[0:00] Good evening. I'd like to call to order
[0:02] the meeting of the media bureau council
[0:04] for this Thursday, August 20th, 2026. Uh
[0:07] let's begin by standing and saying the
[0:09] pledge to the flag.
[0:12] Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:15] United States of America and to the
[0:17] republic for which it stands. One nation
[0:20] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:23] justice for all.
[0:26] Before
[0:28] we get to the business of tonight's
[0:30] meeting, we do have one uh matter of
[0:33] business, and I'm going to stretch this
[0:34] out because council vice president Roma
[0:37] is on her way in. Uh we do have the
[0:39] approval of minutes from July 16th of
[0:42] 2026.
[0:44] I was not at that meeting. Um so I will
[0:47] approve them. Uh assuming there are no
[0:49] other issues with that, I just wanted to
[0:51] check with everybody and make sure that
[0:52] that's all right. I do need a motion to
[0:54] approve those minutes
[0:55] >> in the name of also uh stretching time
[0:57] as much as possible here. I will go
[0:59] ahead and uh make that motion.
[1:01] >> And motion uh has been made. Is there a
[1:04] second? You can do it quickly now. Thank
[1:05] you.
[1:06] >> There is a second.
[1:07] >> Motion has been made and seconded. Uh
[1:10] any discussion on the matter?
[1:12] >> Okay.
[1:13] >> Should we make up discussion? Just
[1:15] >> We can make up discussion.
[1:17] Uh, all in favor of approving the
[1:19] minutes of the July 16th, 2026 council
[1:22] meeting, please signify by saying I.
[1:25] >> I. I.
[1:26] >> Any opposed, say nay.
[1:28] >> Motion carries unanimously. Uh, you will
[1:31] notice uh several of our council members
[1:34] are not present this evening. Um,
[1:36] council member Taylor Dunn will, I
[1:38] believe, address us in a few moments.
[1:39] Um, and council member Malcoun is not
[1:42] available. We'll also notice uh that our
[1:44] burough manager uh Britney Foreman is
[1:46] not uh with us this evening. In her
[1:48] place, and I hope I don't get this
[1:50] wrong, is our finance director, John
[1:52] Waskovich. Okay, very good. Um uh we now
[1:56] have one of two opportunities for public
[1:58] comment and privilege of the floor.
[2:00] There are two ways to get in touch with
[2:02] us if you'd like. You can send us an
[2:04] email at comments@mediabau.com
[2:06] or if you prefer, come to our meeting.
[2:09] Step to the microphone. We just need
[2:10] your name and address for the record and
[2:12] then you have an opportunity to say your
[2:14] piece. Miss Rapino, do we have any
[2:16] emails?
[2:17] >> Nothing tonight.
[2:19] >> Okay. Thank you very much. Is there
[2:20] anyone from the public who would like to
[2:21] speak?
[2:24] Hi everybody. Uh my name is Taylor Don.
[2:25] I'm at 500 North Olive. Um I rise today
[2:28] in support of A1 uh which is my request
[2:31] for resignation. Uh I don't take this
[2:35] lightly. I I have the uh absolute
[2:37] privilege of being appointed by um
[2:39] Delaware County Councils to be the
[2:42] public defender. Uh and unfortunately uh
[2:45] the law that governs the public defender
[2:47] act uh bars me from holding any other
[2:49] office. Um I spoke to both the
[2:51] solicitor, our solicitor and the county
[2:53] solicitor and could not find a way
[2:55] around it. So uh unfortunately uh I am
[2:57] forced to resign and I wanted to uh tell
[3:00] you all that it was a privilege to be
[3:02] work along you alongside you and a
[3:04] privilege to serve the people of media
[3:06] um and to encourage anyone out there uh
[3:09] who is interested in applying for my
[3:11] open seat. Uh because three three and a
[3:13] half years ago that's how I got
[3:15] involved. Um there was an open seat. I
[3:18] applied for it. I wasn't selected
[3:20] thankfully. Uh Jen, our our wonderful
[3:22] Jen was was appointed. Um, and then, uh,
[3:25] I ran and was elected and it was a
[3:26] wonderful experience. So, I encourage
[3:28] anyone to step up and do that themselves
[3:30] and just to say thank you to all of you
[3:31] for what a privilege it was to work
[3:33] alongside you and on behalf of the
[3:35] greatest town I could possibly choose to
[3:36] live in. So, thank you. Thank you.
[3:40] [applause]
[3:42] I just want to ask the solicitor, what
[3:44] happens if we say no?
[3:47] Does he get in trouble?
[3:48] >> Uh, yeah, he is.
[3:51] >> All right. I'm just just checking on
[3:52] that one. I don't think it'll be an
[3:54] issue, but [laughter]
[3:57] um and I think those uh those comments
[4:00] were lovely and we echo them. Uh we'll
[4:03] have more to say in a few moments, but
[4:05] uh it's was not it was almost as if
[4:08] you'd been on council for years uh with
[4:10] your contributions and what you added to
[4:12] our meetings and the information that
[4:14] you shared with us. So, it is with great
[4:16] regret that I'm going to have to bring
[4:18] that forth in a few moments. Is there
[4:20] anyone else who would like to speak?
[4:23] Seeing no one, uh, I would like now to
[4:26] move on to our manager's report. And the
[4:29] manager's report this evening will be,
[4:31] uh, brought forth by Jonathan Musco.
[4:41] » Thank you, Mr. President, and good
[4:42] evening to everyone. Um, like I said,
[4:45] Britney Manager Foreman is not available
[4:47] tonight, so I'll be delivering the
[4:48] manager's report on her behalf. Um just
[4:51] a few small public announcements that
[4:54] she asked me to deliver. Um the first
[4:56] one being the and excuse my
[4:59] pronunciation on this, the Aliviver
[5:01] Foundation wants to donate uh AED
[5:03] equipment to Baral Park. They've been
[5:06] partnering with local municipalities
[5:08] like Lanstown and Upper Providence
[5:09] Township. And the donation would include
[5:12] $1,100 for the AED device itself as well
[5:15] as an extra $1,100 for the enclosure for
[5:19] the device. This will run through
[5:21] properties committee next month, but um
[5:23] we want to thank the Aliviver Foundation
[5:26] publicly for considering the burrow.
[5:29] Secondly, we were recently notified that
[5:32] Palm Street Mall was awarded a 2026
[5:36] great places designation from the
[5:38] American Planning Association,
[5:39] Pennsylvania chapter. We were nominated
[5:42] by NV5, who was the landscape
[5:45] architecture firm that we partnered with
[5:47] during the project.
[5:49] And the last one, which is a little more
[5:51] in my wheelhouse, the fiscal year 2025
[5:54] audit was completed by Barbcane Thornton
[5:56] and Company, our um independent auditing
[5:59] firm. We did receive a clean audit
[6:01] opinion with no material weaknesses, no
[6:03] significant deficiencies, and three uh
[6:06] minor recommendations that they had.
[6:09] And that concludes the manager's report
[6:11] for this evening.
[6:12] >> Very good. Um, I'm going to ask if our
[6:15] vice president has anything uh that she
[6:18] would like to say about the audit, the
[6:20] award that you received earlier this
[6:22] year.
[6:23] >> I want to just give you some credit,
[6:24] sir. We haven't had a chance to do it
[6:26] publicly.
[6:28] >> Sorry, just bring that on you.
