might be why you haven't
12 seen so much of a change in -- in the homeless
13 community because the focus has been there.
14 And I did talk in previous meetings about how
15 that was able to benefit the community over
16 this past winter and how many people were
17 utilizing that this year more than -- than in
18 previous years.
19 I also in a previous Council meeting
20 here have mentioned about the beds. And I gave
21 a whole list of resources that are out there.
22 And I think it's kind of misleading to just say
23 that there are six beds for women within the
24 City of Scranton because you have the Catherine
25 McAuley Center that's devoted to giving beds to
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1 women and children.
2 It doesn't have to be a woman with a
3 child. But they -- they have beds as well. I
4 don't know about their current available
5 status, but that's another location, another
6 shelter that specifically caters to women. So
7 it's -- it's just that it's St. Anthony's.
8 It is a really small space in there
9 that -- that they do have a limited number of
10 beds. But I agree, the more beds that we could
11 have or another shelter the better. I would --
12 I would love to see that. I think that would
13 be great help for the community.
14 We just need to find who's going to
15 be willing to take that up and start another --
16 another shelter. Also, we had planned --
17 myself and I know Councilman Flynn was at least
18 going to join me. We were going to tour the
19 CIC or Community Intervention Center, which is
20 an area that a lot of homeless and people in
21 need utilize their services during the day.
22 They've had recent change over in their -- in
23 their director.
24 So we're just giving that person
25 time to get acclimated before we -- before we
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1 visit and tour there and further discuss their
2 services. And, yeah, I believe that's --
3 that's all the points that I -- that I have and
4 that I wanted to bring up on that tonight. So
5 thank you.
6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Yeah, I
7 mean, I would be interested in the CIC as well,
8 taking that tour if it's in the next few weeks,
9 whenever it is. You just let me know, and I
10 can come over. Mr. Sean McAndrew, any motions
11 or comments?
12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yeah, first I'll
13 start off with the Unsheltered Task Force
14 because I did ask some questions last week. We
15 did get some answers. The one part of the
16 answer that sticks out is the nonprofit
17 organizations participating in this
18 collaborative -- collaborating event or this
19 group is getting funding through HUD as well as
20 donations from other organizations and
21 individuals with some additional support
22 supplemented through the city's HUD
23 allocations.
24 Now, Dr. Rothchild has always
25 answered our questions. Anytime we had
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1 questions, she brought them up in caucus. She
2 brought them up here. So to try to say it's
3 Dr. Rothchild not bringing back information and
4 getting anything done, I think is wrong.
5 Do I -- could we put another Council
6 member on it to help her out? Yeah,
7 absolutely. I think Councilman Flynn was very
8 passionate about this in the election. I think
9 he'd be a great choice to help. But I think
10 it's starting to -- it's time we start holding
11 these nonprofits accountable.
12 And maybe we can see which one of
13 them are willing to come here in a caucus and
14 answer our questions. They're the ones who are
15 the boots on the ground doing -- doing the
16 services for the homeless. So maybe we can
17 reach out to them who would be interested.
18 I know there's 50-some people on the
19 task force. But let's see who would actually
20 be interested in coming into -- into discuss
21 it. But to try to say that Dr. Rothchild
22 hasn't, you know, brought back information or
23 asked questions for us, she 100 percent has.
24 So, I thank you for your hard work on that.
25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you.
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1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: No problem.
2 Next, for American Water, I asked regarding the
3 storm drains who owns it -- who owns which ones
4 ever since the sewer sale. I know there's some
5 questions regarding that.
6 They did give us -- they did send me
7 some mapping. And it's interesting to go
8 through. And I'm going through it now in the
9 last couple days, so hopefully report some
10 stuff back. But, Frank, can we have those
11 links if they're not already on the city
12 website put on the city website?
13 MR. VOLDENBERG: I don't believe
14 they're on the city website. But I can have
15 them placed on the website.
16 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. Okay.
17 I had a lot of questions from a resident
18 regarding the Nay Aug Park. Frank sent them
19 down the other day for me. So I appreciate
20 that. But it led me to some more questions.
21 Maybe can we send this down to the
22 authority itself? You know, I know -- I mean,
23 I used to be on the authority years ago. It
24 seems like there's some confusion now who's
25 actually running the park. There's issues
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1 about leagues being granted access to the
2 pickleball courts without the authority knowing
3 it.
4 There's a back and forth. So let's
5 get some clarification on what their actual day
6 to day is or what their actual responsibility
7 is. To my understanding is they're in charge
8 of the whole park. Anything that goes in the
9 park should be approved by them. If that's not
10 happening, let's figure out why.
11 But also, I know they have new
12 funding coming from, I think, Geisinger gives
13 money now for parking. Can we see how much,
14 you know, they're getting every year and what
15 their bank account is and where that -- where's
16 that money going to because I looked in the
17 Controller's report. I couldn't really find
18 it. So let's see what, you know, where they're
19 using those funds, see if they can get those
20 questions.
21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. I'll ask
22 those questions.
23 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Okay. I was
24 anticipating getting a five year forecast from
25 PEL regarding the finances of the city in the
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1 next couple budgets. We were told it's gonna
2 be done by the end of May, beginning of June.
3 We were -- I was told today by Frank
4 who was able to attend the financial meeting
5 because I could not attend it. I had to work
6 that there is going to be -- they're delayed.
7 We're not -- we're not going to get it. They
8 need more time.
9 So, if we can ask PEL how much
10 longer is it going to take to get us this
11 forecast because I think the residents need to
12 know what is the outlook of our city really
13 looking at financially.
14 With, you know, the conversations I
15 had in the meeting last month with PEL, they
16 did state that the revenues are obviously --
17 expenses are outpacing the revenues. So what
18 does that mean? That means we got to find some
19 money to, you know, cover that gap.
20 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll reach out
21 tomorrow for a timeline.
22 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: And also with
23 the issue with the LST tax, we're not, you
24 know, with the issue with the possible
25 shortfall there, I think the residents need to
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1 know what this budget coming up is going to
2 look like, but also the next few years.
3 I did get some answers also for
4 Cherry Street and South Irving. There were
5 some issues with the road kind of dipping out
6 at the end. DPW will mill the affected area
7 and cover and roll patch to remediate the road
8 issues over there.
9 So I appreciate DPW for doing that,
10 and hopefully they'll get it done quick.
11 And then also for the parks, I mean, since I've
12 been on the Council, there's been a lot of
13 issues regarding parks in general. We have
14 great and beautiful parks in all of our
15 neighborhoods.
16 We need to make sure they're safe
17 and they're maintained. But also, it can't be
18 a burden to the residents in the neighborhood,
19 you know, we have to make sure we're, you know,
20 we're making -- and not a nuisance for our
21 residents.
22 So having cameras in all our parks
23 should be a must. I don't understand why
24 they're saying, yes, we're going to do it, and
25 then months go by and they don't do it. When
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1 you tell somebody you're going to do something,
2 you need to deliver.
3 So again, if we ask for an answer by
4 the end of this week -- I don't want to wait
5 until Tuesday. Can we get an answer by the end
6 of the week to see where they are in the status
7 of the cameras? First, let's address Pretzel
8 Park, but also all the other parks.
9 MR. VOLDENBERG: Yeah, I'll let them
10 know Council would like an answer by the end of
11 the week.
12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Awesome. Thank
13 you so much.
14 MR. SCHUSTER: Mr. Mark McAndrew, do
15 you have any motions or comments?
16 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yeah, I have a
17 couple. So, first of all, the Lookout Project
18 update, can we get one? We've been talking
19 about this for three years. All right, Mr.
20 Voldenberg, if you could check on that?
21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.
22 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you. And
23 then last week I brought up the gift cards
24 again. So we had legislation in '24 we voted
25 on. And the number doesn't jive with the
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1 recent responses we got from administration.
2 So last week I asked could we please get
3 clarification as to how many gift cards do we
4 have, not how many we gave half to who and a
5 couple here and we have a couple remaining.
6 Does the original number -- it's
7 correct because we voted on it. I want to know
8 what's left. I want an update. Did we get it
9 or no?
10 MR. VOLDENBERG: We did.
11 MR. SCHUSTER: -- turn to the third
12 page.
13 MR. MARK MCANDREW: It's not on my
14 page. Let me see. I just went through it.
15 Well, I apologize if I didn't see it. Where is
16 it? Oh, I don't see my name on it. All right.
17 So the city has not received a full donation
18 from Gerrity's.
19 At this time we have received 75
20 gift cards for 20, okay, so, well, I wish they
21 explained that to us over the past two years,
22 the clarification so it doesn't keep us
23 guessing and asking questions. All right, so
24 that's an answer.
25 Also, last week I inquired about a
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1 property on 923 West Market and 931, which was
2 also a vacant lot on West Market, so quality of
3 life issues overgrowth. 923 was taken care of,
4 but 931 hasn't.
5 So can we get an update with that
6 because I'm sure code enforcement was over
7 there in the same block, so we can get some
8 type of update.
9 MR. VOLDENBERG: They were out on
10 both. I'll follow up.
11 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Thank you. 421
12 Colfax, I was going to bring it up, but you got
13 it. And it's -- let's -- let's get it taken
14 care of. Let's check with the blight crew that
15 we have that's supposed to be out there doing
16 projects like this when we incur these problems
17 with out-of-town landlords.
18 So that's what they're -- they're
19 usually put -- that's the task they're put to.
20 So let's check on that. And Mr. Srebro was
21 here, Lenny, from Keyser Valley past couple
22 weeks about his pod issue. And it's horrible.
23 And I brought up pods about them
24 over the past couple years, you know, and there
25 was legislation that was put forth in 2015 and
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1 pulled for various reasons that we're not sure
2 of. But that pod has been removed.
3 So I'm happy to say I want to thank
4 the administration and whatever was it code
5 enforcement or the police or the combination of
6 both, thank you so for enforcing that. So I
7 know that we still have to work on the language
8 with our ordinance and it has to be tweaked.
9 And I know during caucus, Mr.
10 Gilbride said he's in contact with the legal
11 department. So let's stay on that. But it's
12 great when our residents are our eyes and ears,
13 right? So and they are, and this gentleman
14 came here complaining with a valid concern.
15 And so until we have this ordinance
16 rectified, I know there's some more pods out
17 there. So if anybody's watching or anybody
18 knows somebody that knows of these -- these
19 pods that are here for a year and two years,
20 e-mail me or e-mail Mr. Voldenberg, both of us.
21 Now that -- now it's being enforced,
22 we can clean -- we can clean -- clean these
23 issues up even before we have -- we tweak the
24 ordinance. So I'm happy. I'm very happy with
25 that. Also, last week someone came to us with
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1 concerns about the Capouse Avenue corridor with
2 all kinds of, you know, behavioral issues in
3 that area.
4 Some may be criminal, and Mr.
5 Voldenberg reached out and said, you know, hey,
6 so could we have some additional focus,
7 community outreach, and the Scranton Police
8 Department in that corridor. You know, take a
9 peek at it, keep an eye on it.
10 So what -- the answer we got back
11 was, we will notify community outreach
12 organizations as well as the Scranton Police
13 Department regarding concerns in the Capouse
14 Avenue corridor.
15 So that's the answer -- that's the
16 response I got back. And I believe that's all
17 I have.
18 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. Mr.
19 Flynn, do you have any motions or comments?
20 MR. FLYNN: Yes, I do. Thank you.
21 First, to reiterate what Dr. Rothchild said, I
22 think there's been a lot of miscommunication or
23 whatever it is around women's beds for the --
24 for the homeless in Scranton. I don't know the
25 exact number.
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1 And I will get that and report it
2 out next week that Catherine McAuley Center has
3 for women inside the City of Scranton. Yes,
4 St. Anthony's, Catholic Social Services has six
5 beds designated to women but in addition to
6 that is every bed that is at Catherine McAuley
7 Center in Scranton.
8 So I will come back next week with
9 an exact number, but the six total beds in the
10 City of Scranton for unsheltered women is not
11 true. I will -- I will get that exact number.
12 We can base it off that. And my assumption
13 would be no matter how many beds Catherine
14 McCauley Center has, it's probably not enough,
15 especially since they service unhoused women
16 throughout Lackawanna and Luzerne counties.
17 It's not just Scranton. So -- but
18 that will be the baseline that we work off.
19 And I will get that number, and I will report
20 that out next week.
21 DR. ROTHCHILD: I'm sorry, I believe
22 they have 26 -- 26.
23 MR. FLYNN: So, you know, 32 is the
24 baseline.
25 DR. ROTHCHILD: The Code Blue
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1 Shelter is open for men and women.
2 MR. FLYNN: Right. Right. But
3 even outside of the cold months, 32 beds for
4 unsheltered women is the baseline in the City
5 of Scranton.
6 Also, as for what Dr. Rothchild said
7 about the Unsheltered Task Force, this is
8 something that I take very seriously and very
9 passionate about, I talked about a lot in my
10 campaign but also a lot of my time on Council.
11 So if we could ask the administration if I
12 could be added to that task force in addition
13 to Dr. Rothchild, I would be more than happy to
14 serve on that.
15 So if we could look into that, Mr.
16 Voldenberg, and ask that question to the
17 administration if I could also be named to that
18 task force. I'd appreciate it.
19 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll submit that,
20 sir.
21 MR. FLYNN: So, Pretzel Park, and
22 the issues, you know, I live directly across
23 the street from Pretzel Park. I was there for
24 the cleanup of Pretzel Park. I was there for
25 the planting of the flowers at Pretzel Park.
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1 And I was actually gone away the
2 first time that the bench was moved into
3 that -- into that middle -- middle area. But
4 last week when I was at the Woodlawn islands
5 cleanup, I was made aware of this -- of this
6 issue of the vandalism there on Friday night.
7 And I also grew up across the street
8 from Pretzel Park. So I understand, you know,
9 kids go in there. They drink. It happens,
10 right, but the vandalism is something
11 completely different.
12 And from the City of Scranton
13 perspective, I don't understand the pushback on
14 having cameras there to protect their
15 investment, right? They planted those trees in
16 Pretzel Park. They were just torn completely
17 out. My sons play at Pretzel Park basically
18 every day.
19 Last Saturday, I actually went there
20 myself thinking I was the Incredible Hulk and
21 pulled that bench out of that middle area and
22 then turned it one way, the other, the other,
23 the other, all the way back to its initial
24 spot.
25 It's a heavy, heavy bench. But I
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1 just don't understand why the city would give
2 any sort of pushback on having a place that DPW
3 takes unbelievable care of. I see out my
4 window once a week someone's there working on
5 that park.
6 They put those trees in. Everything
7 looks so beautiful and we're just going to
8 allow vandalism to happen and say that it's in
9 IT. So what I want us to do, Mr. Voldenberg,
10 is to not only get question -- answers to the
11 questions by the end of the week; but I want to
12 know from the administration what specifically
13 is happening in IT that has taken three years
14 to figure out to get these cameras at Pretzel
15 Park.
16 You know, I know in a lot of other
17 parks Urban Electric comes and they -- they put
18 up the cameras. I believe they're the vendor
19 that does that. But what specifically is with
20 IT that is taking so long? Is this a delay
21 tactic or what is actually going on?
22 Could we just get the cameras there?
23 To CJ's point earlier, it's a great point.
24 What would you prefer, having cameras and
25 having everything on record or having a police
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1 officer have to go through there every couple
2 times a night?
3 The cameras are going to catch a lot
4 more than that police officer ever possibly
5 could. So at this point after the neighborhood
6 association has reached out and asked for this
7 for so long, as Laura said, it's been three
8 years that this has been happening that they've
9 been asking for these cameras.
10 I want specifics on what is
11 happening in IT, what they're looking to do,
12 what the hiccups are, if we as a Council could
13 assist in any way if that's -- if there's
14 something that needs to be done to get this to
15 the next level to actually get these cameras
16 put in at Pretzel Park.
17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get those
18 answers.
19 MR. FLYNN: Thank you. So and then
20 as for the utility work, I talked about it here
21 last week, you know, I left my house last maybe
22 Tuesday morning. I forget what day it was. I
23 went down, tried to go down Wyoming Avenue,
24 road closed, went down Electric Street, cut
25 over Capouse, got to Delaware, took a left up
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1 Delaware, got to the corner of Penn, couldn't
2 go up Delaware anymore, couldn't turn right on
3 Penn, had to turn left on Penn, got to Sunset,
4 couldn't turn right on Sunset. Road closed.
