Borough Council

MINUTES Stroudsburg Borough Council Meeting Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order/Roll Call – Present were: Council Member Jim Evanisko, Council Member Boyd Weiss, Mayor Tarah Probst, Solicitor Joseph McDonald, Council President Anthony Lanfrank, Council Vice President Matt Abell,Council Member Victoria DeVries and Council Member Erica McCabe. Absent was Council Member James Smith and Interim Borough Manager Quinn. A Quorum was present. 2. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 3. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes for the Regular Meeting, January 21, 2020. Motion by Mr. Abell to Approve Council Meeting Minutes for the Regular Meeting, January 21, 2020, second by Mr. Weiss. All in favor, Motion Carries. 4. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes for the Special Meeting, December 19, 2019. Motion by Mr. Abell to Approve Council Meeting Minutes for the Special Meeting, December 19, 2019, second by Mr. Weiss. All in favor, Motion Carries. 5. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes for the Special Meeting, December 27, 2019. Motion by Mr. Abell to Approve Council Meeting Minutes for the Special Meeting, December 27, 2019, second by Mr. Weiss. All in favor, Motion Carries. 6. Approval of Council Meeting Minutes for the Special Meeting, December 30, 2019. Motion by Mr. Abell to Approve Council Meeting Minutes for the Special Meeting, December 30, 2019, second by Mr. Weiss. All in favor, Motion Carries. Old Business 7. Status of Bike Rack Project. Mr. Lanfrank advised Ms. Quinn previously reported that MCTA sent out the bids and we are waiting for them to get back to us. 8. Status of proposed LERTA Ordinance. Solicitor McDonald advises per Ms. Quinn we should make another attempt to meet with the school board for consensus of the term and scope. New Business 9. Kelly Lewis, President/CEO of Lewis Strategic, LLC. will be present to discuss the project goals for the Monroe County Dead Cell Zone Project. Mr. Kelly Lewis was not in attendance. 10. Consideration to Approve the Purchase of Droid Phones/Printers/Integration for SARP to electronically ticket. This is an approved item in the 2020 Budget. Motion by Mr. Abell to Approve the Purchase of Droid Phones/Printers/Integration for SARP to electronically ticket, second by Ms. McCabe. Discussion: Ms. McCabe advises we need to look into allowing the Fire Department to ticket vehicles parked in Fire Zones, an Ordinance would need to created. Ms. Wall advises if ticketing electronically the cost would be approximately $2,000 but they could be set up and use paper tickets as SARP does currently. This item is being forwarded to the Codes Committee.All in favor, Motion Carries. 11. Council President to Appoint Members to newly established LERTA Committee. Mr. Lanfrank advises he has spoken to Ms. McCabe and Mr. Abell who have both agreed to be on this Committee with Mr. Lanfrank. The Committee will meet next Wednesday at 2:30pm. The goal is to establish communication with the school district and try to work out a larger LERTA deal. Mr. Lanfrank asked if Mr. Kimes and Mr. Ace are available to join the meeting. 12. Consideration to Schedule a Public Hearing for An Ordinance Establishing Certain License Criteria for Short-Term Rental of Residential Dwelling Units. Motion by Mr. Abell to Table and send back to the Codes Committee, second by Mr. Lanfrank. Lengthy discussion ensued.All in favor, Motion Carries. 13. Consideration to Schedule a Public Hearing for An Ordinance Amending The Stroudsburg Borough Zoning Ordinance to Amend the Definitions of Family and Dwelling Unit, Add New Definitions for Short-Term Home Rental, Person-In-Charge, Exclusive Transient Use, Partial Transient Use, Amending the Zoning District Use Requirements and Table of Non-Residential Zoning District Use Requirements and Off-Street Parking Requirements. Motion by Mr. Abell to Table and send back to the Codes Committee second by Mr. Lanfrank. All in favor, Motion Carries. 