[6:29] >> Um, we did address it at last month's
[6:31] meeting, legislative, and I think that
[6:33] was the one that that that you missed, but John wasn't here to
[6:37] >> to hear all receive it in person. Um but
[6:41] yeah, we were very excited to get this
[6:44] award acknowledging sort of our fiscal
[6:46] responsibility and the rigor with which
[6:48] we ROD reporting and transparency and I
[6:50] think um one of the real great things
[6:53] about the award is it was the first time
[6:54] that we applied for it. So we won as as
[6:57] a firsttime applicant and you know we'll
[6:59] try to continue to um you know raise the
[7:02] bar on that and continue to get
[7:03] recognized by this but you know really
[7:05] great work from John and the finance
[7:07] team and the rest of the burough staff.
[7:08] >> Thank you. Thank you very much. I
[7:11] appreciate it.
[7:13] Uh, any other questions for our manager
[7:15] or our finance director? Okay. Very
[7:18] good. Moving on now to our solicitor's
[7:20] report. Mr. Scott.
[7:21] >> Uh, thank you, Mr. President. Nothing
[7:23] tonight.
[7:23] >> Thank you. Any questions for our
[7:25] solicitor.
[7:26] Moving on now to our engineers report.
[7:28] Mr. Matson.
[7:29] >> Thank you, Mr. President. Again, my
[7:30] written report was submitted earlier
[7:31] this month. Just some updates on some
[7:33] few a few capital projects. We have two
[7:36] stormwater improvement projects in the
[7:37] north of town. Uh the first one is
[7:39] underway is almost substantially
[7:41] complete at this point which is great
[7:42] news. That is the empoundment facility
[7:44] for storm water and the community garden
[7:46] on top of that. Big thanks to JMC
[7:48] contractors for working very quickly all
[7:50] throughout the month to get that work
[7:51] done. Looking forward to a successful
[7:53] project. The second one is on North
[7:55] Olive Street Bridge Road. That bid
[7:57] opening is August 27th. So that will be
[8:00] next week. We're eagerly looking forward
[8:01] to that bid opening. Hopefully we'll
[8:03] have good news on that one. Our ste
[8:05] street ballards were recommended by the
[8:07] council to go out to bid. We will have
[8:08] that bid opening in September with a
[8:10] recommendation for the legislative
[8:11] meeting. Uh our trafficcoming project
[8:14] over on Laminate Jefferson is
[8:16] substantially complete as well. I think
[8:17] it looks great. A big thanks to our
[8:18] friends at Chipaloney for that project
[8:20] and our friends at the county. Uh Pico
[8:22] is almost wrapping up the work on
[8:23] Providence Road. It seems like it has
[8:25] been going on for a long time. Uh once
[8:26] that is completed, we'll be move forward
[8:28] with the Holly House rabbit rectangular
[8:30] flashing bacon project. And lastly
[8:32] tonight in your packets for award is the
[8:34] 2026 red program. And so we had a a good
[8:37] strong representation from that one.
[8:38] should be under the
[8:39] transportation committee u uh report. So
[8:43] unless there's any other questions that
[8:44] concludes our report.
[8:46] >> May I ask the question?
[8:48] >> Yes.
[8:49] >> Kevin, do you know when Providence Road
[8:51] will be repaved? We are getting a number
[8:54] of complaints about the way the roads
[8:57] been left.
[8:58] >> Unders understood loud and clear. Yeah,
[9:00] there was uh a number of inquiries back
[9:02] and forth that goalpost had been moving
[9:03] again. We were promised July. We've been
[9:05] promised August. So, it's just a matter
[9:07] of getting PICO to do the follow-up work
[9:09] of the installation of the service
[9:11] laterals. So, they need to do some
[9:13] coordination naturally with the
[9:14] individual homeowners to schedule
[9:15] appointments. And that's really where
[9:17] we're down to. We're down to the last
[9:18] few. So, it's it's a function of
[9:21] naturally Pico completing their main,
[9:22] which is done, and then all the
[9:24] individual service laterals, which is
[9:25] the final part of that. So, after that
[9:27] is completed, the road will be repaid.
[9:29] But, thank you.
[9:32] >> Any other questions?
[9:34] Thank you, Mr. Matson. Hearing no none,
[9:36] we'll move on to our mayor's report.
[9:38] Mayor Washington.
[9:39] >> Good evening, Mr. President, and good
[9:41] evening, everyone. Um, yes. So, my
[9:44] report, I have a couple of reports from
[9:46] the media brow police department and a
[9:48] couple of updates for me as well. Uh,
[9:50] there were 731 calls for service and
[9:52] initiated response for the month of
[9:54] July. And unfortunately, this is an 11%
[9:57] increase from July of 2025 with 652
[10:00] calls last year. 149 traffic stops, 33
[10:04] traffic details, and some training from
[10:07] the media bureau police department. The
[10:09] officers completed their annual use of
[10:11] force and taser training conducted by
[10:13] Sergeant Helmond and Officer Devito. All officers will also completed first
[10:18] aid and CPR training, which is required
[10:20] every 2 years. And onto the reports of
[10:23] interest. Uh there are terroristic
[10:25] threats with a firearm on July 22nd at
[10:28] the Wawa and oh wait no that's the next
[10:33] one. Whoops. Uh there is a terrorist
[10:35] threats with a firearm. Officers
[10:37] responded to the area within 30 minutes
[10:39] of the initial dispatch and had the
[10:41] actor in custody. And then the next one
[10:44] is public drunkenness on July 4th. At
[10:47] the end the individual was taken into
[10:49] custody for public drunkenness and
[10:50] released once. sober. Um, and that's
[10:53] something that they have to do so they
[10:55] make sure people are, you know, good to
[10:57] go and not and under any liabilities.
[11:01] And the next one's for a check washing.
[11:03] Uh, the case has been turned over to the
[11:05] postal inspector's office of the US
[11:07] Postal Service.
[11:09] And then the other one, I think I got
[11:12] two more. Trespass with a threat of a
[11:14] firearm. And this is at the Wawwa store
[11:16] at the 100 East Baltimore Avenue for
[11:19] report of the subject with a gun. And
[11:22] the defendant is currently at the
[11:24] Delaware County Prison. He was taken
[11:26] into custody without incident after the
[11:29] uh after the employees
[11:32] uh reported the incident.
[11:34] and and another warrant servicing. On
[11:37] July 25th, Officer Scott was on patrol
[11:41] when she observed a man walking down
[11:42] Baltimore Avenue in the area of Ratner
[11:44] Street. So, the pedestrian stop was
[11:46] conducted and uh the im the individual
[11:49] was known to the officer to have an
[11:51] arrest warrant. And uh yep, the man was
[11:55] advised as to why he was being stopped
[11:57] and he was taken into custody where a
[11:59] search in incident to arrest was
[12:02] conducted revealing numerous needles,
[12:03] drug paraphernalia, and elicit drugs. I
[12:06] just want to thank the police department
[12:08] for keeping everyone safe this month and
[12:10] every month. Uh and and moving on to the
[12:13] focus points for August 2026,
[12:16] accreditation is underway. The Media
[12:18] Bureau Police Department is currently
[12:20] going through their reertification for
[12:22] accreditation this month and this
[12:24] reassessment is conducted every 3 years
[12:26] by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
[12:28] Association and this re this includes a
[12:31] review of all policy and procedures as
[12:33] well as review of reports to ensure that
[12:35] the department is maintaining the
[12:36] highest standards. This process has
[12:39] begun on August 14th and will conclude
[12:41] on August 28th with an inspection of the
[12:43] police station equipment, vehicles, and
[12:46] ride along with with the officers by the
[12:48] assessment team. And as of today, only
[12:51] 17% of police departments in
[12:53] Pennsylvania are accredited law
[12:55] enforcement agencies.