5 Sunset's a one way going right, had
6 to turn all the way back around, right, so I
7 reached out to American Water. I met with four
8 individuals from American Water right at the
9 corner at Pretzel Park where those trees are no
10 longer standing because of the vandalism, and
11 they told me that the Wyoming Avenue portion of
12 the project -- they should be hopefully today.
13 It should have been yesterday. But
14 I saw they were out there again today or done
15 with any of the actual work that's happening.
16 Next step in the next week is they're going to
17 be putting curbs all along the side that they
18 just dug up through some of the storm drains
19 and all that.
20 So they're going to curb from Green
21 Ridge Street all the way up to Pretzel Park on
22 that side. And directly after that, they will
23 come in and they will mill and they will pave.
24 As for Electric Street, it's
25 basically -- I don't -- I forget who the
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1 contractor is. But there's two jobs they're
2 doing before they get to Electric Street. So
3 they're hoping that Electric Street will also
4 be milled and paved by the end of June, early
5 July.
6 That's the hope, but what I asked of
7 the water company was just give me a heads up
8 on what's going on. If these road closures are
9 happening, if it's one day where you
10 potentially are paving both streets, give me a
11 heads up so I can let the neighbors know.
12 And so what they told me was they
13 are going to reach out with the schedules on
14 the milling and paving and the closure
15 schedules that they're going to make a graphic
16 for me that I could post on my Facebook that I
17 will also disseminate to some neighbors to put
18 up on the neighborhood association page, all
19 that to make people aware of what's happening
20 before they try to leave their house and they
21 can't go anywhere.
22 So -- so I'm hopeful and optimistic
23 that they will follow through with that and at
24 least we know what's happening before it
25 happens and we're in a tizzy and confused and
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1 upset. So some answers to some questions. So
2 I reached out to the administration on an
3 infested tree in front of 925 North Irving
4 Avenue.
5 And they said that the tree
6 contractor will go out to assess that tree and
7 report back on what the next steps are as I
8 requested. So the other thing is the Castle
9 House. And I went and I was in the backyard
10 and saw what the back of the house looks like.
11 And the individual who owns the
12 property does a pretty good job in the front of
13 making it look real nice. Then when you peel
14 back the curtain in the back there, it's a
15 whole different story. So the responses I got
16 from the administration was, while the property
17 located 1021 Richmond Street remains condemned
18 and on the city demolition list, it is not
19 currently under contract for demolition.
20 The city has continued to engage
21 with the property owner in hopes that this
22 property can be sold and rehabilitated by a new
23 owner. Although the property has been listed
24 with several different realtors, to our
25 knowledge, a sale has not happened. It has
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1 not.
2 City officials, including the city
3 engineer did visit the property in the fall,
4 due to the long-term vacant status. While in
5 disrepair, it was determined that the building
6 is not in danger to collapse. Because of that
7 as well as the significant cost, other more
8 dangerous structures have been prioritized for
9 demolition.
10 With that said, city is aware that
11 this property remains a concern to neighbors.
12 And we will continue to issue appropriate
13 citations for code violations while the
14 demolition order remains pending. So what I
15 now want to ask the administration is, as they
16 state that the city has continued to engage
17 with the property owner, can we ask the city to
18 engage with the property owner about at the
19 very least cleaning up the back area?
20 The overgrowth is -- is extensive
21 and also the city officials and the city
22 engineer were out there to assess the house
23 itself. I would also like them to go back out
24 and assess that back deck area because that
25 seems to not be safe.
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1 And if we could -- if we could get
2 answers on that and see if maybe if that deck
3 could be taken down. The overgrowth is now all
4 over it. There's steps falling off. It looks
5 like a very dangerous structure for my
6 untrained eyes.
7 So if we could get the city engineer
8 to go out there to assess the deck. But also
9 if the administration could reach out to the
10 property owner about cleaning up the back area
11 because it's -- it's bad now, and it's just
12 going to get worse as the summer months go on.
13 So I believe that's all I have for this
14 evening. So thank you.
15 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much,
16 Mr. Flynn. I would have to agree with you
17 about the Castle House. And any help you need
18 on that, I will help with as well.
19 I have a couple things to go through
20 tonight. I did get a pod on the corner of
21 North Everett and Sweatland, so if we can get
22 that -- I believe it is on the street. So if
23 we can get that to the police. And if we can
24 get an update on West Scranton Code
25 Enforcement, do we have an individual who's
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1 working as a code enforcement officer in the
2 West Scranton section? I'm not sure that
3 that's occurring right now.
4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll get an answer
5 on both.
6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
7 A few things, I sent over several emails in the
8 last couple days, Schimpf Court, Clearview and
9 North Main Avenue, Sherman Avenue. There's a
10 creek obstruction. I did send that to DPW and
11 Flood Control.
12 421 Colfax Ave, we've sent that in.
13 I have several emails here from back in April.
14 We've sent it in several times. We haven't
15 really heard anything back on Colfax Avenue,
16 correct?
17 MR. VOLDENBERG: No, we haven't.
18 We'll have to follow up.
19 MR. SCHUSTER: Okay.
20 MR. VOLDENBERG: And also the
21 streetlight request was submitted. So we
22 should hopefully see them up shortly.
23 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. So there
24 was a streetlight request. It was 421 and
25 there was also the water. We did hear back
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1 from DPW on the water. And they were going to
2 have one of the city engineers go out to take a
3 look at that. But this one here has been
4 taking quite a lot of time. And it was put
5 through the proper channels.
6 We have a -- I'm going to send after
7 the meeting -- I believe I sent an e-mail. But
8 I'm going to send some pictures that I
9 received. There is an RV on Cameron Avenue.
10 The inspection is out of date. They have it
11 plugged into the house.
12 They have two by fours holding the
13 roof of the RV on. So I'll send those pictures
14 over after the meeting.
15 MR. VOLDENBERG: Thank you.
16 MR. SCHUSTER: Can We also ask the
17 administration for an update on Weston Field?
18 So several things happening at Weston Field.
19 Can we get an update on the pool? Is the pool
20 open? Is the pool operational? Are there any
21 issues occurring with the new pool at Weston
22 Field?
23 And can we get a playground update?
24 Is the playground fully funded? What is the
25 timeline on the playground being put in? And
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1 do we have the playground equipment on hand?
2 Is that in the city's possession at this point
3 in time or are we still waiting on that?
4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll take care of
5 it, sir.
6 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
7 Everyone here has spoken about Pretzel Park.
8 But similar to Pretzel Park, there's a lot of
9 upgrades that happened at Weston Field, multi
10 million dollar upgrades, and I'm still getting
11 complaints about the gates not being locked and
12 individuals on the field, lights on at all
13 hours of the night.
14 So I know we keep sending this over
15 to them, but what is the plan for keeping these
16 city assets safe, actually? Similar to Cedar
17 Avenue, can we ask what types of traffic
18 studies were completed prior to the highway
19 occupancy permit for the West Scranton
20 Streetscape Project?
21 Did the city take into consideration
22 the trucking business at the end of Dorothy
23 Street or did they put that highway occupancy
24 permit in as well for a one-way street right
25 off the bat? So if we could ask that.
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1 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: There were some
3 questions last week about some of the bridges
4 in Scranton. So after the Elm Street Bridge
5 replacement is complete, PennDOT is replacing
6 the West Lackawanna Avenue Bridge on behalf of
7 the city with 95 percent funding from state and
8 federal funding.
9 And then PennDOT is also going to
10 fund the Myrtle Street and Hollow Avenue Bridge
11 projects. The question that was brought up was
12 the Broadway Street Bridge. The city has
13 requested funding of 5.7 million from PennDOT
14 through the LSTS MPO. But that request is
15 pending.
16 So that's something that's on the
17 city's radar. They're requesting those
18 funding. But the bridges right now that are
19 being replaced are Elm and Lackawanna and then
20 Hollow and Myrtle Street.
21 I guess to give a quick update on
22 the -- on the cards, the city has not received
23 a full donation from Gerrity's at this time.
24 As Mr. McAndrew said, we could have avoided a
25 lot of confusion if this was said off of the --
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1 right off the bat.
2 So at this time they've received 75
3 gift cards for $25 that the total is $1,875.
4 And they've only issued $300 of that. So it
5 leaves a total of $1,525 remaining. So we did
6 not receive that full donation. That's all I
7 have for tonight.
8 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR
9 INTRODUCTION - AN ORDINANCE - DESIGNATING THE
10 3100 BLOCK OF CEDAR AVENUE AS ONE WAY
11 SOUTHBOUND FROM DAVIS STREET TO CRANE STREET.
12 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll
13 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced
14 into its proper committee.
15 MR. FLYNN: So moved.
16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
17 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? On
18 the question, we did get several concerns from
19 the past City Engineer. We sent them in.
20 We've had some of those answered. And we also
21 sent some other concerns over today.
22 So hopefully before the hearing
23 we'll have those answers. Anyone else on the
24 question? All those in favor of introduction
25 signify by stating aye.
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1 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
2 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.
3 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.
4 MR. FLYNN: Aye.
5 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The
6 ayes it and so moved.
7 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR
8 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - RATIFYING AND
9 APPROVING THE CITY'S APPLICATION, ACCEPTANCE
10 AND ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE SAFE
11 STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL (SS4A) DISCRETIONARY
12 GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
13 TRANSPORTATION FOR UP TO $672,000.00, TO BE
14 USED FOR IMPROVING AND ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN
15 CROSSINGS AND SAFETY ON MULBERRY STREET AND/OR
16 MOOSIC STREET.
17 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll
18 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced
19 into its proper committee.
20 MR. FLYNN: So moved.
21 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.
22 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question?
23 MR. FLYNN: On the question, Mr.
24 Voldenberg, can we ask the administration to
25 clarify the language in here and/or what that
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1 means and/or Moosic, Mulberry Street, or Moosic
2 Street?
3 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask that,
4 Mr. Flynn.
5 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
6 Anyone else on the question? All those in
7 favor of introduction signify by stating aye.
8 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
9 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.
10 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.
11 MR. FLYNN: Aye.
12 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The
13 ayes it and so moved.
14 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR
15 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - APPROVING THE
16 INTERMUNICIPAL TRANSFER OF A RESTAURANT LIQUOR
17 LICENSE R-14648 CURRENTLY OWNED BY KRAM, INC.,
18 AND LOCATED AT 716 MAIN STREET, SIMPSON,
19 LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 18407, TO
20 LOUNGE 320, LLC LOCATED AT 320 ADAMS AVENUE,
21 SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
22 18503, AS REQUIRED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR
23 CONTROL BOARD.
24 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll
25 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced
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1 into its proper committee.
2 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.
3 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
4 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All
5 those in favor of introduction signify by
6 saying aye.
7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
8 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.
9 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.
10 MR. FLYNN: Aye.
11 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The
12 ayes it and so moved.
13 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR
14 INTRODUCTION -- A RESOLUTION --
15 MR. SCHUSTER: Sorry, Frank.
16 MR. FLYNN: I want to make a motion
17 to table Item 5-D.
18 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
19 MR. SCHUSTER: There's a motion on
20 the floor and a second to table Item 5-D. The
21 resolution is being tabled until a public
22 hearing can be held on Tuesday, June 16th of
23 2025 at 5:45 p.m. On the question? All those
24 in favor signify by stating aye.
25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
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1 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.
2 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.
3 MR. FLYNN: Aye.
4 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The
5 ayes it and so moved.
6 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR
7 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE
8 APPROVAL OF AN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
9 BETWEEN THE OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
10 TRUSTEE AND U.S. BANCORP ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
11 TO MANAGE THE ASSETS OF THE CITY OF SCRANTON'S
12 OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TRUST.
13 MR. SCHUSTER: At this time I'll
14 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced
15 into its proper committee.
16 MR. FLYNN: So moved.
17 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.
18 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? On
19 the question, I talked about it a little bit in
20 caucus. This was first voted on in 2022. And
21 established -- the funds were established in
22 2023. Can we ask just who performed these
23 duties at the inception of this 2022/2023 or
24 was this the first contracted firm?
25 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll ask that
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1 question, sir.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.
3 All those in favor of introduction signify by
4 stating aye.
5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.
6 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Aye.
7 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Aye.
8 MR. FLYNN: Aye.
9 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye. Opposed? The
10 ayes it and so moved.
11 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER.
12 6-A. READING BY TITLE - FILE OF THE
13 COUNCIL NO. 18, 2026 - AN ORDINANCE - AMENDING
14 FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 102, 2025, AN
15 ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "APPROPRIATING
16 FUNDS FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT
17 FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING ON THE FIRST DAY OF
18 JANUARY, 2026 TO AND INCLUDING DECEMBER 31,
19 2026 BY THE ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL CITY
20 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2026," (2026
21 OPERATING BUDGET) SO AS TO TRANSFER AN AMOUNT
22 NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND
23 SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS AND
24 TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS ($233,766.27) FROM THE
25 NON-DEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM ACCOUNT
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1 100-45000-000-910-000000 TO FUND RAISES THAT
2 WERE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE 2026 OPERATING
3 BUDGET FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF
4 LODGE NO. 2305, AFFILIATED WITH THE
5 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND
6 AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO UNION.
7 MR. SCHUSTER: You've heard reading
8 by title of Item 6-A. What is your pleasure?
9 MR. MCANDREW: Mr. Chairman, I move
10 that Item 6-A pass reading by title.
11 MR. FLYNN: Second.
12 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? All
13 those in favor signify by stating 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: SEVENTH ORDER.
21 7-A. FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE
22 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS - FOR ADOPTION - FILE
23 OF THE COUNCIL NO. 17, 2026 - INSTALLING A
24 MULTI-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF GRANDVIEW
25 STREET AND CAPOUSE AVENUE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC
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1 OPERATIONS AT THIS INTERSECTION.
2 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the
3 recommendation of the Chairperson for the
4 Committee on Public Works?
5 MR. FLYNN: As Chairperson for the
6 Committee on Public Works, I recommend final
7 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. 54,
25 2026 - AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OTHER
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1 APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AND ENTER
2 INTO A CONTRACT WITH RLE ENTERPRISES TO PERFORM
3 KEYSER VALLEY STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT
4 NUMBER 1.
5 MR. SCHUSTER: What is the
6 recommendation of the Chairperson for the
7 Committee on Public Works?
8 MR. FLYNN: As Chairperson for the
9 Committee on Public Works, I recommend final
10 passage of Item 7-B.
11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.
12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Second.
13 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question? On
14 the question, I'm happy to see this come to a
15 final vote. The work in Keyser Valley has been
16 needed for quite some time. So it's very great
17 to see this work being done. Roll call,
18 please.
19 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.
20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
21 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Sean McAndrew.
22 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Yes.
23 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Mark McAndrew.
24 MR. MARK MCANDREW: Yes.
25 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Flynn.
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1 MR. FLYNN: Yes.
2 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.
3 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes. I hereby
4 declare Item 7-B legally and lawfully adopted.
5 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER.
6 8-A. FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 7,
7 2026.
8 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance amends
9 provisions to the zoning ordinance for the City
10 of Scranton related to data centers.
11 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-B. FILE OF THE
12 Council NO. 8, 2026.
13 MR. SCHUSTER: And this ordinance
14 also amends provisions to the zoning ordinance
15 for the City of Scranton related to data
16 centers. These ordinances have been tabled
17 until a public hearing can be held at a later
18 date.
19 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-C. FILE OF
20 COUNCIL NO. 12, 2026.
21 MR. SCHUSTER: This ordinance
22 regulates the sale and/or distribution of
23 kratom or chemically modified derivatives for
24 human consumption or ingestion by minors.
25 MR. VOLDENBERG: 8-D. FILE OF THE
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2 MR. SCHUSTER: And this ordinance
3 regulates the sale and/or distribution of
4 kratom or chemically modified derivatives for
5 human consumption or ingestion.
