Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/15/2020 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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15-3702 1  DiscussionCourtesy of Floor Comments   Action details Video Video
15-3658 1  MinutesJune 17, 2020 City Council Meeting Minutes   Action details Not available
15-3696 1  DiscussionR3 - Final Capital Blue Wellness Credit   Action details Not available
15-3651 1  AppointmentSukwon Lee, Human Relations Commission, 12/31/2022approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3693 1  AppointmentAnna Lightner - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2022approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3682 1  AppointmentCarolyn J. Hoffman - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2022approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3683 1  AppointmentEllen Denizard - Common on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2024approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3690 1  AppointmentJennifer Miklus - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2021approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3684 1  AppointmentRobert Nicolella - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2024approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3695 1  AppointmentLarry D. Pickens, Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2023approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3691 1  AppointmentHope Sabbagh - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2021approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3687 1  AppointmentCharlene Smalls - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2022approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3688 1  AppointmentBenjamin T. Stephens - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2024approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3689 1  AppointmentMichelle Wagner - Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 7/15/2022approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3699 1  AppointmentTom Harrington, Commission on Homeless, Term Expiration 07/15/2023approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3641 1  OrdinanceBill 36 Amending the 2020 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) as a result of a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from their Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) grant for the Jordan Creek Greenway Trail.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3647 1  OrdinanceBill 39 Amending the Administrative Code, Article 181, the Human Relations Commission by editing the following sections: Purpose, Definitions, Unlawful Employment Practices, Unlawful Housing Practices, Unlawful Public Accommodations, Human Relations Commission, Procedure, Enforcement, Judicial Review and Penalty.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3649 1  ResolutionR78 Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness – 405 N. 9th StreetapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-3672 1  ResolutionR83 Recommends Zoning and Land Development Review include examining Community Benefit Agreements, Work Force Housing Incentives and Maximizing Citizen ParticipationapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-3661 1  OrdinanceBill 40 Amending the 2020 Federal Grants budget by creating one (1) HUD Grants CDBG Administrator (11N) and one (1) HUD Grants HOME Administrator (11N). Both positions are completely funded with Community Development Block Grant funds.   Action details Video Video
15-3662 1  OrdinanceBill 41 Amending the 2020 Capital Projects Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Five Dollars ($286,645) as a result of the annual receipt of capital improvement funds from the Trexler Trust as designated by Court Order.   Action details Video Video
15-3663 1  OrdinanceBill 42 Amending the 2020 Trexler Fund Budget and the 2020 Capital Fund to provide for a transfer in the amount of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Five ($142,455) Dollars from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Fund to the 2020 Capital Fund Project 2206, Jordan Creek Greenways Trails to complete a vital link in the City’s trail network and allow easier access to center city residents for recreational activities. Funds will also help the City meet its requirement of the Trexler Trust.   Action details Video Video
15-3665 1  OrdinanceBill 43 Refer to CEDC An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1976, as amended; The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.amended  Action details Video Video
15-3665 1  OrdinanceBill 43 Refer to CEDC An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1976, as amended; The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.approved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-3665 1  OrdinanceBill 43 Refer to CEDC An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1976, as amended; The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.amended  Action details Video Video
15-3665 1  OrdinanceBill 43 Refer to CEDC An Ordinance providing for the expenditure of certain monies received by the City of Allentown under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1976, as amended; The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009; and Title II of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended; for the purpose of undertaking programs of housing and community development within the City.approved as amendedPass Action details Video Video