[12:57] And moving along to finishing up my
[12:59] report, officers will continue to
[13:01] conduct traffic details in areas of
[13:03] concern reported by residents and
[13:05] identified by patrol officers. Officers
[13:08] will continue to monitor and strictly
[13:10] enforce the double parking issues in the
[13:12] business district. And my notes for this
[13:14] month so far for August uh National
[13:17] Night Out, just wanted to note that
[13:18] National Night Out earlier this month
[13:20] was a blast. Um and uh it happened on
[13:23] August 6th with some great turnout. Just
[13:25] want to thank the media burough police
[13:26] department, the media fire company, and
[13:28] the media wreck board for a wonderful
[13:30] night engaging the community with their
[13:32] first responders. That concludes my
[13:33] report.
[13:34] >> Thank you very much. Uh any questions
[13:36] for the mayor?
[13:38] >> Hearing none. Um and before we get into
[13:40] the council committee reports, I wanted
[13:42] to note that last week, uh Mayor
[13:44] Washington had the distinct pleasure of
[13:46] attending the employee appreciation
[13:48] lunchon. Um, and I didn't get a chance
[13:51] to mention uh to when I was uh thanking
[13:54] John for all of his hard work. Um, one
[13:56] of the things that I said in just a
[13:58] couple of very brief remarks is that the
[14:00] employees of of this bureau make our
[14:02] jobs very easy. Um, you know, coming in
[14:05] and knowing that there is competence,
[14:07] uh, there is integrity, um, and there
[14:10] is, you know, accountability and
[14:12] strength behind every moment, every
[14:14] moment that we have a meeting and every
[14:17] issue that we face. uh it makes us it
[14:19] just really makes it a wonderful place
[14:22] to to be on council. So, thank you. And
[14:24] I'll tell everyone out there that uh we
[14:26] do appreciate our our employees. So, I
[14:29] don't want to miss that. So, thank you.
[14:32] I got to this point I was like, "Oo, I
[14:33] better say something." Uh but we'll
[14:35] start with our council committee
[14:36] reports. I will be delivering uh the
[14:38] report for planning commission, zoning,
[14:39] hearing board, and harb. And I'll hand
[14:41] the uh gavvel over to the vice president
[14:43] in case there's anything uh necessary.
[14:46] Um the first order of business um is to
[14:49] accept the resignation of council member
[14:51] Taylor Dunn. Uh as he so eloquently
[14:53] stated, this is not uh something that he
[14:55] wanted to do. It's something that he has
[14:57] to do. Uh and we look forward to
[14:59] opportunities for uh for council member
[15:02] Dunn, soon to be former council member
[15:04] Dunn, uh to volunteer his time to the
[15:06] bureau. It's all about public service
[15:08] and working in the public defenders
[15:10] office, serving on council, serving on
[15:12] our zoning hearing board. Even though it
[15:14] was brief, it was uh it was phenomenal.
[15:17] Um so I will move that we accept the
[15:20] resignation of council person Taylor
[15:22] Dunn with great regret.
[15:24] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[15:26] >> Seconded.
[15:28] >> Motion is a second. Any discussion?
[15:32] All those in favor of accepting the
[15:34] resignation of Council Person Taylor
[15:35] Dunn signify by saying I.
[15:37] >> I.
[15:38] >> Opposed. The motion passes unanimously.
[15:41] And just as a clarification of the
[15:43] process from here on out, um by
[15:45] accepting the resignation, tonight
[15:47] starts a 30-day clock uh for council to
[15:50] appoint a uh a replacement. Uh and
[15:53] during that time, we have already opened
[15:55] up uh the application process. Uh and
[15:58] those applications we are asking to be
[16:00] into media burough by August 31st at
[16:04] noon. Um you can find information on our
[16:06] website and you can send your
[16:08] application and your uh resume or CV or
[16:11] whatever you'd like to share uh with us
[16:13] and then we will have a process where on
[16:15] I believe September 8th or 9th uh or 9th
[16:18] or 10th it's it's two days in that week.
[16:21] No, the 8th is is the day after uh Labor
[16:23] Day. So, it'll be two of those days that week. We will have uh interviews in
[16:27] public session and that'll be advertised
[16:30] and the intent is to appoint uh our new
[16:33] council member on September 17th at our
[16:35] September legislative meeting. So, if
[16:38] there are any questions about that, is
[16:40] that pretty clear? Thank you. And I
[16:43] encourage anyone to apply. Um that's
[16:46] where we stand with that. Second motion
[16:48] uh is to request to a request to wave
[16:52] the land development application
[16:53] requirement for 7 to13 State Road due to
[16:57] most of the parcel being located in
[16:59] Upper Providence Township. If you may
[17:02] remember, uh this is where I believe a
[17:05] child care center is planned.
[17:08] >> Um and there's a tiny little bit that is
[17:11] in the parking lot that is in Media
[17:13] Burough. Uh, and this is simply a
[17:15] request to sort of allow this to
[17:17] progress and not not cause any problems.
[17:18] I think it's good governance to, you
[17:21] know, work with our neighboring
[17:22] communities and just say, you know, this
[17:24] is this is on your end. Go for it. Um,
[17:26] do we need a formal motion for this, Mr.
[17:28] Scott?
[17:30] >> The the owner needs to note on their
[17:33] development plans that media is not
[17:36] asserting jurisdiction. So to do that
[17:40] there needs to be a vote and there will
[17:43] somebody sign.
[17:45] >> Sure.
[17:47] >> So I will make a motion to wave the land
[17:49] development application requirement for
[17:51] 7 to 13 State Road due to most of the
[17:53] parcel being located in Upper Providence
[17:55] Township.
[17:58] >> In the form of a motion.
[17:59] >> A motion has been made. Is there a
[18:00] second?
[18:01] >> Seconded.
[18:02] >> Motion has been seconded. Any
[18:03] discussion?
[18:05] All those in favor of waving the land
[18:06] development application requirement for
[18:08] 7 to13 state road due the parcel being
[18:11] located in upper pro most of the parcel
[18:13] being up located in Upper Providence
[18:15] Township signify by saying I
[18:17] >> I opposed. The motion passes
[18:20] unanimously. The next item on the
[18:22] agenda, and I have to acknowledge having
[18:23] not been at the planning commission, we
[18:25] have a very large uh collection of
[18:27] documents here regarding uh a request
[18:30] for a line adjustment and subdivision
[18:32] for a property at 509 North Lemon
[18:35] Street. We do have representatives, I
[18:37] hear uh who are ready to answer any
[18:39] questions. Um, so if you want to make a
[18:41] very brief statement perhaps about the
[18:43] request and I will simply say that this
[18:46] went through the planning commission and
[18:48] the planning commission recommended the council not oppose.
[18:53] >> Yeah. My name is Steve Willison. I'm a
[18:55] land surveyor with GD Hoopinstein. It
[18:57] was our office of prepared plans. I have
[18:59] Nathan Miller who's the owner of 509
[19:02] Lemon Street and his father Mike Miller
[19:04] who owns 333 West Fifth Street. Uh the
[19:07] purpose the back of Nate's property, the
[19:09] side of Nate's property backs up to his
[19:11] father's property and there's we did a
[19:14] survey was done and found out that the
[19:16] patio of Nate Nathan's property has a
[19:19] slight 1-ft encroachment onto Mike's
[19:21] property. Uh and there were some bushes
[19:23] and shrubs that were there from the
[19:24] previous owner which have been removed.