6 And these ordinances have also been
7 tabled for additional input and information
8 currently in process with both the city and
9 Lackawanna County.
10 If there's no further business, I'll
11 entertain a motion to adjourn.
12 MR. SEAN MCANDREW: Motion to
13 adjourn.
14 MR. SCHUSTER: This meeting is
15 adjourned.
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assess [4] - 75:6, 75:4, 78:9, 78:15, border [1] - 50:20 72:15
bed [2] - 20:19, 68:6
76:22, 76:24, 77:8 79:9, 80:17, 81:6, bottom [2] - 43:15, Cameron [1] - 79:9
beds [16] - 33:25,
ASSET [1] - 86:10 81:10 44:7 campaign [1] - 69:10
34:4, 34:10, 34:15,
assets [1] - 80:16 AVENUE [3] - 82:10, 34:25, 55:20, 55:23, boy [1] - 24:3 candidacies [1] - 27:9
ASSETS [1] - 86:11 84:20, 88:25 55:25, 56:3, 56:10, brand [1] - 21:4 candidates [1] - 27:10
assist [2] - 31:24, avoided [1] - 81:24 67:23, 68:5, 68:9, breaking [1] - 39:23 cannot [2] - 28:21,
72:13 aware [4] - 49:25, 68:13, 69:3 Bridge [4] - 81:4, 81:6, 34:23
assistance [1] - 49:14 70:5, 74:19, 76:10 bedtime [1] - 42:9 81:10, 81:12 cans [2] - 21:4, 50:22
ASSISTANT [1] - 2:9 Awesome [2] - 59:16, beer [1] - 21:4 bridges [3] - 26:6, CAPOUSE [1] - 88:25
Association [3] - 63:12 begin [1] - 15:23 81:3, 81:18 Capouse [6] - 44:4,
19:24, 30:3, 30:12 aye [6] - 82:25, 84:7, beginning [1] - 61:2 briefing [1] - 24:20 44:6, 45:23, 67:1,
association [2] - 72:6, 85:6, 85:24, 87:4, behalf [2] - 24:10, bring [6] - 6:8, 7:4, 67:13, 72:25
74:18 88:13 81:6 13:23, 25:21, 57:4, car [5] - 16:15, 21:24,
ASSOCIATION [1] - Aye [30] - 83:1, 83:2, behavioral [1] - 67:2 65:12 37:14, 43:2, 50:25
88:5 83:3, 83:4, 83:5, bringing [2] - 6:11, cards [7] - 33:22,
behind [3] - 9:17,
assume [4] - 9:12, 84:8, 84:9, 84:10, 58:3 35:17, 63:23, 64:3,
31:24, 43:10
21:2, 21:6, 23:13 84:11, 84:12, 85:7, Broadway [1] - 81:12 64:20, 81:22, 82:3
bells [1] - 10:17
assuming [1] - 9:4 85:8, 85:9, 85:10, care [10] - 16:21, 17:1,
belonged [1] - 20:24 broke [1] - 23:14
assumption [1] - 85:11, 85:25, 86:1, 20:13, 22:3, 51:17,
bench [5] - 20:16, Brook [1] - 23:14
68:12 86:2, 86:3, 86:4, 52:11, 65:3, 65:14,
20:23, 70:2, 70:21, brought [14] - 4:23,
assure [1] - 37:19 87:5, 87:6, 87:7, 71:3, 80:4
70:25 11:13, 14:11, 15:1,
AT [4] - 84:18, 84:20, 87:8, 87:9, 88:14, careless [1] - 13:24
benefit [2] - 45:4, 35:7, 42:19, 51:17,
88:24, 89:1 88:15, 88:16, 88:17, CARRERA [16] - 2:9,
55:15 54:6, 58:1, 58:2,
atrocious [1] - 28:20 88:18 3:8, 3:10, 3:12, 3:14,
benefits [3] - 38:20, 58:22, 63:23, 65:23,
attached [1] - 20:17 ayes [6] - 83:6, 84:13, 3:16, 89:11, 89:13,
38:23 81:11
85:12, 86:5, 87:10, 89:15, 89:17, 89:19,
attend [2] - 61:4, 61:5 BENEFITS [2] - 86:9, browbeat [1] - 27:18
88:19 90:19, 90:21, 90:23,
attending [1] - 7:17 86:12 buddy [1] - 46:6
Aztec [1] - 35:2 90:25, 91:2
attention [3] - 4:24, budget [4] - 21:13,
3
cars [7] - 23:20, 37:2, 92:4 77:10 39:19, 40:10, 40:11 54:1, 66:10
43:25, 44:3, 44:15, Cherry [1] - 62:4 cleanup [4] - 6:12, Commonwealth [1] - contained [1] - 93:4
45:1, 46:1 Chief [3] - 17:6, 21:19, 20:5, 69:24, 70:5 26:22 context [1] - 36:25
case [2] - 21:4, 42:25 21:21 cleanups [2] - 6:9, community [15] - 3:7, CONTINGENCY [1] -
Castle [2] - 75:8, chief [1] - 17:10 20:2 6:9, 6:24, 7:5, 7:13, 87:25
77:17 child [1] - 56:3 clear [2] - 39:11, 45:24 11:9, 24:23, 29:25, continually [1] - 21:23
catch [3] - 17:9, 43:2, children [4] - 22:21, clearance [1] - 37:22 49:4, 55:7, 55:13, continue [1] - 76:12
72:3 22:23, 34:23, 56:1 Clearview [3] - 17:20, 55:15, 56:13, 67:7, continued [2] - 75:20,
caters [1] - 56:6 choice [4] - 36:21, 18:11, 78:8 67:11 76:16
Catherine [4] - 55:24, 37:3, 43:6, 58:9 CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 Community [2] - 5:3, continuous [1] - 9:1
68:2, 68:6, 68:13 Chris [1] - 42:6 climbing [1] - 32:3 56:19 contract [1] - 75:19
Catholic [1] - 68:4 church [1] - 10:17 closed [5] - 18:24, company [4] - 17:25, CONTRACT [2] - 90:2,
cats [1] - 27:22 CIC [3] - 39:1, 56:19, 22:2, 22:4, 72:24, 19:16, 52:12, 74:7 90:3
caucus [5] - 32:16, 57:7 73:4 complaining [1] - contracted [1] - 86:24
58:1, 58:13, 66:9, CIO [1] - 88:6 closer [1] - 29:18 66:14 contractor [3] - 48:10,
86:20 Circle [1] - 39:12 closure [1] - 74:14 complaint [2] - 40:20, 74:1, 75:6
CDs [1] - 8:9 circle [1] - 44:2 closures [1] - 74:8 52:7 control [4] - 16:17,
CEDAR [1] - 82:10 Circuit [1] - 24:20 code [9] - 31:4, 39:21, complaints [2] - 17:1, 17:17, 93:24
Cedar [2] - 36:15, circulation [1] - 38:6 51:3, 51:7, 53:19, 53:12, 80:11 Control [1] - 78:11
80:16 citations [1] - 76:13 65:6, 66:4, 76:13, complete [1] - 81:5 CONTROL [1] - 84:23
celebrated [1] - 5:9 CITIZEN [1] - 7:22 78:1 completed [1] - 80:18 Controller's [1] -
celebrates [1] - 7:13 city [51] - 13:19, 15:2, Code [5] - 31:5, 55:9, completely [2] - 60:17
center [2] - 41:5, 41:6 16:13, 17:3, 17:6, 55:10, 68:25, 77:24 70:11, 70:16 convenience [2] -
Center [10] - 5:3, 22:15, 23:6, 24:19, coffee [1] - 11:15 concern [3] - 53:17, 37:4, 38:5
13:16, 14:15, 14:18, 25:1, 25:4, 25:7, cold [4] - 6:18, 10:24, 66:14, 76:11 convenient [1] - 4:5
50:14, 55:25, 56:19, 25:25, 26:8, 26:18, 36:7, 69:3 concerns [5] - 10:6, conversations [1] -
68:2, 68:7, 68:14 28:21, 35:1, 35:19, Colfax [5] - 30:23, 67:1, 67:13, 82:18, 61:14
centers [3] - 39:6, 36:12, 42:24, 46:24, 51:12, 65:12, 78:12, 82:21 cook [1] - 11:18
91:10, 91:16 47:23, 48:3, 48:8, 78:15 concerts [1] - 29:13 cookbook [2] - 11:11,
CENTS [1] - 87:24 48:12, 49:20, 49:23, collaborating [1] - conclusion [1] - 12:20 11:12
certainly [2] - 8:21, 55:8, 59:11, 59:12, 57:18 condemned [1] - Cool [1] - 46:11
53:24 59:14, 60:25, 61:12, collaborative [1] - 75:17 copy [1] - 93:5
certificate [1] - 93:22 64:17, 71:1, 75:18, 57:18 condition [1] - 10:7 corner [3] - 73:1, 73:9,
certify [1] - 93:3 75:20, 76:2, 76:10, collapse [1] - 76:6 conducting [1] - 8:3 77:20
certifying [1] - 93:25 76:16, 76:17, 76:21, collected [1] - 6:3 confiscated [1] - correct [4] - 32:24,
Chairman [1] - 88:9 77:7, 79:2, 80:16, color [1] - 20:10 17:10 64:7, 78:16, 93:6
Chairperson [4] - 80:21, 81:7, 81:12, combination [1] - 66:5 confiscating [1] - corridor [3] - 67:1,
89:3, 89:5, 90:6, 81:22, 92:8 coming [12] - 9:13, 39:24 67:8, 67:14
90:8 City [17] - 7:1, 7:9, 18:21, 18:23, 23:15, conflicts [1] - 37:24 cost [1] - 76:7
chalk [1] - 7:9 9:17, 9:18, 15:16, 24:2, 24:3, 30:20, confused [1] - 74:25 COUNCIL [9] - 1:1,
CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12 29:11, 29:19, 34:5, 34:15, 36:5, 58:20, confusion [2] - 59:24, 1:12, 2:10, 87:13,
change [6] - 17:15, 55:24, 68:3, 68:10, 60:12, 62:1 81:25 87:14, 88:23, 91:6,
26:5, 27:6, 49:17, 69:4, 70:12, 76:2, COMMENCING [1] - conservatorship [2] - 91:20, 92:1
55:12, 56:22 82:19, 91:9, 91:15 87:17 32:15, 32:20 Council [34] - 3:20,
changed [1] - 47:4 CITY [8] - 1:1, 2:8, 2:9, comment [1] - 42:22 consider [2] - 10:12, 12:12, 12:13, 12:25,
changes [2] - 25:4, 86:11, 87:16, 87:19, commented [1] - 42:25 13:21, 16:13, 19:23,
36:16 88:3, 90:1 22:12 CONSIDERATION [2] 24:10, 24:16, 25:6,
changing [1] - 50:24 CITY'S [1] - 83:9 comments [5] - 42:12, - 88:21, 89:23 25:16, 25:20, 25:25,
channel [1] - 24:24 city's [5] - 25:4, 26:21, 50:8, 57:11, 63:15, consideration [1] - 26:15, 26:23, 27:10,
channels [1] - 79:5 57:22, 80:2, 81:17 67:19 80:21 28:1, 28:11, 33:20,
charge [2] - 30:15, city-owned [1] - 13:19 commercial [1] - 48:6 considered [2] - 31:2, 35:14, 38:13, 42:5,
60:7 CJ's [1] - 71:23 Commission [1] - 37:1 46:13, 46:16, 54:18,
charm [1] - 42:16 clarification [3] - 60:5, 37:8 considering [2] - 55:2, 55:3, 55:19,
Charter [1] - 8:12 64:3, 64:22 COMMITTEE [2] - 25:12, 42:24 58:5, 62:12, 63:10,
charter [1] - 26:12 clarify [1] - 83:25 88:22, 89:23 constantly [1] - 35:25 69:10, 72:12, 91:12
check [6] - 11:22, classroom's [1] - committee [4] - 82:14, construction [2] - Councilman [4] -
11:24, 51:21, 63:20, 34:23 83:19, 85:1, 86:15 35:11, 47:11 7:16, 56:17, 58:7
65:14, 65:20 clean [5] - 36:1, 50:18, Committee [4] - 89:4, consumption [2] - councilman [1] -
checking [1] - 8:16 66:22 89:6, 90:7, 90:9 91:24, 92:5 27:23
chemically [2] - 91:23, cleaning [2] - 76:19, Common [4] - 39:15, contact [3] - 53:4, Councils [1] - 26:23
4
counties [1] - 68:16 77:5 determine [2] - 15:18, 9:13, 12:6, 12:7, 46:1
COUNTY [2] - 84:19, Daniel [1] - 5:1 46:10 15:25, 17:2, 18:9, Drive [1] - 39:13
84:21 darn [1] - 18:13 determined [1] - 76:5 18:14, 19:2, 20:21, Drive-In [1] - 39:13
County [2] - 40:16, data [5] - 39:6, 41:5, developer [1] - 38:10 20:22, 23:3, 23:5, driveway [1] - 37:10
92:9 41:6, 91:10, 91:15 devoted [1] - 55:25 25:13, 27:2, 27:5, driving [2] - 37:2,
couple [16] - 3:22, date [2] - 79:10, 91:18 different [5] - 28:8, 29:4, 31:13, 32:20, 44:10
4:23, 20:1, 31:15, DAVIS [1] - 82:11 30:22, 70:11, 75:15, 34:9, 36:5, 47:16, due [3] - 8:14, 36:17,
52:2, 54:6, 59:9, DAY [1] - 87:17 75:24 48:18, 58:4, 61:2, 76:4
61:1, 63:17, 64:5, days [3] - 8:13, 59:9, difficult [1] - 14:4 62:10, 72:14, 73:14, dug [10] - 9:8, 9:9,
65:21, 65:24, 72:1, 78:8 digging [1] - 15:18 90:17 9:21, 9:24, 11:1,
77:19, 78:8 death [1] - 15:4 dilemma [1] - 13:9 door [1] - 29:11 15:12, 18:1, 18:4,
course [1] - 34:6 decades [1] - 14:19 dimensions [1] - 48:7 doors [3] - 16:15, 19:5, 73:18
Court [8] - 1:24, DECEMBER [1] - dipping [1] - 62:5 30:3, 31:7 dumped [1] - 50:17
24:21, 39:15, 39:19, 87:18 direct [1] - 93:24 Doris [2] - 28:12, dumping [1] - 32:10
40:10, 40:11, 78:8, decide [1] - 37:6 direction [1] - 44:1 51:11 during [3] - 7:13,
93:11 decided [3] - 25:15, directly [3] - 35:14, Dorothy [4] - 16:22, 56:21, 66:9
courthouse [1] - 25:17, 36:24 69:22, 73:22 18:17, 18:23, 80:22 duties [1] - 86:23
26:14 decision [1] - 36:22 director [1] - 56:23 doubt [1] - 45:4 DVDs [1] - 8:9
courts [3] - 4:18, 29:6, deck [3] - 76:24, 77:2, Director [1] - 10:13 down [27] - 9:7, 15:23, dying [1] - 26:18
60:2 77:8 Directors [1] - 13:6 16:22, 16:24, 17:22,
cover [2] - 61:19, 62:7 18:18, 18:23, 20:8,
declare [3] - 30:18, dirt [1] - 19:5 E
COYNE [1] - 33:20 89:21, 91:4 discovery [2] - 40:13, 20:23, 21:5, 21:16,
Coyne [1] - 33:21 decline [1] - 25:5 40:21 21:23, 23:10, 23:19, e-bikes [1] - 17:8