14. Committee Reports – No Committee meetings A. Codes Committee B. Budget Committee C. Parking Committee D. Recycling Committee E. Sewer Committee F. Street Committee G. Personnel Committee H. Public Relations/Media Committee I. Redevelopment Committee J. I-80 Expansion Task Force Committee K. Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission 15. Mayor’s Report– Mayor Probst advises she and Ms. McCabe met about Concerts in the Park which will begin June 11th through August 13th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. The request was sent to Mr. Greg Christine for approval from the Commissioners, we got the grant. Winterfest is February 15th 16. Council Member Reports Mr. Evanisko – Mr. Evanisko sent out a memo about the Snowmen of Stroudsburg from Go Collaborative and needing a letter of support from Borough Council. Motion by Mr. Evanisko for a Council approved letter about the Snowmen of Stroudsburg, second by Ms. McCabe. All in favor, Motion Carries. Mr. Weiss – No Report Mr. Lanfrank – No Report Mr. Abell – Mr. Abell advises Re-development had an informal meeting last month to get the new members on board. We spoke about contacting a Consultant. Carlson Helfrick is a Planning Consultant, the cost is $95 per hour plus mileage, he has agreed to help with the Height Overlay Ordinance. The cost  is in line with the last Consultant hired. The proposal was forwarded to Ms. Quinn and the Re- development Committee. Motion by Mr. Abell to meet with Carlson Helfrick at $95 per hour plus mileage not to exceed $1,500 in the 1st round, second by Ms. McCabe. Mr. Abell advises $30K was budgeted for 2020. All in favor, Motion Carries. Ms. DeVries – No Report Ms. McCabe – Ms. McCabe spoke to Ms. Kochanski about a cigarette butt program in Easton and would like to forward to the Recycling Committee, Easton makes a significant amount of money. Motion by Ms. McCabe to forward looking into the cigarette butt program in Easton, second by Mr. Abell. All in favor, Motion Carries. 17. Solicitor’s Report– Solicitor McDonald advises he has 2 items for executive Session, one deals with a pending summary offense the Borough has initiated; the other is pending or threated litigation to the Borough. 18. Manager’s Report– No Report 19. Code Enforcement Officer’s Report– Mr. Kimes advises there was no Zoning Hearing Board meeting; at the HARB meeting, there were 2 applications which were tabled; the Planning Commission meets next Monday at 6:00pm about the final Subdivision Land Development plan for the former Hess Gas Station and Shanti House and the multi modal grant, this was tabled until March. Codes Committee will meet the 4th Wednesday at 3:30pm, the Committee is Mr. Abell, Mr. Evanisko, Mayor Probst, Ms. Kochanski and Mr. Kimes. 20. Street Superintendent’s Report - No Report but Mr. Abell mentioned the bad lighting in Council Chambers and Mr. Ace has replaced all the lights with LED lites. 21. Approval of Bills on Warrants 200204. Motion by Mr. Weiss to Approve Bills on Warrant 200204, second by Mr. Abell. All in favor, Motion Carries. 22. Public Input for Non-Agenda Items. Ms. Victoria LaRando sent in a letter about removing the handicap parking space on Garden Street. Ms. Wall advises Ms. Quinn was sending to the Parking Committee. Ms. Victoria LaRando’s son received a $50 ticket. Ms. Cleo Jarvis is asking for approval for the 14th annual June Teenth Festival June 13th right after the Farmers Market, she will submit the insurance certificate. Jezebel Gavin and Ryan Folio were in attendance from Mr. Yarnall class/MCTI. 23. Executive Session. Motion by Mr. Abell to Adjourn to Executive Session at 7:30m, second by Ms. McCabe. All in favor, Motion Carries. Motion by Mr. Abell to Re-Convene to the Regular Session at 8:07pm, second by Mr. Weiss. All in favor, Motion Carries. Motion by McCabe to refer to the Personnel Committee, second by Mr. Abell. All in favor, Motion Carries.  Motion by Mr. Abell to Schedule a Special meeting Tuesday February 11th at 6:00pm, second by Ms. McCabe. All in favor. Motion Carries. 24. Adjournment Motion by Ms. McCabe to Adjourn at 8:49pm, second by Mr. Abell. All in favor, Motion Carries.