[19:26] We're simply trying to move that
[19:28] property line 16 ft so he can have his
[19:31] buffer back again, plant it, and have a
[19:33] little more room back there. It's a
[19:34] little tight back there.
[19:36] uh his father had bought the property to renovate it, possibly move in, but
[19:41] with the slope to the property, he's
[19:43] looking for something more one level.
[19:45] It's leaning to a split level. So, once
[19:48] we get this property line moved and
[19:50] relocated, then we'll probably put that
[19:52] house back up for sale and everybody
[19:54] will be happy. Very good. Thank you for
[19:56] the uh explanation. Very clear.
[19:58] >> Um
[19:59] >> so, this is Mr. President, this is on
[20:01] the agenda for you you to approve the
[20:03] lot line uh plan tonight. It's not it's
[20:06] not you you'd mentioned not opposed.
[20:08] >> This doesn't go to zoning.
[20:09] >> Nope.
[20:10] >> Okay. So, this is something we would
[20:12] approve.
[20:12] >> This is a subdivision approval and it's
[20:14] ready for for for consideration tonight.
[20:17] >> So, then I will make a motion uh that
[20:20] the to accept the lot line adjustment
[20:22] subdivision for the property at 509
[20:24] North Lemon Street and 333 West 5th
[20:28] Street. I'll make that in the form of a
[20:30] motion. A
[20:32] >> motion has been made. Is there a second?
[20:35] >> Seconded.
[20:35] >> The motion has been seconded. Any
[20:37] discussion?
[20:38] >> There are waiverss that we should note
[20:40] for the record. You'll be you'll be
[20:42] approving it subject to those waivers.
[20:44] >> Um and they are more familiar with
[20:48] >> Yeah. that not to have to submit a
[20:51] combined culinary final. Um not to
[20:54] provide because this is such a simple
[20:56] plan. they're not providing um
[20:59] topographical features and uh benchmarks
[21:02] and things that they would normally put
[21:03] on a on a more wholesome development. Um
[21:08] there the plans don't show the location
[21:10] of benchmarks of of storm sewer drains
[21:13] of location calipers of 8 in or more.
[21:17] Those are not really relevant to the lot
[21:19] line. So thank you.
[21:21] >> Just to reiterate, there's no um
[21:23] construction activity associated with
[21:25] this. It's the movement of an imaginary
[21:26] line.
[21:26] >> Mhm.
[21:28] >> So would you recommend we alter this and
[21:31] add with the waivers or
[21:33] >> Why don't you Is it Do the maker and the
[21:35] seconder accept the uh amendment to be
[21:39] approved the plan subject to the
[21:40] waivers?
[21:41] >> Subject to the waivers. Okay. I'm okay
[21:43] with it. Second.
[21:45] >> I'm okay with it.
[21:46] >> Okay. Great.
[21:48] >> Um I have a question. Within this
[21:50] packet, there's this huge amount of like
[21:52] deed information. is that's not really
[21:54] relevant to
[21:57] >> that's part of the submission package
[21:59] application package. You have to submit
[22:00] the deeds for both properties.
[22:02] >> Okay. It looks okay.
[22:05] >> Part of that is the the again the lots
[22:07] are changing geometry. So that lot line
[22:10] although it's imaginary it's a legal
[22:12] line it's being redefined. So that
[22:14] redefining process has to be recorded
[22:16] >> okay
[22:16] >> and then verified and then ultimately
[22:18] recorded at the county. That's all the
[22:21] ass.
[22:22] >> Okay. It just looked like there was a
[22:23] lot happening here that wasn't but
[22:26] >> ultimately it's it's a date. It's a
[22:29] complicated date because it's part of a
[22:31] property disposition.
[22:33] >> Okay. Thank you.
[22:33] >> Yeah.
[22:38] » Any additional discussion?
[22:41] All those in favor of accepting the lot
[22:43] line adjustment subdivision for property
[22:45] 509 North Lemon Street uh subject to the
[22:48] waivers signify by saying I. I.
[22:50] >> I. opposed.
[22:52] The motion passes unanimously
[22:54] >> and that concludes the report for
[22:56] planning commission zoning hearing board
[22:58] and HARP. Thank you.
[23:00] >> Any questions for President Poff on this
[23:02] part of his agenda?
[23:05] >> Seeing none.
[23:06] >> Thank you. We'll now move on to uh
[23:09] transportation, fire, EMS, and civil
[23:11] service. Council member Trey Herman. Mr.
[23:13] Herman.
[23:14] >> Thank you, Mr. President. All right. So
[23:16] starting off tonight, I have one
[23:18] leazison announcement uh regarding the
[23:21] uh special EMS meeting we had about a
[23:24] week ago. Uh so council had a special EMS meeting specifically to
[23:31] discuss the upcoming regional authority
[23:34] that's been proposed by uh members of
[23:36] the working group and our neighbors in
[23:41] uh Nether Providence Upper Providence
[23:43] WMO
[23:44] >> Rose Valley and Rish
[23:47] close.
[23:47] >> It's okay. I always forgot one of them.
[23:50] >> Yeah. He said
[23:53] >> uh yes. So we had a meeting regarding
[23:54] that authority and we discussed uh the
[23:57] various options with whether or not
[23:59] media was likely to join uh and to try
[24:02] and get an understanding as to uh the
[24:04] general costs.
[24:07] Um while we don't have the full final
[24:09] numbers just yet uh at this time at that
[24:14] time at the end of that meeting general
[24:16] sense of council of those who were
[24:18] attendant was that media would likely
[24:20] not join at this time due to both uh
[24:24] just a general uncertainty on the costs
[24:26] but also some
[24:28] uncertainty as to the leadership of that
[24:31] uh authority and how it would affect
[24:34] uh our residences.
[24:38] Thank you. Um, and if I may add, I
[24:41] attended a similar special meeting on
[24:43] Tuesday evening in Upper Providence
[24:44] Township where many of the same
[24:46] questions were asked. Um, many of the
[24:49] same issues were raised. Um, and you
[24:52] know, the the general sense that I got
[24:54] at both meetings, although I don't want
[24:56] to speak for Upper Providence, I can
[24:57] only speak for myself and the and the
[24:58] others who were at our meeting on
[25:00] Monday, was that there are just too many
[25:01] questions in the air. Um, and we don't
[25:04] want to burden our residents with a uh a
[25:07] fee. Um, we want to make sure that if we
[25:10] are going with this, we have done all of
[25:12] our due diligence and that we have done
[25:14] everything we can to keep the costs as
[25:16] low as we can for our residents uh in
[25:19] media burough. Um, one of the other main
[25:21] concerns that that was raised is that you know the leadership of this
[25:25] authority
[25:26] um does not have to follow any of the
[25:29] recommendations of this working group
[25:31] regardless of who's on the authority.
[25:33] Um, and media fire company uh, you know,
[25:36] could very well wind up on the outside
[25:39] looking in. Um, and we've heard from
[25:41] this, I can tell you, we've heard from
[25:43] our residents in Upper Providence and in
[25:45] Media Burough, um, that they're very
[25:47] happy with the service from the media
[25:49] fire company in EMS. Um, and we should
[25:51] be very proud of that. Um, and consider
[25:54] that to be a feather in our cap. Um, so
[25:57] I I just wanted to bring that up. The
[26:00] approval of the authority wouldn't
[26:02] happen at one of our meetings. There is
[26:04] a meeting scheduled for September 2nd, I
[26:08] believe, at Strath Haven Middle School
[26:10] or high school.
[26:11] >> Middle school.