CRANE [1] - 82:11 deference [1] - 37:9 DISCRETIONARY [1] 25:12, 25:17, 32:5, e-mail [5] - 21:19,
Crane [2] - 37:25, 38:2 deficient [1] - 37:17 - 83:11 32:7, 36:6, 43:15, 30:17, 66:20, 79:7
crawl [1] - 23:19 definitely [1] - 49:13 45:22, 59:19, 59:21, e-scooters [1] - 17:7
discuss [3] - 53:22,
creating [1] - 25:1 72:23, 72:24, 77:3 early [1] - 74:4
definition [1] - 30:19 57:1, 58:20
creatures [1] - 32:8 downstairs [2] - ears [1] - 66:12
Delaware [3] - 72:25, discussed [1] - 27:6
Creek [1] - 23:14 29:10, 40:2 east [3] - 36:19, 37:12,
73:1, 73:2 discussion [4] -
creek [1] - 78:10 downtown [11] - 8:22, 37:15
delay [1] - 71:20 24:25, 37:8, 54:20,
crew [1] - 65:14 9:15, 9:19, 9:20, economy [1] - 48:12
delayed [1] - 61:6 54:25
crime [2] - 21:17, 10:9, 10:21, 12:3, ECTV [1] - 24:21
deliver [1] - 63:2 discussions [2] -
42:22 23:23, 46:18, 47:10 edge [1] - 36:8
demand [1] - 38:1 54:15, 54:16
criminal [1] - 67:4 DPW [9] - 10:13, eight [3] - 7:2, 34:4,
demolition [4] - 75:18, disgusting [1] - 31:1
CROSSINGS [1] - 31:24, 33:2, 46:8, 34:16
75:19, 76:9, 76:14 dispose [1] - 51:2
83:15 62:6, 62:9, 71:2, EIGHTH [1] - 91:5
Department [5] - 20:6, disrepair [1] - 76:5
78:10, 79:1 either [1] - 25:24
crossings [1] - 8:19 21:11, 24:8, 67:8, disseminate [1] -
dr [2] - 89:11, 90:19 elected [2] - 26:2, 27:3
crowd [1] - 7:3 67:13 74:17
Dr [11] - 3:8, 5:1, 5:6, electing [1] - 25:6
Crowley [1] - 22:2 DEPARTMENT [1] - distance [2] - 37:11,
50:7, 51:6, 57:24, election [1] - 58:8
cruise [1] - 44:6 83:12 37:19
58:3, 58:21, 67:21,
culture [1] - 27:20 department [2] - 46:9, distress [1] - 12:17 Electric [11] - 19:6,
69:6, 69:13
curb [1] - 73:20 66:11 distribution [2] - 29:19, 43:14, 43:16,
DR [27] - 3:9, 4:22, 44:16, 45:24, 71:17,
curbs [1] - 73:17 Department's [1] - 91:22, 92:3
46:7, 49:10, 50:4, 72:24, 73:24, 74:2,
current [2] - 9:5, 56:4 21:11 District [1] - 40:16
50:9, 51:9, 52:1, 74:3
CURRENTLY [1] - DEPARTMENTAL [1] - Divine [1] - 38:6
52:17, 53:9, 54:4,
84:17 87:25 documents [1] - 26:11 electric [1] - 19:16
58:25, 68:21, 68:25,
curtain [1] - 75:14 derivatives [2] - dogma [1] - 28:7 Elm [2] - 81:4, 81:19
82:16, 83:1, 84:8,
cut [6] - 16:5, 18:12, 91:23, 92:4 dollar [1] - 80:10 emailed [2] - 30:23
85:3, 85:7, 85:18,
52:5, 52:14, 52:15, deserve [1] - 16:6 Dollar [1] - 18:2 emails [2] - 78:7,
85:25, 87:5, 88:14,
72:24 designated [1] - 68:5 dollars [1] - 15:23 78:13
89:8, 89:12, 90:11,
cuts [1] - 17:20 DESIGNATING [1] - DOLLARS [1] - 87:23 emergency [2] - 23:8,
90:20
82:9 donate [1] - 35:10 40:20
drainage [2] - 18:6,
D destroying [2] - 29:1, donated [1] - 35:19 employees [1] - 34:19
36:20
29:2 donating [1] - 35:8 EMPLOYEES [1] -
drains [2] - 59:3,
damage [2] - 20:21, detailed [1] - 54:9 donation [5] - 35:1, 88:3
73:18
20:22 deteriorate [1] - 36:14 35:15, 64:17, 81:23, EMPLOYMENT [2] -
drilling [1] - 9:1
damaged [2] - 23:20, deteriorates [1] - 82:6 86:9, 86:12
drink [1] - 70:9
23:21 36:10 donations [1] - 57:20 end [13] - 8:15, 33:3,
drive [6] - 8:23, 23:23,
danger [1] - 76:6 deteriorating [1] - done [30] - 7:1, 9:11, 42:2, 43:19, 47:6,
43:2, 43:3, 44:16,
dangerous [2] - 76:8, 35:5 61:2, 62:6, 63:4,
5
63:5, 63:10, 71:11, 47:3 87:14, 88:22, 91:6, following [2] - 8:12, funds [2] - 60:19,
74:4, 80:22 exception [1] - 36:17 91:11, 91:19, 91:25 26:11 86:21
enforced [1] - 66:21 excited [1] - 47:15 filed [1] - 22:9 Food [1] - 3:23 FUNDS [2] - 83:10,
Enforcement [2] - excuse [1] - 26:16 filled [1] - 19:11 food [3] - 3:25, 4:11, 87:16
31:5, 77:25 EXECUTE [1] - 90:1 final [3] - 89:6, 90:9, 29:23 future [1] - 41:15
enforcement [7] - Executive [1] - 13:6 90:15 FOR [16] - 1:1, 82:8,
39:22, 51:3, 51:7, expecting [1] - 30:22 finances [1] - 60:25 83:7, 83:11, 83:13, G
53:19, 65:6, 66:5, expenses [1] - 61:17 financial [1] - 61:4 83:14, 85:13, 86:6,
78:1 EXPENSES [1] - 87:16 financially [1] - 61:13 87:16, 87:17, 87:20, game [2] - 30:4, 41:4
enforcing [1] - 66:6 experience [1] - 39:21 fine [3] - 9:6, 31:6, 88:3, 88:21, 88:22, games [2] - 16:23
engage [3] - 75:20, experiences [1] - 40:4 31:11 89:22, 89:24 gap [1] - 61:19
76:16, 76:18 explain [1] - 10:13 fines [1] - 16:4 Force [5] - 14:9, 34:8, garage [1] - 16:14
engine [1] - 16:19 explained [1] - 64:21 finished [3] - 9:11, 54:7, 57:13, 69:7 Garbage [2] - 5:23,
Engineer [1] - 82:19 extensive [1] - 76:20 19:10, 24:1 force [8] - 26:1, 54:10, 50:12
engineer [3] - 76:3, extremely [1] - 34:18 fire [2] - 27:14, 31:2 54:23, 55:9, 58:19, garbage [3] - 6:3,
76:22, 77:7 eye [1] - 67:9 firm [2] - 40:6, 86:24 69:12, 69:18 6:12, 32:10
engineers [1] - 79:2 eyes [2] - 66:12, 77:6 FIRST [1] - 87:17 forecast [2] - 60:24, gardening [1] - 29:22
ENHANCING [1] - first [14] - 7:23, 8:1, 61:11 gate [1] - 22:4
83:14 20:5, 24:17, 30:4, foregoing [1] - 93:22 gates [1] - 80:11
F
enhancing [1] - 8:18 40:15, 40:17, 47:13, Forge [1] - 4:18 gazebos [1] - 35:4
enjoy [1] - 20:13 face [1] - 16:21 50:10, 57:12, 63:17, forget [4] - 18:3, Geisinger [1] - 60:12
enjoyable [1] - 6:4 Facebook [1] - 74:16 70:2, 86:20, 86:24 52:21, 72:22, 73:25 Genell's [1] - 4:17
ENTER [1] - 90:1 fact [2] - 13:12, 24:19 First [5] - 4:23, 28:13, formal [1] - 40:13 general [1] - 62:13
enter [5] - 18:22, 19:1, fall [1] - 76:3 33:21, 63:7, 67:21 former [4] - 4:14, GENERAL [1] - 87:19
44:2, 45:10, 45:11 falling [1] - 77:4 five [7] - 11:4, 16:4, 14:12, 52:19 generation [3] - 28:6,
entering [1] - 22:17 families [1] - 22:25 17:22, 22:25, 25:6, forth [4] - 47:22, 48:8, 28:7
ENTERPRISES [1] - Family [1] - 18:2 49:1, 60:24 60:4, 65:25 gentle [1] - 10:17
90:2 family [2] - 7:7, 37:5 fixed [3] - 35:20, forward [4] - 13:22, gentleman [2] - 45:6,
entertain [5] - 82:13, far [1] - 47:25 35:21, 47:5 27:25, 28:3, 32:5 66:13
83:18, 84:25, 86:14, Farr [1] - 19:4 fixing [1] - 47:25 fountain [1] - 20:20 gentleman's [1] -
92:11 favor [6] - 82:24, 84:7, flag [3] - 6:25, 7:17, four [5] - 22:24, 34:3, 43:12
entire [1] - 10:5 85:5, 85:24, 87:3, 41:20 39:11, 44:15, 73:7 Gerrity's [2] - 64:18,
ENTITLED [1] - 87:15 88:13 Flood [1] - 78:11 fours [1] - 79:12 81:23
entry [1] - 29:21 favorite [2] - 17:19, flooding [1] - 39:25 FOURTH [1] - 7:21 GFS [1] - 4:24
equipment [1] - 80:1 43:20 floor [4] - 8:4, 34:19, Frank [6] - 31:14, gift [7] - 33:22, 35:2,
especially [3] - 22:16, federal [2] - 38:23, 34:20, 85:20 33:1, 59:10, 59:18, 35:17, 63:23, 64:3,
53:17, 68:15 81:8 flow [1] - 36:17 61:3, 85:15 64:20, 82:3
ESQ [1] - 2:10 Federation [2] - 5:15, Flower [1] - 29:19 FRANK [1] - 2:8 GILBRIDE [1] - 2:10
established [2] - 5:19 flower [1] - 20:19 Free [1] - 29:21 Gilbride [1] - 66:10
86:21 fee [1] - 30:11 flowers [1] - 69:25 frequently [1] - 52:10 Ginsburg [2] - 5:1, 5:6
Euclid [4] - 18:15, feel-good [1] - 12:21 fly [1] - 45:1 Friday [7] - 4:8, 4:9, glad [1] - 22:2
18:22, 19:4 feet [2] - 9:24, 27:14 flying [1] - 16:16 18:1, 21:1, 21:22, gonna [3] - 11:5,
evening [9] - 12:13, female [1] - 27:16 FLYNN [23] - 2:3, 3:15, 22:8, 70:6 19:14, 61:1
16:12, 19:22, 24:16, fences [1] - 22:4 67:20, 68:23, 69:2, friends [1] - 24:7 gorgeous [1] - 22:20
33:20, 38:18, 46:15, feral [1] - 27:21 69:21, 72:19, 82:15, FROM [3] - 82:11, GOVERNMENT [1] -
48:20, 77:14 Festival [1] - 3:24 83:4, 83:20, 83:23, 83:10, 87:24 87:16
event [5] - 5:14, 6:15, few [7] - 13:15, 17:5, 84:11, 85:10, 85:16, front [8] - 8:5, 29:10, government [2] -
7:6, 7:12, 57:18 47:24, 50:9, 57:8, 86:3, 86:16, 87:8, 30:25, 32:2, 40:10, 25:18, 27:20
events [1] - 38:2 62:2, 78:7 88:11, 88:17, 89:5, 44:15, 75:3, 75:12 graduation [1] - 22:8
Everett [1] - 77:21 Field [4] - 79:17, 89:18, 90:8, 91:1 full [4] - 50:17, 64:17, GRANDVIEW [1] -
everywhere [1] - 8:23 79:18, 79:22, 80:9 flynn [2] - 89:17, 90:25 81:23, 82:6 88:24
evict [3] - 40:17, field [1] - 80:12 Flynn [7] - 3:14, 7:16, fully [2] - 79:24, 93:4 GRANT [2] - 83:10,
40:18, 40:19 FIFA [1] - 24:2 56:17, 58:7, 67:19, functioning [1] - 83:12
eviction [1] - 40:12 Fifth [2] - 12:23, 29:18 77:16, 84:4 27:21 grant [2] - 8:17, 25:9
evidence [1] - 93:4 FIFTH [1] - 50:5 focus [2] - 55:13, 67:6 FUND [1] - 88:1 granted [1] - 60:1
exact [3] - 67:25, 68:9, figure [2] - 60:10, focused [1] - 55:9 fund [1] - 81:10 graphic [1] - 74:15
68:11 71:14 follow [5] - 35:20, funded [1] - 79:24 grass [2] - 53:1, 53:13
example [1] - 37:25 figured [1] - 42:8 44:18, 65:10, 74:23, funding [7] - 27:24, gray [2] - 19:12, 19:13
EXCEED [1] - 87:22 FILE [7] - 87:12, 78:18 57:19, 60:12, 81:7, great [17] - 4:2, 4:10,
excellent [2] - 25:14, followed [1] - 35:12 81:8, 81:13, 81:18 5:14, 6:8, 7:3, 7:11,
6
43:17, 49:5, 49:7, hell-bent [1] - 25:8 5:11 inaudible [1] - 22:11 INTO [1] - 90:2
56:13, 58:9, 62:14, help [11] - 12:19, honoring [2] - 5:1, INC [2] - 84:17, 86:10 introduced [4] -
66:12, 71:23, 90:16 14:20, 14:24, 14:25, 5:12 incentive [1] - 48:5 82:13, 83:18, 84:25,
Great [1] - 51:9 33:2, 55:6, 56:13, hooked [1] - 40:5 inception [1] - 86:23 86:14
greatly [1] - 12:23 58:6, 58:9, 77:17, hope [3] - 16:6, 23:25, include [1] - 51:25 INTRODUCTION [5] -
Greek [1] - 3:23 77:18 74:6 included [1] - 36:18 82:9, 83:8, 84:15,
Green [5] - 19:24, helping [1] - 20:13 hopeful [1] - 74:22 including [1] - 76:2 85:14, 86:7
19:25, 21:15, 43:15, helps [1] - 14:8 hopefully [6] - 42:15, INCLUDING [1] - introduction [4] -
73:20 henpecked [1] - 15:4 59:9, 62:10, 73:12, 87:18 82:24, 84:7, 85:5,
grew [2] - 46:22, 70:7 hereby [3] - 89:20, 78:22, 82:22 increase [3] - 21:21, 87:3
GRNA [1] - 42:8 91:3, 93:3 Hopefully [1] - 50:1 34:10, 42:20 investigation [1] -
ground [3] - 18:5, Hi [1] - 38:17 hopes [1] - 75:21 increased [2] - 27:23, 28:2
19:13, 58:15 hiccups [1] - 72:12 hoping [1] - 74:3 45:6 INVESTMENT [1] -
group [1] - 57:19 Hickey [1] - 14:13 horrible [1] - 65:22 increasing [1] - 34:14 86:8
groups [1] - 27:8 hide [1] - 55:5 Horvath's [1] - 39:10 Incredible [1] - 70:20 investment [1] - 70:15
guess [6] - 13:14, high [2] - 53:1, 53:3 hosts [1] - 5:24 incredible [1] - 5:10 invite [1] - 54:24
18:19, 19:10, 21:18, highly [1] - 49:12 hour [1] - 17:22 incur [1] - 65:16 involved [1] - 31:20
54:22, 81:21 highway [3] - 45:17, hours [1] - 80:13 individual [3] - 25:24, involvement [1] -
guessing [1] - 64:23 80:18, 80:23 House [4] - 52:19, 75:11, 77:25 54:10