15-3666 1  ResolutionR84 Refer to CEDC Approves the Submission of the Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-3664 1  OrdinanceBill 44 Amending the 2020 Capital Fund Budget by transferring the available balance from Capital Project 1905 – Citywide Parks and Playground Improvements, 2202 – WPA Structures and 2210 – Park Facilities Improvements to Capital Project 2206 – Jordan Creek Greenways Trails and 2213 – Valania Park Renovations in the amount of Ninety-Six Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-Five ($96,965) Dollars to complete the Jordan Creek Greenways Trails and renovations at the Valania Park.   Action details Video Video
15-3667 1  OrdinanceBill 45 Amending the 2020 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Six Thousand Six Hundred Fourteen Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents ($6,614.49) from the EMS Council State EMSOF Funds to be used to further prepare for a potential resurgence of COVID-19.   Action details Video Video
15-3670 1  OrdinanceBill 46 Amending the 2020 Trexler Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of One Hundred Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Five ($110,965) Dollars from the Trexler Trust as the balance of the 2020 contribution per General Trexler’s will.   Action details Video Video
15-3671 1  OrdinanceBill 47 Rules, Chambers, IGR and Strategy, Forwarded Favorably Amending Article 125.01(d) of the Administrative Code by modifying a provision requiring the Solicitor’s Office to sign off on all bills and resolutions in regard to form, substance and compliance with the charter, administrative code and other relevant statutes, prior to the legislation being placed on council agenda for introduction.   Action details Video Video
15-3678 1  OrdinanceBill 48 Amending the 2020 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) to purchase safety equipment for the police.   Action details Video Video
15-3677 1  OrdinanceBill 49 Amending the 2020 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand ($250,000) Dollars from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to support the construction phase of Valania Park.   Action details Video Video
15-3675 1  OrdinanceBill 50 Directing the Lehigh County Board of Elections to Place a Referendum Question Before the City of Allentown Voters on the May 18, 2021 General Election Ballot to amend the City of Allentown Home Rule Charter to Authorize and Permit the City Controller to Initiate and to Conduct all Manner of Audits, Including Performance Audits, without first being requested to do so my the Mayor or by City Council and to Permit the City Controller to have access to all types of Information, including payroll information, to conduct such audits.    Action details Video Video
15-3681 1  OrdinanceBill 51 Directing the Lehigh County Board of Elections to Place a Referendum Question Before the City of Allentown Voters on the November 3, 2020 General Election Ballot to amend the City of Allentown Home Rule Charter to Require Approval by City Council of all Collective Bargaining Agreements prior the Mayor executing each agreement.    Action details Video Video
15-3694 1  OrdinanceBill 52 AUTHORIZING AND SECURING THE ISSUANCE OF ONE OR MORE SERIES OF GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTES, IN THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $19,200,000, PURSUANT TO THE PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT DEBT ACT, TO (A) CURRENTLY REFUND ALL OR A PORTION OF THIS CITY’S (1) GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES A OF 2015, (2) GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES B OF 2015, (3) GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES OF 2017, AND (4) GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTE, SERIES OF 2009, (B) FINANCE AND/OR REIMBURSE THE COSTS OF VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND (C) PAY CAPITALIZED INTEREST, AND (D) PAY THE COSTS OF ISSUING THE NOTES; ACCEPTING A NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; SETTING FORTH THE PARAMETERS, SUBSTANTIAL FORM OF AND CONDITIONS FOR ISSUING THE NOTES; PLEDGING THE FULL FAITH, CREDIT AND TAXING POWER OF THIS CITY TO SECURE THE NOTES; CREATING A SINKING FUND AND APPOINTING A PAYING AGENT AND SINKING FUND DEPOSITORY; AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION OF THE REFUNDED OBLIGATIONS; AND AUTHORIZING RELATED ACTION.   Action details Video Video
15-3697 1  OrdinanceBill 53 Amending Part Nine, Streets, Utilities, and Public Services Code, Title One, Street and Sidewalk Areas, of the Codified Ordinances of Allentown, Pennsylvania, by adding a new Article entitled “Small Cell Antenna”.   Action details Video Video
15-3680 1  ResolutionR85 Authorizes the Administration to Execute the Integrated Agreements to Resolve and Settle All Pending Legal Disputes under the Allentown Water and Sewer Utility System Concession and Lease, dated as of May 1, 2013, between the City of Allentown and the Lehigh County Authority   Action details Video Video
15-3700 1  ResolutionR86 Recommends Community Strategies for Policing and Police Oversight   Action details Video Video