[26:11] >> Strath Haven Middle School. Um, and that
[26:14] at that meeting, each of the six
[26:16] municipalities have been asked to bring
[26:18] uh a quorum of their membership to vote
[26:21] whether or not to join this authority.
[26:24] Um, so we will be there. I believe we'll
[26:28] have a quorum there. Uh and at this time
[26:30] again our our predisposition is not to
[26:33] join. Um but again a lot can happen in
[26:35] the next couple of weeks. So it's
[26:38] something where I encourage residents to
[26:40] reach out to us. Uh if you have any
[26:43] questions about what you've heard. That
[26:44] was one thing that came up on Tuesday
[26:46] was we don't know what the residents
[26:48] think. I'm you know we're all residents.
[26:51] Um, and you know, from the standpoint of
[26:54] I don't want to pay more than I need to,
[26:56] uh, or what more than what's fair, uh, I
[27:00] think would be something that that's,
[27:02] uh, you know, rolling around in our
[27:03] heads as, as members making a decision.
[27:06] >> I was not present at that meeting. May I
[27:08] voice my opinion?
[27:09] >> Yes, absolutely.
[27:10] >> Thank you. Um, so I've had some time to
[27:13] dig into the relevant data provided. Um,
[27:16] and what I would like to call out is
[27:17] that across the six mun municipalities,
[27:19] media borrow has the lowest median
[27:21] household income. So to me, if we have
[27:24] the lowest median income of all
[27:25] participating munality municipalities, a
[27:28] flat fee structure is regressive and
[27:30] places the highest burden on the
[27:32] community with the least ability to
[27:33] absorb it. Um,
[27:36] >> excellent.
[27:36] >> I have I have the numbers if folks want,
[27:38] but I did dig into some census data. Um,
[27:40] and right, we have the density, we've
[27:42] built out, we have commercial activity
[27:44] means that we pay more, but our
[27:45] residents aren't necessarily wealthier.
[27:47] So, I know that we've talked a lot
[27:49] about, right, there's equal votes, but
[27:52] it's not equitable votes. And I think
[27:54] that is my biggest concern right now.
[27:57] Um, and additionally, right, we're
[27:59] talking about the governance structure.
[28:01] Um we've discussed concerns with media
[28:04] only having one vote despite the
[28:06] differences um in income and ability to
[28:09] pay across the multiple municipalities.
[28:12] So I my perspective right now is no
[28:16] because we have folks who would be um
[28:20] would have a higher burden than our
[28:21] neighboring municipalities and that does
[28:23] not seem equitable nor does it seem
[28:25] financially responsible for us to make
[28:26] that decision.
[28:28] >> Thank you. That's an excellent point. I did a little number crunching myself
[28:31] and I looked at the populations of
[28:34] Swathmore that are very similar and if
[28:36] you look at the six municipalities our
[28:38] total population is about 16th of that
[28:40] entire group combined. So if you're
[28:42] looking at one out of six it's not that
[28:44] big a deal but when you're looking at it
[28:45] financially and fiscally that's a much bigger difference. Um so I I really
[28:51] appreciate that and thank you thank you
[28:52] for that. May I add that we would have
[28:54] one vote out of six, but we also have
[28:57] about 25% of the call volume.
[28:59] >> That's correct. Yes, that's the other
[29:01] piece, too. Thank you. Um, so that uh
[29:05] I'll turn it back to Mr. Herman. It's
[29:07] your report. So, thank you.
[29:09] >> All right, moving on. Uh, this month's
[29:12] uh traffic education topic for August
[29:16] 2026. [clears throat] This month's topic
[29:17] is safety and construction zones.
[29:21] Uh, Aqua, Pico, Pendot, and other crews
[29:25] work every day to get these projects
[29:27] finished safely. Landscaping crews and
[29:30] tree service companies frequently have
[29:32] cones, flaggers, and equipment in
[29:34] surprise locations.
[29:36] Stay on top of the planned projects in
[29:38] through our newsletter, which is a great
[29:40] source of info and highlights
[29:43] throughout the summer. Throughout our
[29:46] major and minor streets, construction
[29:48] has become a pretty familiar site around
[29:50] media this summer. Detours, lane
[29:53] closures, and flaggers can be
[29:55] frustrating. Please be patient.
[29:59] Plan ahead. Check the burrow, Aqua, and
[30:02] Pico websites when you can. Construction
[30:04] zones change, equipment moves, and
[30:06] detours can shift. Knowing where work is
[30:09] happening may save you some frustration
[30:12] or give you a chance to take another
[30:13] route.
[30:15] Slow down and follow the flaggers and
[30:17] signs in work zones. The crews are often
[30:20] working only a few feet from moving
[30:22] traffic. Please give them some room and
[30:24] let them do their job safely. And
[30:27] remember, the people working out there
[30:29] have families and people waiting for
[30:31] them at home, too. A few extra minutes
[30:33] and a little patience can help make sure
[30:35] everyone gets home safely.
[30:39] [snorts]
[30:41] And moving on, uh, next up, I have the,
[30:45] uh, change order for Jefferson and Lemon
[30:47] Streets, uh, community development block
[30:50] grant project, which I submit in the
[30:52] form of a motion.
[30:53] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[30:58] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[31:00] discussion?
[31:03] Is there
[31:04] >> What? What? I'm sorry. What What is this
[31:05] grant for? [laughter]
[31:07] >> I apologize.
[31:08] >> If I may, Mr. So this is the Lemon
[31:10] Jefferson project
[31:12] >> and when that bid came in the low the
[31:14] low bidder was well under the grant cap
[31:17] allocation. So the the the grant was
[31:20] award pardon me the bid was about
[31:21] $70,000 and that project had been
[31:24] allocated about $144,000.
[31:27] So again in in order to maximize the
[31:29] benefit of that uh grant uh it was
[31:32] recommended to have some extensions to
[31:33] existing line items. So specifically
[31:35] what you would see out there is that
[31:37] area had some sidewalks that weren't in
[31:38] great shape because of the nature of the
[31:39] trees and the age of the neighborhood.
[31:41] So the recommendation is to have those
[31:43] improved. Some of the ADA facilities we
[31:44] can get additional improvements, some
[31:46] additional landscaping and there are
[31:48] some areas of curbing that just that
[31:49] were dated and old and again so the
[31:52] ability to inject additional resource
[31:54] under the existing line into that
[31:55] contract just gives that the project a
[31:57] nice more polished look. It just allows
[32:00] us to inject more resource into that
[32:02] area and I think the overall uh look
[32:03] will be sharp.
[32:05] >> Thank you.
[32:10] » All those in favor?
[32:13] >> Thank you.
[32:14] >> Can I add one more thought on that one?
[32:15] >> Yes.
[32:16] >> Again, that project is funded uh with
[32:19] the uh the funds from the county. This
[32:22] change order, although it's a change
[32:23] order to our contract, doesn't cost our
[32:25] taxpayers additional money. What it does
[32:27] is it allows us to use the additional
[32:28] allocation uh that was awarded by the
[32:31] county with support from federal funds.
[32:34] >> Great.
[32:34] >> So it's not it's not additional cash
[32:36] from the uh burough taxpayers. It's the
[32:38] usage of additional allocation from the
[32:40] grant.
[32:41] >> Thank you very much for that
[32:43] explanation. Uh hearing no more
[32:45] discussion. All those in favor of
[32:46] accepting the change order for Jefferson
[32:48] and Lemon Streets Community Development
[32:50] Block Grant Project, please signify by
[32:53] saying I. I. I.