guy [4] - 18:17, 32:11, Hill [3] - 30:2, 30:12, 75:9, 77:17 individuals [3] - Irving [2] - 62:4, 75:3
44:20, 44:21 52:4 house [7] - 32:16, 57:21, 73:8, 80:12 Islamophobe [1] -
guys [5] - 9:16, 28:22, hill [1] - 18:19 32:18, 72:21, 74:20, infested [1] - 75:3 41:22
30:24, 42:6, 46:5 hire [1] - 40:16 75:10, 76:22, 79:11 informal [1] - 40:14 islands [4] - 43:14,
gym [1] - 8:5 hitting [1] - 26:7 houses [2] - 32:7, information [4] - 54:9, 44:1, 44:7, 70:4
HNAscranton@ 44:23 58:3, 58:22, 92:7 issue [12] - 8:21,
H gmail.com [1] - Housing [2] - 39:18, infrastructure [1] - 13:20, 16:2, 26:14,
30:17 40:23 47:25 28:22, 37:11, 54:5,
half [6] - 13:2, 21:4, Hodowanitz [2] - 7:24, HUD [3] - 38:22, ingestion [2] - 91:24, 61:23, 61:24, 65:22,
29:4, 39:17, 43:20, 7:25 57:19, 57:22 92:5 70:6, 76:12
64:4 HODOWANITZ [3] - huge [2] - 18:4 ingredients [1] - 11:14 issued [1] - 82:4
Hall [5] - 7:1, 7:9, 7:25, 11:11, 11:17 Hulk [1] - 70:20 initial [1] - 70:23 issues [13] - 14:7,
9:17, 9:18, 29:12 Hodowanitz's [1] - human [3] - 43:2, input [1] - 92:7 51:12, 53:17, 55:4,
hand [1] - 80:1 23:22 91:24, 92:5 inquired [1] - 64:25 59:25, 62:5, 62:8,
happy [11] - 8:14, Hodwanitz's [1] - 47:9 HUNDRED [2] - 87:22, insane [1] - 30:19 62:13, 65:3, 66:23,
28:14, 39:9, 46:25, holding [2] - 58:10, 87:23 insanity [1] - 30:20 67:2, 69:22, 79:21
54:17, 66:3, 66:24, 79:12 inside [1] - 68:3 IT [9] - 21:10, 21:11,
69:13, 90:14 21:12, 21:20, 24:8,
hole [1] - 18:4 I insight [1] - 53:25
hard [1] - 58:24 Hollow [2] - 81:10, 71:9, 71:13, 71:20,
inspection [1] - 79:10
hardcover [1] - 8:7 81:20 ice [1] - 37:2 72:11
inspector [1] - 53:20
harder [1] - 15:24 Holy [1] - 4:6 idea [4] - 8:20, 47:20, it'll [2] - 5:13, 47:16
inspectors [3] - 18:12,
Harrison [4] - 52:6, Home [1] - 8:12 47:22, 48:2 Item [12] - 82:13,
52:14
52:18, 52:19 home [3] - 44:14, IDENTIFIED [1] - 88:2 83:18, 84:25, 85:17,
inspirational [1] - 5:7
hate [2] - 10:22, 41:21 47:1, 47:7 ignoring [1] - 31:12 85:20, 86:14, 88:8,
installed [1] - 22:15
hater [1] - 41:21 Homeless [1] - 34:8 imagine [2] - 23:7, 88:10, 89:7, 89:21,
INSTALLING [1] -
hazard [1] - 31:3 homeless [12] - 12:18, 23:9 90:10, 91:4
88:23
heads [2] - 74:7, 74:11 12:24, 13:13, 14:21, immediately [1] - ITEM [1] - 87:25
interested [5] - 5:17,
healthy [1] - 49:22 38:25, 39:4, 39:17, 26:16 items [1] - 25:20
54:20, 57:7, 58:17,
hear [4] - 10:22, 55:7, 55:12, 56:20, impact [1] - 13:10 itself [3] - 14:16,
58:20
13:11, 28:7, 78:25 58:16, 67:24 important [3] - 6:23, 59:22, 76:23
interesting [1] - 59:7
heard [4] - 12:16, Homelessness [1] - 24:23, 27:15 INTERMUNICIPAL [1]
12:21, 78:15, 88:7 38:19 impossible [1] - 41:2 - 84:16 J
hearing [6] - 21:14, homeowner [4] - improve [1] - 35:15 INTERNATIONAL [1] -
40:12, 40:14, 82:22, IMPROVE [1] - 88:25 jackhammers [1] -
16:14, 47:21, 47:22, 88:5
85:22, 91:17 improvement [1] - 10:18
48:5 intersection [1] -
heavy [2] - 70:25 47:6 Jackson [4] - 12:4,
homeowners [1] - 17:23
heck [1] - 19:14 IMPROVEMENTS [1] - 12:5, 13:15, 14:10
48:16 INTERSECTION [2] -
held [4] - 5:19, 27:14, 90:3 JANUARY [1] - 87:18
homophobe [1] - 88:24, 89:1
85:22, 91:17 41:22 IMPROVING [1] - JCC [1] - 5:20
Intervention [1] -
HELD [1] - 1:4 honor [1] - 5:15 83:14 Jerry [1] - 32:14
56:19
hell [1] - 25:8 honored [2] - 4:25, IN [1] - 88:2 JESSICA [1] - 2:5
7
Jewish [3] - 5:2, 5:15, 89:21, 91:4 look [14] - 9:10, 10:1, matter [1] - 68:13
L
5:18 legislation [2] - 63:24, 10:21, 14:18, 27:8, MAYOR [1] - 89:25
JFS [1] - 5:19 Lackawanna [6] - 65:25 47:16, 49:15, 51:4, Mayor [5] - 14:12,
jive [1] - 63:25 4:16, 40:16, 68:16, length [1] - 10:5 52:15, 53:21, 62:2, 21:20, 26:1, 54:22
Joan [2] - 7:24, 7:25 81:6, 81:19, 92:9 Lenny [1] - 65:21 69:15, 75:13, 79:3 Mayor's [1] - 54:23
joan [1] - 11:8 LACKAWANNA [2] - Les [2] - 16:11, 16:13 looked [1] - 60:16 MCANDREW [48] -
job [4] - 9:11, 18:10, 84:19, 84:21 less [1] - 34:18 looking [8] - 9:14, 2:4, 2:6, 3:11, 3:13,
38:25, 75:12 Lake [1] - 41:8 level [1] - 72:15 19:17, 20:10, 32:5, 3:22, 4:12, 11:8,
jobs [1] - 74:1 landlord [2] - 31:18, LGBTQ [2] - 6:24, 35:18, 43:21, 61:13, 11:12, 24:5, 24:11,
John [2] - 4:16, 39:10 32:12 7:12 72:11 24:14, 33:1, 33:5,
join [1] - 56:18 landlord's [1] - 31:21 Library [2] - 8:2, 11:10 Lookout [2] - 35:20, 33:8, 33:9, 38:15,
joy [1] - 7:6 landlords [1] - 65:17 library [1] - 8:25 63:17 57:12, 59:1, 59:16,
joyous [1] - 7:14 language [2] - 66:7, LICENSE [1] - 84:17 looks [4] - 44:14, 71:7, 60:23, 61:22, 63:12,
judge [1] - 26:14 83:25 licensed [1] - 48:10 75:10, 77:4 63:16, 63:22, 64:13,
Judge [1] - 40:25 languished [1] - 28:5 life [3] - 12:18, 46:23, lost [1] - 39:14 65:11, 83:2, 83:3,
judicial [2] - 41:15 large [2] - 25:25, 65:3 louder [3] - 16:19, 83:21, 84:9, 84:10,
July [1] - 74:5 49:17 light [1] - 18:2 16:20, 45:15 85:2, 85:8, 85:9,
June [12] - 1:7, 3:25, Last [2] - 16:14, 70:19 lighting [1] - 36:1 LOUNGE [1] - 84:20 86:1, 86:2, 86:17,
4:8, 4:17, 5:3, 6:21, last [40] - 6:15, 8:25, lights [2] - 19:14, love [2] - 46:24, 56:12 87:6, 87:7, 88:9,
29:18, 61:2, 74:4, 10:8, 11:4, 11:9, 80:12 low [2] - 21:16, 26:5 88:15, 88:16, 89:14,
85:22 12:5, 12:7, 12:16, likely [1] - 38:4 LST [1] - 61:23 89:16, 90:12, 90:22,
june [1] - 29:23 12:20, 13:2, 15:1, limit [1] - 30:8 LSTS [1] - 81:14 90:24, 92:12
15:11, 15:15, 15:21, limited [1] - 56:9 lucky [1] - 5:25 McAndrew [11] - 3:10,
16:4, 16:18, 18:1, lunch [1] - 34:21 3:12, 7:16, 33:15,
K Limited [1] - 30:4
57:10, 63:14, 81:24,
20:4, 32:13, 33:11, line [2] - 43:21, 45:22 Luzerne [2] - 50:13,
KATHY [1] - 2:9 36:6, 37:20, 39:3, 68:16 89:13, 89:15, 90:21,
LINE [1] - 87:25
keep [9] - 8:15, 20:10, 39:10, 47:19, 49:11, 90:23
link [1] - 43:6
McAuley [3] - 55:25,
25:2, 25:5, 26:4, 52:5, 54:5, 57:14, links [1] - 59:11 M 68:2, 68:6
39:5, 64:22, 67:9, 59:9, 61:15, 63:23, LIQUOR [2] - 84:16,
80:14 64:2, 64:25, 66:25, MACHINISTS [1] - McCauley [1] - 68:14
84:22
keeping [1] - 80:15 70:4, 72:21, 78:8, 88:5 McCool [2] - 1:24,
list [4] - 15:15, 21:23,
keeps [1] - 44:10 81:3 mail [5] - 21:19, 30:17, 93:10
55:21, 75:18
kept [1] - 32:14 Lastly [1] - 19:3 66:20, 79:7 meadow [1] - 23:14
listed [1] - 75:23
KEYSER [1] - 90:3 lastly [1] - 6:20 Main [3] - 17:21, 18:2, Meadow [1] - 23:14
listen [1] - 26:22
Keyser [2] - 65:21, late [1] - 8:13 78:9 mean [15] - 14:7, 26:1,
literally [1] - 23:19
90:15 Laura [5] - 19:21, MAIN [1] - 84:18 26:16, 31:9, 32:4,
litigation [2] - 25:24,
kicked [1] - 6:24 19:23, 28:15, 42:12, maintained [2] - 53:6, 32:11, 39:7, 40:16,
31:19
kid [1] - 43:18 72:7 62:17 41:1, 48:22, 57:7,
LITTLE [1] - 38:17
kids [12] - 7:8, 21:7, law [1] - 40:6 MANAGE [1] - 86:11 59:22, 61:18, 62:11
live [8] - 8:22, 19:25,
22:7, 22:9, 22:19, lawfully [2] - 89:21, MANAGEMENT [2] - means [3] - 61:18,
29:22, 43:14, 46:22,
29:7, 30:9, 44:20, 91:4 86:8, 86:10 84:1, 93:23
46:25, 47:10, 69:22
44:21, 44:22, 52:24, lawyer [1] - 40:6 Mancini [1] - 12:11 Meanwhile [1] - 18:11
lived [2] - 5:8, 12:18
70:9 lawyers [1] - 41:4 MANCINI [1] - 12:12 meeting [8] - 4:25,
lives [1] - 14:3
kill [1] - 47:24 leagues [1] - 60:1 mapping [1] - 59:7 12:20, 55:19, 61:4,
living [2] - 32:8, 39:17
kind [5] - 42:17, 43:9, learned [2] - 38:21 Maria [2] - 1:24, 93:10 61:15, 79:7, 79:14,
LLC [1] - 84:20
48:5, 55:22, 62:5 least [9] - 21:8, 21:9, MARK [20] - 2:4, 3:13, 92:14
loaded [1] - 41:4
kinds [2] - 8:8, 67:2 34:10, 43:25, 44:22, 3:22, 11:8, 11:12, meetings [3] - 13:4,
local [1] - 38:5
kitchen [1] - 31:1 55:2, 56:17, 74:24, 24:5, 33:9, 38:15, 54:11, 55:14
located [3] - 51:20,
knocked [1] - 21:5 76:19 63:16, 63:22, 64:13, member [4] - 6:23,
52:5, 75:17
knowing [1] - 60:2 leave [2] - 10:7, 74:20 65:11, 83:3, 84:10, 12:25, 54:18, 58:6
LOCATED [2] - 84:18,
knowledge [1] - 75:25 leaves [1] - 82:5 85:9, 86:2, 87:7, members [7] - 3:21,
84:20
leaving [2] - 29:12, 88:16, 89:16, 90:24 4:20, 25:6, 30:12,
knows [2] - 66:18 LOCATION [1] - 1:10
38:2 Mark [4] - 3:12, 63:14, 30:13, 35:14, 55:2
KOLOSKI [4] - 28:12, location [2] - 50:25,
led [1] - 59:20 89:15, 90:23 MEMBERS [1] - 88:3
31:21, 32:1, 33:4 56:5
Lee [2] - 24:15, 24:17 Market [2] - 65:1, 65:2 memorial [1] - 4:13
Koloski [2] - 28:12, locked [1] - 80:11
51:11 left [7] - 15:22, 29:9, Marketplace [1] - 8:4 Memorial [3] - 4:16,
LODGE [1] - 88:4
44:4, 64:8, 72:21, marriage [1] - 5:9 20:16, 20:25
KRAM [1] - 84:17 logic [1] - 37:18
72:25, 73:3 materials [2] - 35:8, men [3] - 3:5, 34:17,
kratom [2] - 91:23, long-term [1] - 76:4
legal [2] - 25:24, 66:10 35:10 69:1
92:4 Look [1] - 27:21
legally [3] - 32:19, Matt [1] - 40:25 mentioned [6] - 14:13,
8
50:10, 51:11, 51:15, MORGAN [1] - 24:16 80:4, 80:6, 81:1, 43:12, 46:14, 46:16, nights [1] - 29:15
52:4, 55:20 morning [4] - 10:16, 81:2, 82:8, 82:12, 64:16 NO [9] - 87:13, 87:14,
Mercy [1] - 38:7 21:3, 22:11, 72:22 82:15, 82:17, 83:2, named [1] - 69:17 88:4, 88:23, 89:24,
Meridian [4] - 6:6, most [4] - 4:3, 6:3, 83:3, 83:4, 83:5, names [1] - 14:14 91:6, 91:12, 91:20,
50:13, 50:20 27:15, 44:21 83:7, 83:17, 83:20, narrowing [1] - 38:1 92:1
mess [4] - 10:9, 10:25, motion [9] - 40:21, 83:21, 83:22, 83:23, Nay [8] - 25:12, 29:6, nobody's [1] - 18:24
18:12, 26:7 82:13, 83:18, 84:25, 84:3, 84:5, 84:9, 29:13, 29:19, 29:24, non [1] - 30:13
message [1] - 45:15 85:16, 85:19, 86:14, 84:10, 84:11, 84:12, 35:3, 35:5, 59:18 NON [1] - 87:25
messaged [1] - 30:24 92:11, 92:12 84:14, 84:24, 85:2, NDAA [1] - 42:1 NON-
met [1] - 73:7 MOTIONS [1] - 50:6 85:4, 85:8, 85:9, near [2] - 39:12, 43:14 DEPARTMENTAL [1]
metal [1] - 18:4 motions [4] - 50:8, 85:10, 85:11, 85:13, neck [1] - 52:3 - 87:25
middle [8] - 9:8, 9:9, 57:10, 63:15, 67:19 85:15, 85:16, 85:19, need [16] - 18:15, non-members [1] -
9:24, 20:19, 70:3, move [3] - 27:25, 28:3, 86:1, 86:2, 86:3, 18:21, 21:25, 22:1, 30:13
70:21 88:9 86:4, 86:6, 86:13, 25:19, 30:15, 49:13, none [1] - 15:8
might [6] - 14:5, 14:6, moved [13] - 46:17, 86:16, 86:17, 86:18, 52:3, 56:14, 56:21, nonprofit [1] - 57:16
47:24, 49:16, 54:19, 46:23, 70:2, 82:15, 86:25, 87:2, 87:6, 61:8, 61:11, 61:25, nonprofits [3] - 13:6,
55:11 83:6, 83:20, 84:13, 87:7, 87:8, 87:9, 62:16, 63:2, 77:17 14:23, 58:11
migrate [1] - 32:6 85:2, 85:12, 86:5, 87:11, 88:7, 88:9, needed [4] - 8:21, normally [1] - 6:17
