Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/5/2020 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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15-3726 1  DiscussionComments   Action details Not available
15-3720 1  OrdinancePolice Discussion Items   Action details Not available
15-3630 1  OrdinanceBill 33 Providing for the vacation of East Ford Street from the centerline of South Carlisle Street to the centerline of South Brown Street in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Allentown:approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3631 1  OrdinanceBill 34 Providing for the vacation of South Ann Street from the centerline of Constitution Drive to its North terminus in the Sixteenth Ward of the City of Allentown:approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3632 1  OrdinanceBill 35 Providing for the vacation of South Albert Street from the centerline of East Wyoming Street to its North terminus in the Sixteenth Ward of the City of Allentown:approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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.approvedPass 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”.approvedPass 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. approvedPass 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. tabledPass Action details Video Video
15-3718 1  ResolutionR90 Transfer: Parks and Recreation: $7,200 for Additional Space Is Needed to Park Maintenance - Storage Space is Being Rented from ACIDA as per C27-000077.approvedPass Action details Video Video
15-3701 1  ResolutionR91 Sewage Planning Module for Barnes Lane Subdivision - 2710 Barnes LaneapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-3706 1  ResolutionR92 Certificates of Appropriateness for work in the Historic Districts: 229.5 N 11th Street; 235-237 N 11th Street; 240 N 10th Street; 242 N 11th Street; 236 N 10th Street; 217 N 11th StreetapprovedPass Action details Video Video
15-3716 1  OrdinanceBill 54 Public Works, this evening Amending the 2020 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($22,892.38) from PPL in the form of a rebate from the LED street light conversion phase one project.   Action details Video Video
15-3707 1  ResolutionR93 CEDC this evening Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness – 114 N. West Street   Action details Video Video
15-3723 1  DiscussionPetition asking Councilpersons Zucal, Hendricks and Affa to resign   Action details Video Video