[32:54] >> Any opposed say nay. Motion carries
[32:57] unanimously.
[32:58] >> Thank you. Moving on. I have a proposal
[33:00] from Carol Engineering for a
[33:02] comprehensive parking study in the
[33:03] amount not to exceed $41,800, which I
[33:07] offer up in the form of a motion.
[33:09] >> The motion has been made. Is there a
[33:11] second?
[33:15] » Second.
[33:15] >> Motion has been made and seconded. Is
[33:17] there any discussion?
[33:18] >> Can we get some clarification on what
[33:20] the parking study includes or will
[33:22] include?
[33:28] Unfortunately, I don't have my notes in
[33:29] front of me.
[33:30] >> I know we discussed a couple of
[33:31] different routes and I'm and I just
[33:33] would like for us to be to be clear to
[33:35] be clear about what it's including and
[33:37] what it's not.
[33:41] » Is this something that we might want to
[33:43] revisit next month?
[33:44] >> My understanding is that this was the um
[33:46] was this the GIS to GI Global Imaging
[33:51] Service? I can't recall the AC acronym,
[33:54] but I believe that this was looking
[33:56] around some of the overflow areas like
[33:59] around the courthouse. I know that that
[34:01] was one area mentioned. Um, so I believe
[34:04] that this was going to have folks um
[34:06] from Carol going out into the burrow and
[34:09] perhaps leveraging AI to help understand
[34:11] where the true areas of need are for
[34:13] parking um so that we can make informed
[34:16] decisions on where to invest in parking
[34:18] infrastructure. Again, if it's helpful,
[34:20] I do have I do have that scope. If it's
[34:21] helpful.
[34:22] >> Yeah. Would you mind? Because I mean, I
[34:23] know in a couple of different
[34:24] committees, we've talked about a couple
[34:26] different types of parking and I just
[34:27] want to make sure. I think you are
[34:28] right, Amelia, but I don't know if there
[34:30] were other parts of the scope as well.
[34:31] >> Yep. Certainly. Again, so part of the
[34:34] genesis of this naturally was parking is
[34:36] a really key issue in town
[34:38] >> and we had spent a lot of focus in the
[34:40] area of State Street studying the area
[34:42] actually the garage going back to
[34:43] earlier this year. This is an extension
[34:45] of that study to take a more focused
[34:48] look at areas that were both impacted by
[34:51] high usage but also affordable housing.
[34:53] So the the impact of affordable housing,
[34:55] the impact of different land use on our
[34:56] street system. Again, so there is
[34:58] there's a series of breakouts. One of
[35:01] which is primarily a parking inventory.
[35:03] Another one are curbside strategies to
[35:05] help maximize and the usage of delivery
[35:08] vehicles around State Street.
[35:09] >> That was what I wanted to make sure it
[35:11] was included in it.
[35:12] >> That's right. The other one is our
[35:13] parking standard or a review of our
[35:15] existing parking ordinances
[35:17] >> to make sure that they are consistent.
[35:19] Again, the option for the GIS here is is
[35:21] highlighted here so that there are uh
[35:24] modern technologies that are used to
[35:25] take a look at our parking facilities
[35:27] around town, take a look at our street
[35:28] systems. Uh and I think that generally
[35:31] was it. So, it was it was an expansion
[35:33] of good work that had begun earlier this
[35:35] year to add some additional focus areas.
[35:38] This is the one that it goes north
[35:41] towards like third, fourth, fifth
[35:43] street, I think, right? Yeah.
[35:45] >> Overflow.
[35:46] >> Awesome. That that's helpful. Thank you.
[35:48] Mr. Matson. And thank you,
[35:50] um, Council Person Delgroso.
[35:55] » Seeing if there's if there's no more
[35:57] discussion, all those in favor of
[35:59] accepting the proposal from Carol
[36:01] Engineering for the comprehensive
[36:02] parking study and an amount not to
[36:04] exceed 40,000 $41,800.
[36:07] That's not my uh Hang on a moment. All
[36:10] those in favor of accepting the proposal
[36:13] from Carol Engineering for a
[36:14] comprehensive parking study in an amount
[36:17] not to exceed $41,800,
[36:20] please say I.
[36:22] >> I. Any opposed? Say nay.
[36:24] >> Motion passes unanimously.
[36:27] >> All right. Moving on. My last item up
[36:29] for business is a motion to accept a bid
[36:33] from AF Damon Company Incorporated in
[36:35] the amount of 130,920
[36:38] for the 2026 road program.
[36:42] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[36:44] >> Second.
[36:45] >> Motion has been made and seconded. Any
[36:46] discussion?
[36:48] >> Mr. Matson, can you explain what is
[36:50] covered in our road program for this
[36:52] year? Uh actually so um there's this our
[36:57] road target program is the usage of
[36:58] liquid fuels monies. So when anybody is
[37:00] driving they pay gas they pay the gas
[37:02] tax that money is routed to Harrisburg.
[37:04] Then liquid fuels monies are broken up
[37:06] over the 3,000 or so municipalities. Uh
[37:09] so we have a local road program here
[37:12] that we do in media and our streets are
[37:15] um a continuation of the streets that we
[37:17] were paving last year. So naturally,
[37:19] since we have 15 miles worth of of roads
[37:21] in media, we don't pave all of them at
[37:23] the same time. We pay for about a half a
[37:25] mile of streets in town. Uh those
[37:27] include um Manchester Church, a portion
[37:31] of Monroe, and there's one other on the
[37:34] west end of town that I can't remember,
[37:35] but I'll pull up. But it's about four or five different streets around
[37:38] town. So Damon has done good work for us
[37:40] in the past, very reputable contractor.
[37:43] So it's my recommendation that this be
[37:44] awarded.
[37:45] >> Very good. Thank you. Uh, as there's no
[37:48] more discussion, uh, all those in favor
[37:50] of accepting the bid from AFDAN company
[37:52] in the amount of $130,920
[37:56] for the 2026 road program, please
[37:59] signify by saying I. I.
[38:00] >> I. Any opposed? Say name. Motion carries
[38:04] unanimously.
[38:06] >> That concludes my report.
[38:07] >> Thank you. Uh, any questions for Council
[38:09] Member Herman?
[38:11] hearing none. We will now move on to
[38:13] finance media business authority and
[38:15] library council vice president Elizabeth
[38:17] Roma. Miss Roma and
[38:18] >> thank you President Poff. I don't have
[38:20] any leison on announcements from the
[38:22] library. They did not meet in July. They
[38:24] are meeting on Monday, but I do not have
[38:26] any announcements for them. For the
[38:28] media business authority, um a couple of
[38:30] cool things have been going on in town.
[38:32] One, John Roberts seller will be
[38:34] celebrating their oneyear anniversary
[38:36] this week. So that's very exciting. And
[38:38] um Glim Glimmer was featured on a new
[38:41] segment on Positively Philly. So if you
[38:43] didn't get a chance to check that out, I
[38:44] think believe they do it on their social
[38:46] media. It was a really lovely segment.
[38:48] Moving on to my main agenda items.
[38:52] Uh normally this time of year, we do a
[38:55] midyear we do a mid-year budget
[38:57] adjustment. So, it is the best practice
[38:58] to do an adjustment um throughout the
[39:00] year financially so that way you can
[39:01] make any adjustments for any under or
[39:03] over spends in the first half of the
[39:05] year to make sure that you end the year
[39:06] in a good place. Um we have a couple of
[39:09] expenses that have come to light in the
[39:11] last week that we want to make sure that
[39:13] we're really diligent about
[39:14] understanding what the full cost would
[39:16] be and then what ultimately that
[39:17] adjustment would be need to be made. So,
[39:19] we're going to I'm suggesting that we
[39:21] table this agenda item until September.