Mike [1] - 12:11 86:16, 87:10, 88:19 88:11, 88:12, 88:15, 35:6, 38:9, 90:16 North [5] - 16:16,
miles [1] - 17:22 movies [1] - 8:9 88:16, 88:17, 88:18, needing [1] - 43:1 17:21, 75:3, 77:21,
mill [2] - 62:6, 73:23 moving [2] - 23:13, 88:20, 89:2, 89:5, Needing [1] - 37:14 78:9
36:15 89:9, 89:14, 89:16, needs [1] - 72:14
milled [1] - 74:4 NOT [2] - 87:22, 88:2
mowed [1] - 53:3 89:18, 89:20, 89:22, neglected [1] - 28:4
milling [1] - 74:14 note [3] - 5:21, 6:21,
mowing [1] - 53:13 90:5, 90:8, 90:12,
million [2] - 80:10, Neighborhood [3] - 45:22
MPO [1] - 81:14 90:13, 90:22, 90:24,
81:13 19:24, 30:3, 30:12 noted [1] - 35:1
91:1, 91:3, 91:5,
mind [1] - 8:22 MR [191] - 3:3, 3:11, neighborhood [12] - notes [1] - 93:5
91:8, 91:11, 91:13,
minimum [1] - 49:1 3:13, 3:15, 3:17, 27:8, 36:25, 37:5, Nothing [1] - 13:25
91:19, 91:21, 91:25,
Minooka [1] - 33:21 3:18, 3:20, 3:22, 48:13, 48:18, 49:3, nothing [5] - 14:1,
92:2, 92:12, 92:14
minors [1] - 91:24 4:12, 4:19, 7:19, 52:24, 53:10, 53:21, 14:8, 55:5
MS [23] - 3:8, 3:10,
minutes [1] - 54:13 7:21, 7:23, 11:8, 62:18, 72:5, 74:18 notice [1] - 53:14
11:12, 11:20, 12:1, 3:12, 3:14, 3:16,
miscommunication neighborhoods [5] - noticed [1] - 50:15
12:2, 12:8, 12:10, 7:25, 11:11, 11:17,
[1] - 67:22 6:10, 27:22, 48:1, notices [1] - 31:7
12:12, 16:10, 16:12, 19:22, 28:12, 31:21,
misleading [1] - 55:22 49:21, 62:15 noticing [1] - 13:9
19:20, 24:5, 24:9, 32:1, 33:4, 89:11,
mismanaged [1] - neighbors [4] - 48:25, notify [1] - 67:11
24:11, 24:13, 24:14, 89:13, 89:15, 89:17,
26:19 74:11, 74:17, 76:11 nuisance [1] - 62:20
24:15, 24:16, 28:10, 89:19, 90:19, 90:21,
mismanaging [1] - NeighborWorks [3] - NUMBER [1] - 90:4
31:14, 31:17, 31:23, 90:23, 90:25, 91:2
25:9 5:24, 6:11, 48:24 number [12] - 33:24,
32:17, 32:24, 33:1, MULBERRY [1] -
Miss [2] - 47:9, 51:10 net [1] - 12:14 34:10, 34:14, 50:21,
33:5, 33:7, 33:8, 83:15
missing [2] - 42:8, never [4] - 9:3, 11:1, 53:16, 56:9, 63:25,
33:9, 33:14, 33:16, Mulberry [3] - 8:19,
42:9 23:23, 35:13 64:6, 67:25, 68:9,
33:19, 38:12, 38:15, 51:20, 84:1
modified [2] - 91:23, New [1] - 32:18 68:11, 68:19
38:16, 38:17, 42:4, mulch [1] - 20:7
92:4 new [6] - 18:25, 21:4,
42:6, 46:11, 46:12, multi [1] - 80:9
moment [2] - 3:4, 43:3 52:21, 60:11, 75:22, O
46:15, 48:21, 49:5, MULTI [1] - 88:24
Monday [2] - 20:24, 79:21
49:8, 49:9, 49:24, MULTI-WAY [1] -
29:15 newly [2] - 15:13, 18:8 obstruction [1] -
50:2, 50:5, 50:7, 88:24
money [8] - 15:3, 25:9, Next [7] - 12:10, 78:10
51:6, 51:24, 52:16, murder [2] - 15:21,
41:12, 60:13, 60:16, 16:10, 19:20, 24:15, obvious [1] - 43:5
53:8, 54:3, 57:6, 17:24
61:19 33:23, 59:2, 73:16 obviously [5] - 19:25,
57:12, 59:1, 59:13, museum [1] - 29:21
Month [5] - 6:22, 6:25, next [13] - 4:7, 19:6, 22:6, 29:3, 38:10,
59:16, 60:21, 60:23, music [3] - 29:8, 29:9,
7:13, 28:14, 41:20 24:3, 38:8, 57:8, 61:16
61:20, 61:22, 63:9, 29:22
month [6] - 6:22, 7:14, 61:1, 62:2, 68:2, occupancy [2] -
63:12, 63:14, 63:16, must [2] - 50:24,
8:25, 18:11, 34:1, 68:8, 68:20, 72:15, 80:19, 80:23
63:21, 63:22, 64:10, 62:23
61:15 73:16, 75:7 occurring [2] - 78:3,
64:11, 64:13, 65:9, Myrtle [2] - 81:10,
months [5] - 17:5, nice [4] - 7:4, 20:1, 79:21
65:11, 67:18, 67:20, 81:20
22:18, 62:25, 69:3, 20:10, 75:13 occurs [1] - 8:11
68:23, 69:2, 69:19, night [11] - 21:2,
77:12 OF [21] - 1:1, 82:10,
Moosic [3] - 8:20, 84:1
69:21, 72:17, 72:19, N 21:22, 22:3, 22:8, 83:10, 83:12, 84:16,
77:15, 78:4, 78:6, 34:24, 38:11, 46:6,
MOOSIC [1] - 83:16 86:8, 86:11, 87:12,
78:17, 78:19, 78:20, naked [1] - 40:13
Morgan [2] - 24:15, 50:3, 70:6, 72:2, 87:14, 87:16, 87:17,
78:23, 79:15, 79:16, name [5] - 19:23,
24:17 80:13 87:19, 88:3, 88:5,
9
88:23, 88:24, 91:6, 84:12, 85:11, 86:4, parent [1] - 43:23 22:2 31:10, 42:15, 56:24
91:11, 91:19, 91:25 87:9, 88:18 Parish [1] - 38:7 pattern [1] - 37:18 personal [1] - 14:6
offer [1] - 48:4 optimistic [1] - 74:22 park [15] - 9:17, 14:11, pave [7] - 9:15, 17:19, personally [2] - 6:5,
office [2] - 44:14, options [1] - 36:18 14:14, 14:15, 22:17, 18:12, 52:5, 52:14, 6:23
53:20 Order [1] - 12:23 22:20, 23:3, 24:7, 52:15, 73:23 perspective [1] -
Officer [1] - 22:11 ORDER [6] - 3:18, 28:17, 28:22, 35:16, paved [9] - 11:4, 11:5, 70:13
officer [4] - 42:21, 7:21, 50:5, 87:11, 59:25, 60:8, 60:9, 15:3, 15:9, 15:13, Peters [1] - 14:12
72:1, 72:4, 78:1 88:20, 91:5 71:5 15:16, 18:8, 74:4 phenomenal [2] -
official [1] - 27:3 order [3] - 4:4, 26:14, Park [31] - 13:16, paving [3] - 15:8, 20:7, 23:1
Official [2] - 1:24, 76:14 14:10, 20:3, 20:16, 74:10, 74:14 pick [2] - 29:12, 32:16
93:11 ordinance [9] - 66:8, 21:8, 22:2, 22:17, pay [3] - 8:6, 15:20, picked [2] - 20:18,
officially [2] - 30:19, 66:15, 66:24, 91:8, 25:12, 28:20, 29:6, 15:25 32:18
35:13 91:9, 91:13, 91:14, 29:13, 29:20, 29:24, paying [1] - 18:25 pickleball [1] - 60:2
OFFICIALS [1] - 90:1 91:21, 92:2 35:3, 35:5, 42:14, PEDESTRIAN [1] - picnic [1] - 4:7
officials [2] - 76:2, ORDINANCE [3] - 59:18, 63:8, 69:21, 83:14 picnics [1] - 29:7
76:21 82:9, 87:13, 87:15 69:23, 69:24, 69:25, pedestrian [1] - 8:18 pictures [5] - 30:25,
often [2] - 44:12, ordinances [3] - 16:3, 70:8, 70:16, 70:17, peek [1] - 67:9 32:22, 51:13, 79:8,
46:20 91:16, 92:6 71:15, 72:16, 73:9, peel [1] - 75:13 79:13
oil [3] - 50:22, 50:24 organizations [3] - 73:21, 80:7, 80:8 PEL [3] - 60:25, 61:9, pilot [1] - 32:21
old [4] - 5:6, 29:25, 57:17, 57:20, 67:12 parking [9] - 36:19, 61:15 pinning [1] - 31:6
43:20, 51:18 original [1] - 64:6 37:12, 37:15, 37:21, pending [2] - 76:14, pitch [1] - 37:1
Old [1] - 4:18 originally [1] - 42:11 38:1, 38:3, 38:4, 81:15 place [17] - 5:2, 5:24,
Olympics [2] - 5:23, OTHER [3] - 86:9, 50:20, 60:13 Penn [3] - 73:1, 73:3 14:24, 16:3, 27:7,
50:12 86:12, 89:25 Parking [1] - 37:21 PennDOT [3] - 81:5, 29:8, 36:2, 36:3,
ON [4] - 83:15, 87:17, ought [1] - 9:19 Parks [4] - 13:16, 81:9, 81:13 39:15, 39:16, 39:25,
88:22, 89:23 out-of-town [1] - 20:2, 20:6, 20:23 Pennsylvania [1] - 41:7, 41:9, 46:21,
once [6] - 9:10, 14:22, 65:17 parks [11] - 20:2, 20:9, 41:9 47:7, 50:11, 71:2
32:7, 34:2, 54:7, outlook [1] - 61:12 20:14, 22:15, 28:24, PENNSYLVANIA [3] - placed [1] - 59:15
71:4 outpacing [1] - 61:17 62:11, 62:13, 62:14, 84:19, 84:21, 84:22 plan [6] - 10:14, 10:21,
ONE [1] - 82:10 outreach [2] - 67:7, 62:22, 63:8, 71:17 pension [1] - 26:21 26:21, 28:9, 80:15
One [4] - 13:11, 15:7, 67:11 part [15] - 6:1, 6:2, People [3] - 23:19, planned [1] - 56:16
15:11, 37:6 outside [3] - 44:14, 7:12, 9:4, 13:1, 19:7, 44:8, 53:12 planning [1] - 41:6
one [40] - 4:10, 8:8, 44:25, 69:3 19:17, 37:13, 44:2, people [41] - 4:3, 6:12, Planning [1] - 37:8
8:17, 9:12, 11:8, overgrown [1] - 52:22 50:11, 50:19, 54:15, 12:14, 13:8, 13:10, planted [1] - 70:15
13:4, 13:21, 14:14, overgrowth [5] - 54:19, 55:1, 57:15 14:2, 14:3, 15:11, planting [1] - 69:25
14:15, 14:24, 16:18, 31:24, 53:15, 65:3, Part [1] - 37:18 15:22, 16:6, 16:8, plants [2] - 20:22,
19:1, 27:23, 29:12, 76:20, 77:3 participated [1] - 16:25, 17:9, 17:16, 39:12
32:21, 34:20, 36:24, oversight [1] - 16:2 54:11 20:13, 24:1, 24:22, plastic [1] - 35:2
37:20, 43:3, 43:17, own [1] - 14:5 participating [1] - 26:9, 26:18, 26:22, plasticized [1] - 35:3
43:18, 43:23, 43:25, OWNED [1] - 84:17 57:17 27:13, 28:5, 28:8, play [2] - 52:24, 70:17
44:2, 45:2, 45:7, owned [2] - 13:19, PARTICIPATION [1] - 29:1, 30:8, 32:10, playground [4] -
45:14, 47:25, 52:25, 41:8 7:22 38:24, 39:22, 41:13, 79:23, 79:24, 79:25,
53:3, 54:4, 57:15, owner [7] - 48:6, 53:4, parts [1] - 50:25 42:19, 43:7, 44:9, 80:1
58:12, 63:18, 70:22, 75:21, 75:23, 76:17, pass [2] - 37:14, 88:10 44:10, 44:17, 45:17, playing [1] - 44:24
73:5, 74:9, 79:2, 76:18, 77:10 passable [1] - 23:6 49:14, 50:1, 55:16, Pleas [4] - 39:15,
79:3, 80:24 owners [1] - 15:4 passage [2] - 89:7, 56:20, 58:18, 74:19 39:20, 40:10, 40:11
one-way [4] - 19:1, ownership [1] - 52:21 90:10 people's [2] - 14:3, pleasure [1] - 88:8
43:17, 43:23, 80:24 owns [4] - 52:22, 59:3, passed [2] - 3:6, 45:22 27:14 Pledge [1] - 3:1
ones [5] - 16:18, 75:11 passionate [2] - 58:8, percent [2] - 58:23, plugged [1] - 79:11
25:23, 29:16, 58:14, 69:9 81:7 pod [3] - 65:22, 66:2,
59:3 passive [1] - 43:1 perfect [1] - 41:9
P 77:20
open [4] - 16:14, 30:3, past [10] - 5:22, 20:1, perfectly [1] - 9:23 pods [3] - 65:23,
69:1, 79:20 p.m [6] - 4:1, 5:4, 20:14, 21:1, 53:18, PERFORM [1] - 90:2 66:16, 66:19
OPERATING [3] - 29:18, 30:4, 85:23 55:16, 64:21, 65:21, performed [1] - 86:22 point [7] - 23:22, 34:9,
87:20, 87:21, 88:2 page [4] - 37:20, 65:24, 82:19 perhaps [1] - 51:3 47:10, 71:23, 72:5,
operational [1] - 79:20 64:12, 64:14, 74:18 Pat [1] - 46:5 PERIOD [1] - 87:17 80:2
OPERATIONS [1] - pan [1] - 50:22 patch [1] - 62:7 permit [2] - 80:19, points [2] - 47:3, 57:3
89:1 panel [2] - 13:1, 13:22 patching [1] - 9:11 80:24 police [7] - 22:9,
opportunity [1] - 22:5 paper [2] - 39:8, 39:9 PATRICK [1] - 2:3 permits [1] - 15:17 22:10, 42:21, 66:5,
Opposed [6] - 83:5, paperback [1] - 8:8 patrols [2] - 21:21, person [4] - 5:7, 71:25, 72:4, 77:23
10
Police [3] - 17:6, 67:7, 59:1 74:17, 79:4, 79:25, 24:25, 25:19, 25:21, removed [2] - 51:19,
67:12 problems [4] - 22:6, 80:23 32:4, 38:19, 39:7, 66:2
policy [1] - 17:15 27:19, 28:4, 65:16 putting [4] - 14:13, 41:14, 43:8, 45:17, renovation [1] - 12:3
political [1] - 41:10 proceedings [1] - 93:3 25:2, 41:11, 73:17 46:21, 46:24, 47:19, renter [1] - 46:17
pool [4] - 79:19, process [1] - 92:8 puzzles [1] - 8:9 48:15, 48:17, 49:12, Rep [1] - 27:11
79:20, 79:21 professor [2] - 4:15, 51:1, 52:22, 53:2, repeat [1] - 29:3
portion [3] - 49:11, 5:12 Q 54:13, 55:6, 56:8, replace [2] - 9:25,
49:17, 73:11 program [1] - 48:24 60:17, 61:12, 78:15 10:5
position [1] - 48:3 PROGRAM [1] - 83:12 quagmire [1] - 28:6 realtors [1] - 75:24 replaced [2] - 35:7,
possession [1] - 80:2 programs [1] - 49:15 quality [2] - 48:14, reason [2] - 25:11, 81:19
possible [1] - 61:24 progress [2] - 27:1, 65:2 33:6 replacement [1] - 81:5
possibly [1] - 72:4 36:11 quarterly [1] - 8:3 reasons [1] - 66:1 replacing [1] - 81:5
post [1] - 74:16 project [8] - 11:15, questions [16] - 11:21, rebate [1] - 48:4 report [10] - 22:10,