[39:23] We'll discuss this in detail at the
[39:25] September workshop and then hopefully
[39:26] ultimately um vote on it at our
[39:28] September legislative meeting. Um
[39:30] there's no, you know, there's no we
[39:33] we're under no obligation to um you
[39:36] know, vote on an adjustment, you know,
[39:39] at the midyear. You can actually vote on
[39:40] adjustments at any time during the year.
[39:42] So, this won't really affect our 2027
[39:44] budgeting schedule and it won't really
[39:46] affect any of our fiscal responsibility
[39:47] or transparency values that we have in
[39:50] our finance process. We just need a
[39:52] little bit more time to get in line with
[39:53] some some additional costs that are
[39:55] coming through.
[39:56] >> Thank you. As this motion was not moved,
[39:59] um we just leave it where it is and
[40:01] we'll take it up next month.
[40:03] >> Great. Uh my next agenda item is um as
[40:06] part of our desire to deliver great
[40:09] resident service and great services to
[40:11] our businesses um we in began to review
[40:16] proposals for a different partner to
[40:18] collect business privilege and
[40:20] mercantile tax. Um our current partners
[40:23] we've been with for a while. We wanted
[40:25] to see, you know, where if we might be
[40:27] able to realize any gains in service or
[40:29] any gains in um in fees and the finance
[40:32] committee reviewed several different
[40:34] proposals and recommended that we move
[40:37] forward with Tri-State, which would
[40:39] start collection in the next fiscal
[40:41] year. So, I want to make a motion to um
[40:44] approve the tri-state agreement for
[40:46] privilege, excuse me, business privilege
[40:48] and mercantile tax collection services.
[40:51] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[40:53] >> Second. Motion has been made and
[40:55] seconded. Any discussion? I know we have
[40:57] someone present who can speak to this.
[40:59] Is that correct? Yes.
[41:00] >> Okay. So, do you have
[41:02] >> you do the introduction or
[41:04] >> that would be terrific. Thank you.
[41:05] >> Okay. Um we have with us tonight uh Rob
[41:08] Schaefer from Tri-State Financial Group.
[41:10] Um he's here to answer any questions if
[41:14] you guys if anything comes up or um any
[41:17] specifics you want to know about the
[41:19] agreements or how it might differ from
[41:21] the current services that we get. Um the
[41:24] floor is yours if you
[41:27] um if they have anything that that they
[41:29] they'd like to ask you.
[41:30] >> Well, if you'd like to just sort of
[41:31] outline for us what what's
[41:34] the microphone? Thank you.
[41:38] >> Thank you, M.
[41:41] >> And uh my name is Robert Schaefer. I
[41:43] work with Tri-State Financial Group. I'm
[41:44] actually a a partner in the firm. I'm
[41:48] also the chief operating officer. Uh
[41:50] Tri-State's uh a company that's been
[41:52] around for quite some time. Um I've been
[41:54] a partner with it since 2010. They were
[41:57] around under a different name u for
[41:59] about 18 years prior to that. So we're
[42:01] not a fly by night new company. Um we go
[42:04] we handle 15 different municipalities
[42:08] um large ones and small ones alike. um
[42:11] small ones like East Lands on Barrow,
[42:12] just not even 100 u businesses up to uh
[42:17] the city of Bethlehem, you know,
[42:19] thousands and thousands of businesses,
[42:21] probably 13,000 businesses up there,
[42:23] including their rentals and things like
[42:24] that. I have small dollar amounts u you
[42:27] know, and large ones. I do handle Upper
[42:29] Marian Township, which is extremely
[42:31] large, is the largest, if not second
[42:33] largest, business privilege mercantil
[42:36] collections in the state. Um uh I have
[42:39] been around doing this probably since
[42:40] 1994. I actually had a long time ago
[42:43] worked uh in Media Barrow doing
[42:45] collections in Media Barrow under a
[42:46] different company uh just as a worker uh
[42:49] back in like 1994 I believe that was. Um
[42:52] and you know we've been doing business
[42:55] privilege for a long time. Um and we are
[42:58] a business privilege administrator. Yes,
[43:01] we do a couple um local service taxes
[43:04] for some of our jurisdictions that would
[43:06] like us to do that for them. It's just a
[43:08] handful and I do a couple small
[43:09] amusement taxes as well. Um but I think
[43:12] why we do things good is because we're a
[43:15] business tax administrator. So business
[43:17] privilege mercantil tax, that's what we
[43:19] do. Uh if you have any questions, I'm
[43:21] glad to answer them for you.
[43:23] >> Thank you
[43:25] questions.
[43:26] >> Thank you very much. No problem. Any
[43:29] questions or further discussion? Okay.
[43:33] Um,
[43:34] all those in favor of approving the
[43:37] tri-state agreement for business
[43:38] privilege mercantile tax collection
[43:40] services, please signify by saying I. I.
[43:43] >> I. Any opposed say nay.
[43:46] >> The motion carries unanimously. Thank
[43:48] you.
[43:48] >> My final agenda item is for the payment
[43:51] of bills for July for the general fund.
[43:54] the amount of $472,271.94
[43:58] for the liquid fuels fund. $0 for the
[44:01] recreation fund, $5,241.7
[44:06] for the capital fund. 102,9727
[44:11] for a total amount of 500,
[44:14] $579,61028.
[44:19] I would like to ratify that ratify that
[44:21] payment of the of bills for July. I make
[44:24] that in the form of a motion.
[44:25] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[44:27] >> Second.
[44:30] >> Any discussion?
[44:32] Hearing none. All those in favor of
[44:34] ratification of the payment of bills for
[44:36] July and the amounts outlined by Vice
[44:37] President Roma, please say I.
[44:40] >> I. Any opposed, say nay. Motion carries
[44:43] unanimously.
[44:44] >> And that concludes my report.
[44:45] >> Thank you. Uh any questions for Vice
[44:47] President Roma?
[44:50] Hearing none, I'll move on to my report.
[44:52] uh public safety and historical
[44:54] archives. Uh I don't have any liaison
[44:56] announcements. Uh the mayor covered the
[44:59] main one with the accredititation uh for
[45:01] the police next week. Another wonderful
[45:03] feather in our cap. I have two uh items
[45:05] of business. Uh very uh one is
[45:08] relatively simple and the other there's
[45:11] a little complexity but but not much. Um
[45:14] the first item is the mass gathering
[45:15] permit application for Media Elementary
[45:17] School's welcome back block party. It's
[45:20] scheduled for September 25th from 4 to
[45:23] 900 p.m. on Edgemont Street with a rain
[45:26] date of October 2nd of 2026.
[45:29] And uh this is one that uh did not go
[45:32] through public safety. We didn't meet
[45:33] last month. Um however, it's one that I
[45:37] checked with the committee and nobody
[45:38] had any problems with it as it's
[45:40] something that happens every year. So I
[45:42] make that in the form of a motion.
[45:44] >> The motion has been made. Is there a
[45:45] second? Second. The motion has been
[45:47] seconded. Any discussion?
[45:49] All those in favor of approving the mass
[45:51] gathering permit application for media
[45:53] elementary school welcome back block
[45:54] party to be held on September 25th
[45:57] signify by saying I.
[45:59] >> I opposed.
[46:01] >> The motion passes unanimously.