POST [2] - 86:9, 86:12 15:8, 19:8, 19:18, 25:10, 57:14, 57:25, Rebecca [1] - 16:16 22:12, 37:5, 38:9,
POST- 32:21, 35:9, 36:13, 58:1, 58:14, 58:23, Rec [5] - 13:16, 14:15, 53:8, 59:9, 60:17,
EMPLOYMENT [2] - 73:12 59:5, 59:17, 59:20, 14:18, 20:6, 20:24 68:1, 68:19, 75:7
86:9, 86:12 Project [4] - 23:14, 60:20, 60:22, 64:23, receive [1] - 82:6 reporter [1] - 93:25
potentially [2] - 43:2, 47:14, 63:17, 80:20 71:11, 75:1, 81:3 received [7] - 32:22, Reporter [2] - 1:24,
74:10 projects [3] - 49:2, quick [2] - 62:10, 52:7, 64:17, 64:19, 93:11
potholes [1] - 10:10 65:16, 81:11 81:21 79:9, 81:22, 82:2 represent [1] - 26:2
power [3] - 28:2, proper [7] - 37:18, quite [8] - 6:6, 6:15, recent [2] - 56:22, representative [2] -
39:12 37:19, 79:5, 82:14, 32:19, 47:11, 53:2, 64:1 34:7, 41:25
Power [1] - 41:9 83:19, 85:1, 86:15 54:14, 79:4, 90:16 recently [2] - 5:9, 11:4 representing [1] -
powers [1] - 31:5 properties [4] - 33:10, quote [1] - 21:17 recommend [3] - 55:3
praise [1] - 20:5 33:17, 53:17, 53:23 14:17, 89:6, 90:9 reproduction [1] -
pre [2] - 37:6, 40:20 property [20] - 13:19, R recommendation [4] - 93:23
pre-complaint [1] - 15:4, 15:5, 31:25, 15:14, 37:13, 89:3, request [9] - 23:2,
32:2, 32:3, 48:6, R-14648 [1] - 84:17 90:6
40:20 24:6, 25:19, 25:23,
48:7, 53:5, 65:1, racist [1] - 41:23 recommendations [1] 46:8, 54:22, 78:21,
pre-decide [1] - 37:6
75:12, 75:16, 75:21, radar [1] - 81:17 - 36:18 78:24, 81:14
prefer [1] - 71:24
75:22, 75:23, 76:3, radius [1] - 36:24 record [1] - 71:25 requested [3] - 31:23,
Prep [1] - 22:8
76:11, 76:17, 76:18, raffle [2] - 30:9, 30:14 recording [1] - 54:13 75:8, 81:13
present [4] - 3:11,
77:10 rain [1] - 6:16 Recreation [1] - 13:17 requesting [2] - 21:7,
3:13, 3:17, 13:7
protect [1] - 70:14 raining [1] - 10:23 rectified [1] - 66:16 81:17
President [3] - 12:13,
provide [1] - 37:9 raised [1] - 8:21 reflection [1] - 3:4 REQUIRED [1] - 84:22
19:23, 42:7
provided [2] - 54:8 RAISES [1] - 88:1 regarding [6] - 59:2, researchers [1] -
PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2,
provisions [2] - 91:9, raising [2] - 6:25, 7:17 59:5, 59:18, 60:25, 27:17
2:3
91:14 ramp [1] - 45:18 62:13, 67:13 reservation [1] - 30:6
pressure [2] - 28:23,
Public [6] - 8:2, 11:10, ran [1] - 10:23 regards [2] - 24:6, reservations [1] -
41:11
89:4, 89:6, 90:7, rarely [1] - 44:3 24:21 30:15
pretty [1] - 75:12
90:9 rather [1] - 36:17 regularly [1] - 50:24 resident [6] - 4:14,
Pretzel [20] - 20:2,
20:15, 21:8, 22:17, public [3] - 24:24, RATIFYING [1] - 83:8 regulates [2] - 91:22, 16:13, 28:13, 42:7,
28:19, 42:13, 63:7, 85:21, 91:17 rationale [1] - 36:23 92:3 46:17, 59:17
69:21, 69:23, 69:24, PUBLIC [2] - 88:22, reach [4] - 58:17, rehabilitated [1] - residents [9] - 23:17,
69:25, 70:8, 70:16, 89:23 61:20, 74:13, 77:9 75:22 24:19, 26:3, 38:6,
70:17, 71:14, 72:16, pull [2] - 16:15, 37:14 reached [4] - 67:5, reiterate [1] - 67:21 61:11, 61:25, 62:18,
73:9, 73:21, 80:7, pulled [4] - 15:17, 72:6, 73:7, 75:2 related [2] - 91:10, 62:21, 66:12
80:8 28:19, 66:1, 70:21 read [6] - 27:16, 91:15 RESOLUTION [5] -
previous [4] - 26:23, purposes [1] - 15:18 27:18, 27:19, 27:20, relatively [1] - 6:18 83:8, 84:15, 85:14,
55:14, 55:18, 55:19 purview [1] - 40:9 39:8, 39:9 relieving [1] - 43:24 86:7, 89:24
previously [1] - 5:12 pushback [2] - 70:13, READING [1] - 87:12 religion [1] - 11:19 resolution [1] - 85:21
Price [1] - 50:14 71:2 reading [2] - 88:7, remain [1] - 3:3 resolutions [1] - 8:17
Pride [8] - 6:21, 6:25, put [28] - 13:21, 14:14, 88:10 remaining [2] - 64:5, resolved [1] - 37:12
7:13, 28:14, 41:19, 14:21, 18:4, 18:25, ready [2] - 4:4, 18:18 82:5 resources [1] - 55:21
41:20 19:14, 20:8, 20:18, real [5] - 13:20, 25:3, remains [3] - 75:17, response [3] - 33:23,
pride [1] - 7:6 20:24, 22:16, 28:23, 26:5, 27:6, 75:13 76:11, 76:14 34:12, 67:16
primarily [1] - 55:9 30:2, 35:13, 36:20, realize [1] - 43:13 remediate [1] - 62:7 responses [2] - 64:1,
prioritized [1] - 76:8 45:16, 47:22, 58:5, realized [1] - 41:3 remedy [1] - 37:15 75:15
prison [1] - 31:22 59:12, 65:19, 65:25, really [30] - 5:6, 7:3, remember [1] - 33:11 responsibility [1] -
problem [2] - 17:7, 71:6, 71:17, 72:16, 7:4, 13:7, 14:8, remove [1] - 13:17 60:6
11
responsible [1] - 46:11 92:14 seeing [2] - 9:7, 26:4 sides [3] - 32:3, 37:21,
52:12 Rumer [1] - 42:6 scooters [1] - 17:7 seem [2] - 25:8, 27:25 37:22
rest [2] - 9:18, 42:24 run [2] - 27:10, 43:21 Scranton [40] - 3:23, sell [1] - 17:12 sidetracked [1] -
RESTAURANT [1] - running [5] - 6:11, 7:8, 4:14, 5:2, 5:8, 5:13, Semite [1] - 41:24 41:18
84:16 27:22, 41:14, 59:25 5:20, 8:1, 8:2, 9:20, Senator [1] - 27:12 sidewalk [9] - 9:7, 9:8,
restrictions [1] - 38:4 runs [1] - 39:20 11:10, 12:14, 15:9, send [9] - 24:10, 10:3, 10:5, 19:6,
Rettura [1] - 4:16 RV [2] - 79:9, 79:13 15:16, 21:15, 21:16, 31:11, 51:13, 59:6, 32:11, 48:6, 49:11,
revenues [2] - 61:16, 28:13, 34:5, 39:18, 59:21, 78:10, 79:6, 53:2
61:17 S 40:22, 41:8, 42:7, 79:8, 79:13 sidewalks [10] - 9:2,
review [1] - 37:8 46:17, 46:21, 47:1, sending [1] - 80:14 9:21, 9:23, 10:11,
revs [1] - 16:19 safe [4] - 8:18, 62:16, 55:24, 67:7, 67:12, sends [1] - 45:15 11:2, 48:14, 48:23,
rewarding [1] - 6:4 76:25, 80:16 67:24, 68:3, 68:7, sense [2] - 7:5, 31:8 49:14, 49:18, 49:19
Richmond [1] - 75:17 SAFE [1] - 83:10 68:10, 68:17, 69:5, sent [11] - 31:15, sight [3] - 37:11,
Ridge [5] - 19:24, safer [1] - 17:16 70:12, 77:24, 78:2, 32:21, 32:23, 46:8, 37:19, 37:22
19:25, 21:15, 43:15, SAFETY [1] - 83:15 80:19, 81:4, 91:10, 59:18, 78:7, 78:12, sign [7] - 18:18, 18:20,
73:21 safety [3] - 8:19, 91:15 78:14, 79:7, 82:19, 19:1, 45:8, 45:23,
ridiculous [1] - 23:11 21:16, 37:18 SCRANTON [2] - 1:1, 82:21 46:10
riding [1] - 31:6 sake [1] - 29:2 84:21 September [1] - 8:15 signage [5] - 18:21,
Rik [1] - 38:17 sale [5] - 8:3, 59:4, SCRANTON'S [1] - seriously [2] - 26:19, 43:12, 44:10, 45:5,
ripped [1] - 35:24 75:25, 91:22, 92:3 86:11 69:8 45:7
Rite [1] - 50:14 Samters [1] - 8:24 Scrantonian [1] - serve [3] - 25:25, significant [1] - 76:7
RLE [1] - 90:2 Sandy [1] - 5:7 15:10 26:15, 69:14 signify [6] - 82:25,
road [8] - 17:18, 18:8, Saturday [10] - 4:8, scrap [1] - 17:12 service [2] - 3:5, 68:15 84:7, 85:5, 85:24,
18:24, 36:25, 62:5, 4:9, 5:22, 16:14, screens [1] - 43:7 services [3] - 56:21, 87:3, 88:13
62:7, 72:24, 74:8 18:7, 21:3, 21:22, SEAN [26] - 2:6, 3:11, 57:2, 58:16 signs [3] - 18:16, 44:2,
Road [1] - 73:4 22:10, 39:10, 70:19 4:12, 24:11, 24:14, Services [1] - 68:4 45:16
roads [3] - 10:10, saw [6] - 18:19, 27:1, 33:1, 33:5, 33:8, set [2] - 48:8, 54:3 silent [1] - 3:4
15:22, 26:7 27:2, 73:14, 75:10 57:12, 59:1, 59:16, SEVEN [2] - 87:23, silly [2] - 25:2, 26:4
ROADS [1] - 83:11 scary [1] - 45:1 60:23, 61:22, 63:12, 87:24 similar [5] - 37:25,
schedule [1] - 24:20 83:2, 83:21, 84:9, seven [1] - 16:15 38:1, 45:5, 80:8,
Roll [2] - 89:10, 90:17
schedules [3] - 29:9, 85:8, 86:1, 86:17, SEVENTH [1] - 88:20 80:16
roll [3] - 3:7, 42:21,
74:13, 74:15 87:6, 88:15, 89:14, several [8] - 48:25, SIMPSON [1] - 84:18
62:7
Schimpf [1] - 78:8 90:12, 90:22, 92:12 50:16, 75:24, 78:7, single [1] - 37:5
roof [1] - 79:13
school [2] - 11:14, Sean [5] - 3:10, 7:16, 78:13, 78:14, 79:18, sit [1] - 13:22
room [5] - 29:25,
40:24 57:10, 89:13, 90:21 82:18 sitting [1] - 20:17
34:21, 39:23, 47:3,
Schuster [4] - 3:16, season [1] - 53:3 sewer [1] - 59:4 situation [1] - 31:18
47:5
12:13, 89:19, 91:2 seating [1] - 30:5 SHA [1] - 38:22 SIX [1] - 87:23
Rosary [1] - 4:6
sCHUSTER [1] - 91:8 seats [2] - 27:11 shabby [1] - 10:7 six [7] - 16:15, 34:3,
ROTHCHILD [28] -
SCHUSTER [66] - 2:2, second [11] - 4:6, 8:4, Shamokin [3] - 17:5, 34:15, 37:4, 55:23,
2:5, 3:9, 4:22, 46:7,
3:3, 3:17, 3:20, 4:19, 11:9, 41:25, 83:21, 17:6, 17:14 68:4, 68:9
49:10, 50:4, 50:9,
7:19, 7:23, 11:20, 85:18, 85:20, 86:17, shape [1] - 25:15 SIXTH [1] - 87:11
51:9, 52:1, 52:17,
12:2, 12:10, 16:10, 88:11, 89:8, 90:12 SIXTY [1] - 87:23
53:9, 54:4, 58:25, share [2] - 12:22,
19:20, 24:15, 28:10, Second [4] - 15:1, SIXTY-SIX [1] - 87:23
68:21, 68:25, 82:16, 24:18
83:1, 84:8, 85:3, 31:14, 32:17, 33:16, 82:16, 85:3, 90:11 size [2] - 17:3, 34:23
shelled [1] - 15:2
85:7, 85:18, 85:25, 38:12, 38:16, 42:4, Section [2] - 42:1, skate [1] - 14:11
shelter [4] - 34:24,
87:5, 88:14, 89:8, 46:12, 48:21, 49:8, 52:4 SKRUTSKI [4] - 46:15,
56:6, 56:11, 56:16
89:12, 90:11, 90:20 50:2, 50:7, 57:6, section [2] - 21:15, 49:5, 49:9, 49:24
Shelter [2] - 55:10,
Rothchild [11] - 3:8, 63:14, 64:11, 67:18, 78:2 Skrutski [1] - 46:16
69:1
50:7, 51:7, 57:24, 77:15, 78:6, 78:19, secured [1] - 36:4 slap [2] - 16:20
shelters [2] - 33:24,
58:3, 58:21, 67:21, 78:23, 79:16, 80:6, See [1] - 11:18 slash [1] - 20:2
34:14
69:6, 69:13, 89:11, 81:2, 82:12, 82:17, see [29] - 8:14, 9:18, Sherman [1] - 78:9 slide [1] - 25:11
90:19 83:5, 83:17, 83:22, 9:20, 15:12, 19:17, slow [1] - 17:21
Shopping [1] - 50:14
rough [1] - 47:17 84:5, 84:12, 84:24, 28:18, 31:12, 41:17, small [2] - 34:21, 56:8
shortfall [1] - 61:25
route [1] - 23:8 85:4, 85:11, 85:15, 42:16, 45:4, 46:5,
shortly [1] - 78:22 Smurl [1] - 32:14
routes [1] - 42:20 85:19, 86:4, 86:13, 47:15, 51:10, 56:12,
show [2] - 15:6, 29:19 snack [1] - 30:1
RPR [2] - 1:24, 93:10 86:18, 87:2, 87:9, 58:12, 58:19, 60:13,
showed [1] - 28:19 snow [1] - 37:2
88:7, 88:12, 88:18, 60:18, 60:19, 63:6,
rule [1] - 36:18 side [6] - 36:19, 37:12, SO [1] - 87:21
89:2, 89:9, 89:20, 64:14, 64:15, 64:16,
Rule [1] - 8:12 37:15, 50:21, 73:17, soccer [1] - 24:2
90:5, 90:13, 91:3, 71:3, 77:2, 78:22,
rules [2] - 44:18, 46:3 73:22 Social [1] - 68:4
91:13, 91:21, 92:2, 90:14, 90:17
RUMER [2] - 42:6, Side [2] - 5:25, 6:13 softball [1] - 16:23
12
sold [1] - 75:22 State [2] - 27:11 15:9, 15:10, 15:12, 54:7, 57:13, 69:7 12:9, 24:12, 61:21,
SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10 state [4] - 46:14, 15:18, 17:16, 74:10 tax [2] - 48:4, 61:23 79:25
solid [1] - 31:10 61:16, 76:16, 81:7 STREETS [1] - 83:11 taxes [1] - 15:5 tiny [1] - 34:25
someone [3] - 50:23, stating [5] - 82:25, Streetscape [3] - 9:5, teacher [1] - 4:15 tips [1] - 29:23
51:3, 66:25 84:7, 85:24, 87:4, 47:14, 80:20 team [4] - 6:2, 33:10, tired [1] - 21:14
someplace [1] - 30:20 88:13 strong [1] - 34:6 33:18, 54:18 tires [1] - 23:20
something's [1] - 19:2 status [4] - 51:21, structure [1] - 77:5 teamed [1] - 53:19 title [2] - 88:8, 88:10
Something's [2] - 56:5, 63:6, 76:4 structures [1] - 76:8 teenagers [1] - 22:22 TITLE [1] - 87:12
17:1, 18:13 stay [1] - 66:11 studies [1] - 80:18 teeth [1] - 31:8 titled [1] - 37:6
sometimes [1] - 52:23 stealing [1] - 39:24 Study [1] - 37:6 temporary [1] - 9:13 tizzy [1] - 74:25
somewhere [1] - Steamtown [1] - 8:4 study [2] - 25:12, term [1] - 76:4 TO [12] - 82:11, 83:13,
45:23 step [1] - 73:16 27:16 terms [1] - 20:8 84:19, 86:11, 87:18,
son [1] - 43:19 steps [3] - 7:10, 75:7, stuff [6] - 29:4, 38:25, texting [1] - 30:16 87:21, 87:22, 88:1,
sons [1] - 70:17 77:4 39:24, 41:18, 59:10 Thanksgiving [1] - 88:25, 90:1, 90:2
sooner [1] - 27:3 sticking [1] - 19:12 Sturges [1] - 20:3 10:15 today [11] - 3:23, 3:24,
sorry [2] - 68:21, sticks [1] - 57:16 subject [1] - 17:19 THAT [1] - 88:1 19:11, 24:17, 25:22,
85:15 still [12] - 6:18, 22:6, submit [1] - 69:19 That'll [1] - 5:4 28:15, 29:12, 61:3,
sort [4] - 39:11, 42:13, 33:12, 37:17, 51:19, submitted [2] - 31:17, that'll [1] - 5:19 73:12, 73:14, 82:21
42:16, 71:2 52:3, 52:7, 52:11, 78:21 THE [31] - 1:1, 82:9, today's [1] - 6:21
sound [1] - 10:17 53:10, 66:7, 80:3, subpoena [1] - 28:3 83:9, 83:10, 83:12, together [5] - 6:9, 7:5,
South [1] - 62:4 80:10 substandard [2] - 84:15, 84:22, 86:7, 16:9, 43:6, 49:1
SOUTHBOUND [1] - stone [1] - 47:25 34:16, 34:18 86:9, 86:11, 87:12, Tom [2] - 33:21, 46:16
82:11 stones [3] - 35:24, successful [3] - 6:14, 87:14, 87:16, 87:17, tomorrow [1] - 61:21
space [2] - 14:19, 56:8 36:1, 36:7 6:17, 49:12 87:19, 87:20, 87:24, tonight [10] - 12:14,
speaker [3] - 7:23, STOP [1] - 88:24 summer [4] - 22:18, 88:2, 88:4, 88:21, 42:9, 42:16, 45:20,
12:11, 38:18 stop [1] - 18:18 33:11, 43:19, 77:12 88:23, 88:24, 89:23, 47:3, 47:20, 54:6,
speakers [1] - 54:6 stopped [1] - 18:17 Sunday [3] - 7:1, 89:25, 91:6, 91:11, 57:4, 77:20, 82:7
speaking [1] - 12:16 stores [1] - 8:25 22:23, 29:14 91:25 tons [1] - 44:9
specialty [1] - 29:16 storm [2] - 59:3, 73:18 Sunset [2] - 73:3, 73:4 There'll [1] - 29:21 took [6] - 5:24, 11:13,
specific [2] - 38:2, STORMWATER [1] - Sunset's [1] - 73:5 there'll [1] - 29:22 20:23, 22:12, 48:16,
49:11 90:3 supervision [1] - They've [2] - 20:6, 72:25
specifically [3] - 56:6, story [3] - 12:21, 17:3, 93:24 41:5 torn [3] - 32:5, 32:7,
71:12, 71:19 75:15 supplemented [1] - they've [9] - 9:11, 70:16
specifics [1] - 72:10 straight [2] - 43:21, 57:22 9:13, 15:13, 15:20, total [4] - 34:4, 68:9,
spending [1] - 25:8 44:6 support [4] - 5:15, 23:16, 56:22, 72:8, 82:3, 82:5
spent [1] - 46:22 Street [35] - 8:19, 42:11, 43:9, 57:21 82:2, 82:4 touch [2] - 33:21, 51:1
spin [1] - 42:18 8:20, 10:2, 10:3, supported [1] - 27:9 thinking [2] - 40:19, touched [1] - 52:8
Spindler [2] - 16:11, 12:5, 13:15, 14:10, supposed [3] - 44:5, 70:20 tough [1] - 12:18
16:13 16:22, 17:21, 18:11, 45:12, 65:15 third [3] - 42:15, 64:11 tour [3] - 56:18, 57:1,
SPINDLER [1] - 16:12 18:17, 18:23, 19:4, surprise [1] - 13:5 THIRD [1] - 3:18 57:8
spoken [1] - 80:7 37:25, 38:3, 43:14, surveillance [1] - Third [1] - 24:20 tournament [2] - 4:13,
spot [1] - 70:24 43:16, 44:17, 51:20, 42:13 THIRTY [1] - 87:22 24:2
Spruce [1] - 10:2 53:18, 62:4, 72:24, survey [1] - 13:12 THIRTY-THREE [1] - towards [2] - 33:24,
Srebro [1] - 65:20 73:21, 73:24, 74:2, swear [1] - 17:22 87:22 43:15
SS4A [1] - 83:11 74:3, 75:17, 80:23, Sweatland [1] - 77:21 THIS [1] - 89:1 town [4] - 17:14,
St [2] - 56:7, 68:4 81:4, 81:10, 81:12, switches [1] - 40:23 THOMAS [2] - 2:2, 31:19, 38:22, 65:17
81:20, 84:1, 84:2 2:10 TRAFFIC [1] - 88:25
Stafford [1] - 15:2
STREET [6] - 82:11, THOUSAND [1] - traffic [5] - 18:2,
standard [1] - 48:7 T
83:15, 83:16, 84:18, 87:22 36:17, 37:20, 38:6,
standing [2] - 3:4,
88:25 table [3] - 29:9, 85:17, three [11] - 11:4, 21:8, 80:17
73:10
street [17] - 9:9, 15:3, 85:20 25:20, 34:2, 42:14, transcript [3] - 41:1,
stare [1] - 43:7
15:15, 18:3, 19:3, tabled [3] - 85:21, 44:15, 46:18, 46:23, 93:6, 93:22
start [5] - 46:19,
19:8, 23:10, 23:19, 91:16, 92:7 63:19, 71:13, 72:7 TRANSFER [2] -
49:22, 56:15, 57:13,
36:16, 43:23, 44:20, tactic [1] - 71:21 THREE [1] - 87:22 84:16, 87:21
58:10
44:22, 48:17, 69:23, tag [1] - 51:18 THROUGH [1] - 83:12 TRANSPORTATION
started [2] - 49:10,
70:7, 77:22, 80:24 target [1] - 41:7 throughout [3] - 3:5, [1] - 83:13
53:13
streetlight [2] - 78:21, task [7] - 54:10, 54:23, 49:20, 68:16 trash [2] - 6:7, 50:17
starting [2] - 53:14,
78:24 55:8, 58:19, 65:19, tickets [1] - 5:5 travel [1] - 15:10
58:10
streets [11] - 8:18, 9:2, 69:12, 69:18 time's [2] - 33:4, 42:15 tree [3] - 75:3, 75:5,
starts [1] - 3:23
9:21, 11:3, 13:9, Task [5] - 14:9, 34:8, timeline [5] - 12:3, 75:6
13
trees [5] - 21:5, 28:19, 52:20 53:6, 65:2, 76:4 walkways [2] - 35:3, woman [2] - 12:17,
70:15, 71:6, 73:9 unquote [1] - 21:18 valid [1] - 66:14 35:4 56:2
trench [1] - 19:5 Unsheltered [3] - VALLEY [1] - 90:3 wants [1] - 29:12 woman's [1] - 34:6
tried [2] - 50:18, 72:23 54:7, 57:13, 69:7 Valley [2] - 65:21, watching [1] - 66:17 women [14] - 3:5,
trouble [1] - 23:18 unsheltered [4] - 90:15 Water [4] - 41:9, 59:2, 27:17, 27:18, 34:5,
trucking [1] - 80:22 12:25, 55:7, 68:10, vandalism [6] - 20:15, 73:7, 73:8 34:17, 55:23, 56:1,
trucks [2] - 26:6, 69:4 35:25, 70:6, 70:10, water [4] - 17:25, 74:7, 56:6, 68:3, 68:5,
29:23 untrained [1] - 77:6 71:8, 73:10 78:25, 79:1 68:10, 68:15, 69:1,
true [2] - 13:9, 68:11 unused [1] - 14:19 various [2] - 8:25, watering [1] - 22:24 69:4
TRUST [1] - 86:12 up [82] - 9:8, 9:9, 9:12, 66:1 WAY [2] - 82:10, 88:24 women's [3] - 33:24,
TRUSTEE [1] - 86:10 9:22, 9:24, 10:16, vehicle [3] - 15:25, weather [1] - 6:19 34:14, 67:23
truth [1] - 13:24 11:1, 14:11, 15:1, 51:14, 51:22 website [4] - 59:12, won [1] - 40:18
truthful [1] - 54:14 15:12, 16:14, 16:19, vehicles [1] - 17:17 59:14, 59:15 wonder [1] - 53:25
try [6] - 28:23, 32:15, 18:1, 18:4, 18:16, vendor [1] - 71:18 week [29] - 4:7, 11:9, wondering [1] - 33:22
38:21, 58:2, 58:21, 18:17, 18:20, 19:4, vendors [1] - 29:22 12:7, 12:16, 12:20, wood [2] - 35:3, 35:6
74:20 19:14, 19:20, 20:18, versus [1] - 43:7 14:11, 14:22, 15:1, woodland [1] - 32:8
trying [2] - 39:16, 55:6 22:3, 25:22, 28:19, VICE [1] - 2:3 19:19, 33:3, 39:4, Woodlawn [2] - 20:5,
tubes [1] - 19:13 29:5, 29:7, 29:12, Vice [1] - 42:7 52:5, 57:14, 63:4, 70:4
Tuesday [5] - 1:7, 30:10, 31:6, 33:4, view [2] - 30:25, 47:11 63:6, 63:11, 63:23, woods [1] - 52:4
20:25, 63:5, 72:22, 34:1, 34:2, 35:4, Vine [1] - 53:18 64:2, 64:25, 66:25, WORKERS [1] - 88:6
85:22 35:7, 35:12, 35:20, violations [1] - 76:13 68:2, 68:8, 68:20, works [1] - 45:21
turn [5] - 64:11, 73:2, 35:21, 35:25, 36:1, virtually [1] - 10:3 70:4, 71:4, 71:11, WORKS [2] - 88:22,
73:3, 73:4, 73:6 40:5, 42:10, 42:19, visit [2] - 57:1, 76:3 72:21, 73:16, 81:3 89:24
turned [3] - 16:22, 43:8, 44:11, 44:16, Voldenberg [9] - weekend [6] - 6:13, Works [4] - 89:4, 89:6,
18:20, 70:22 44:23, 45:1, 45:25, 11:20, 24:5, 51:23, 20:4, 20:16, 20:25, 90:7, 90:9
TV [1] - 28:18 46:1, 46:22, 48:1, 63:20, 66:20, 67:5, 21:1, 24:3 world [3] - 3:5, 41:13,
tweak [1] - 66:23 50:18, 51:11, 51:17, 69:16, 71:9, 83:24 weekends [1] - 20:15 42:2
53:19, 54:3, 54:6, VOLDENBERG [48] - weeks [4] - 17:20, worse [1] - 77:12
tweaked [1] - 66:8
54:18, 56:15, 57:4, 2:8, 3:18, 7:21, 12:1, 20:1, 57:8, 65:22 worth [1] - 47:18
twenty [1] - 34:17
58:1, 58:2, 62:1, 12:8, 24:9, 24:13, weight [1] - 43:10 writing [1] - 7:9
TWENTY [1] - 87:24
63:23, 65:10, 65:12, 31:17, 31:23, 32:24, welcome [2] - 30:6,
TWENTY-SEVEN [1] - Wyoming [3] - 23:6,
65:23, 66:23, 70:7, 33:7, 33:14, 33:19, 30:9
87:24 72:23, 73:11
71:18, 72:25, 73:2, 50:5, 51:6, 51:24, WERE [1] - 88:2
two [18] - 8:13, 9:24,
73:18, 73:21, 74:7, West [9] - 5:25, 6:12,
13:2, 15:15, 20:14,
74:11, 74:18, 76:19,
52:16, 53:8, 54:3, Y
21:4, 35:17, 35:23, 59:13, 60:21, 61:20, 15:9, 65:1, 65:2,
77:10, 78:18, 78:22, 63:9, 63:21, 64:10, 77:24, 78:2, 80:19, yard [1] - 52:25
37:4, 38:3, 43:18,
81:11 65:9, 69:19, 72:17, 81:6 YEAR [1] - 87:20
43:19, 55:2, 64:21,
UP [1] - 83:13 78:4, 78:17, 78:20, Weston [4] - 79:17, year [18] - 6:15, 10:9,
66:19, 74:1, 79:12
update [11] - 24:6, 79:15, 80:4, 81:1, 79:18, 79:21, 80:9 11:1, 11:24, 12:5,
TWO [1] - 87:22
34:13, 63:18, 64:8, 82:8, 83:7, 84:3, WHO [1] - 88:3 12:6, 12:7, 15:21,
two-way [1] - 38:3
65:5, 65:8, 77:24, 84:14, 85:13, 86:6, who've [1] - 27:10 16:4, 32:13, 49:11,
tying [1] - 43:7
79:17, 79:19, 79:23, 86:25, 87:11, 88:20, whole [7] - 10:3, 53:11, 53:12, 53:15,
type [1] - 65:8
81:21 89:22, 91:5, 91:11, 46:23, 48:17, 48:18, 55:17, 60:14, 60:24,
types [1] - 80:17
updates [2] - 31:15, 91:19, 91:25 55:21, 60:8, 75:15 66:19
54:8 vote [2] - 42:1, 90:15 wife [3] - 3:24, 5:7, years [26] - 5:6, 5:9,
U upgrades [2] - 80:9, voted [3] - 63:24, 7:2, 11:5, 13:2,
44:13
80:10 64:7, 86:20 wild [1] - 46:1 15:15, 21:9, 25:5,
U.S [1] - 86:10
upset [1] - 75:1 willing [2] - 56:15, 26:6, 26:25, 35:18,
unattended [1] - 15:22
Urban [2] - 19:6, 71:17
unbelievable [1] -
USED [1] - 83:14
W 58:13 35:23, 39:18, 41:7,
71:3 window [2] - 31:1, 43:20, 46:18, 46:23,
utilities [1] - 23:11 wait [2] - 36:8, 63:4 71:4 55:18, 59:23, 62:2,
under [4] - 34:22,
utility [4] - 16:1, 23:5, waiting [5] - 24:19, winning [1] - 6:2 63:19, 64:21, 65:24,
44:24, 75:19, 93:24
52:12, 72:20 36:9, 36:10, 36:12, Winter [1] - 36:5 66:19, 71:13, 72:8
Unhoused [1] - 14:9
utilize [1] - 56:21 80:3 winter [7] - 10:8, yelled [1] - 16:17
unhoused [1] - 68:15
utilized [1] - 14:19 walk [8] - 8:22, 8:24, 34:15, 36:7, 36:10, yesterday [4] - 13:16,
UNION [1] - 88:6
utilizing [1] - 55:17 9:7, 9:17, 9:19, 36:12, 37:2, 55:16 19:5, 19:11, 73:13
unique [1] - 31:18
10:20, 29:10, 30:6 wise [1] - 30:5 York [1] - 32:18
unit [1] - 37:4
University [1] - 5:13 V walk-ins [1] - 30:6 wish [4] - 7:14, 20:12, young [3] - 12:17,
walkability [1] - 9:5 28:13, 64:20 22:21, 22:23
unless [1] - 93:24
vacant [4] - 52:20, walked [1] - 53:21 yourself [3] - 13:22,
unoccupied [1] - WITH [2] - 88:4, 90:2
14
26:13, 48:23
Z
zero [1] - 27:1
zone [1] - 37:5
zoning [2] - 91:9,
91:14