[46:02] >> And the next item was actually approved
[46:04] by the committee months ago but then uh
[46:07] we were requested to pull it back
[46:09] because there was a circumstance uh with
[46:12] the sponsors of the event but it is back
[46:14] on. So, uh, I'm proud to say and happy
[46:17] to say that, uh, I will make a motion
[46:20] for, and, you don't need to say all of
[46:22] this, uh, to approve a mass gathering
[46:24] permit application for the Santa Parade
[46:26] Fun Run Block Party to be held Sunday,
[46:29] November 29th from noon to 7:00 p.m. on
[46:32] State Street, from Radner to Veteran
[46:34] Square to Front Street, and then back to
[46:36] Edgemont Street. Also, Edgemont Street,
[46:39] both north and south of State Street,
[46:40] closed for a staging area. The block
[46:43] party itself is at Veterans Square from
[46:45] State to Baker Streets and the run will
[46:47] follow the normal parade route. I make
[46:50] that in the form of a motion.
[46:52] >> The motion has been made. Is there a
[46:53] second?
[46:55] >> Second.
[46:56] >> Motion has been seconded. Any
[46:57] discussion?
[47:00] >> This I would point to as an a moment in
[47:03] time where our residents have stepped up
[47:06] um to keep something that they really
[47:08] like going. I I credit our vice
[47:11] president who kept the uh Halloween
[47:13] parade going um almost single-handedly.
[47:16] Um you know this kind of thing is
[47:18] wonderful that the community is
[47:20] absorbing situations where individuals
[47:23] are not able to continue. So uh it's
[47:26] just again it's another wonderful thing
[47:28] for our community.
[47:30] >> Thank you. Any additional discussion?
[47:32] Are we comfortable discussing the like
[47:35] what I I'm not sure that everyone knows
[47:38] why we're kind of talking about it being
[47:41] a different situation than previous
[47:42] years. Can we talk about
[47:43] >> the individuals who had run it
[47:45] previously I think had just determined
[47:48] that they were not ready to continue
[47:51] >> to hold it. And when word got out that was likely going to be the case, a
[47:56] lot of our residents came together to
[48:00] put together an organization or or a set
[48:02] of sponsorships I guess I guess is the
[48:04] right way to say it. Um to hold it and make it happen.
[48:09] >> Uh so I think that is that uh that's
[48:12] clear
[48:14] provide a little clarity on it. Um yeah,
[48:17] so it it the
[48:19] it it is true the the steering committee
[48:22] who had been planning for many years had
[48:24] met that sponsorship dollars have dried
[48:26] up. It's you know there's it's a parade
[48:28] that does take some bit of money to put
[48:30] on. It's a wonderful event. Um and they
[48:32] decided you know this is the year that
[48:35] we sunset the event. They did make that
[48:37] announcement formally that they were
[48:38] going to not move forward with the
[48:39] parade and there was a ground swell of
[48:42] um of people volunteering to volunteer
[48:46] to continue to have it. So the committee
[48:48] then had an open meeting with volunteers
[48:50] and they um have been exploring
[48:52] different revenue sources.
[48:53] >> Mhm.
[48:54] >> To generate and I up to and including I
[48:56] believe there's a GoFundMe going on
[48:57] right now. Um, and they are speaking
[49:00] they are seeking sponsors for the
[49:01] parade. But it is their intent right now
[49:03] to move forward with the parade and the
[49:04] event as it has been in the past,
[49:08] but it does need the support of revenue
[49:11] from our community and sponsors. So, you
[49:13] know, certainly if that's something that
[49:14] you're interested in funding as an
[49:15] individual or a sponsorship, you know,
[49:17] all that information is on social media.
[49:20] >> Thank you.
[49:21] >> Very good. Thank you.
[49:23] >> Any other discussion?
[49:26] All those in favor of approving the mass
[49:27] gathering permit application for the
[49:29] Santa parade fun run and block party to
[49:31] be held on Sunday, November 29th,
[49:33] signify by saying I. I
[49:35] >> opposed. The motion passes unanimously.
[49:38] >> Thank you. Uh that concludes my report.
[49:40] >> Any questions for pres president.
[49:43] >> Okay.
[49:44] >> Thank you. Uh moving on now to community
[49:46] development and the environmental
[49:48] advisory council. Uh council member Lisa
[49:50] Gellman. Miss Gellman.
[49:52] >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um I do not
[49:54] have any leison on announcements. The
[49:56] EAC did not have their regular meeting
[49:58] scheduled in July. They have their
[50:00] retreat during that time. Um I do have
[50:03] several legislative items. The first of
[50:06] which is for the ordinance number 119 of
[50:09] 2026 amendments to seasonal outdoor cafe
[50:12] dining ordinance. We've talked about
[50:14] this for several months now and it has
[50:16] been advertised and today we will be
[50:19] voting on that ordinance.
[50:23] I'm sorry. Can you repeat that?
[50:24] >> Today we will be voting on the ordinance
[50:26] after
[50:28] it feels like multiple months of actual
[50:30] discuss
[50:30] >> seasonal outdoor cafe dining.
[50:33] >> Did you make a motion?
[50:34] >> Um and I make that in the form of a
[50:36] motion.
[50:36] >> Thank you. That was what I uh motion has
[50:38] been made. Is there a second?
[50:41] >> Second.
[50:41] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[50:43] discussion? Council member Gman, do you
[50:45] want to go into any specifics? Um, we
[50:48] have talked at length about how the
[50:50] seasonal outdoor cafe [laughter]
[50:52] previously had been on the books where
[50:55] you could not have that second row of um
[50:59] tables had to be touching the housing or
[51:02] of the building.
[51:03] >> Um, but now we are going to be able to
[51:06] have multiple rows as long as [music] it
[51:08] meets all ADA standards. the the ordin
[51:11] the the requirements have for outdoor
[51:13] dining were split between two ordinances
[51:16] previously which made it yeah you could
[51:18] easily miss it thinking you found what
[51:21] governs the ordinance that governs it.
[51:23] So [clears throat] I removed it all from
[51:24] the the health code and put it all on
[51:26] the sidewalk code consolidated into one
[51:29] place and kind of filled out the process
[51:32] the the requirement to get an annual um
[51:34] permit. It was kind of implied before
[51:36] but wasn't really explicit. So, it's
[51:38] just cleaning it up a lot.
[51:40] >> Thank you.
[51:40] >> Um, one question for clarification.
[51:42] [clears throat] Um, since we're sitting
[51:44] here on August 20th and we're in the
[51:46] back half of the seasonal dining season,
[51:49] when does this come into effect or like
[51:51] when do we start collecting fees? Is it
[51:53] this year or are we prating it?
[51:55] >> No. Yes. It's going to be for 2027. Yes.
[51:58] >> Okay. Thank you.
[52:00] >> Very good. Any more discussion? Hearing
[52:03] none. All those in favor of ordinance
[52:05] number of approving ordinance number
[52:07] 1179
[52:08] of 2026 amendments to seasonal outdoor
[52:12] cafe dining ordinance. Please say I. I.
[52:16] >> Any opposed say nay. Motion carries
[52:18] unanimously.
[52:21] >> Okay. So not the most glamorous
[52:23] legislative item. [laughter]
[52:25] However, this has taken up um quite a
[52:28] lot of discussion in CDC and that is
[52:31] that we are now authorizing the
[52:33] solicitor to advertise the grease trap
[52:35] maintenance and cleaning ordinance. Um
[52:38] this has this was something that brought
[52:40] was brought to us by Aqua. Um so that we
[52:44] can best regulate what's happening right
[52:47] now within our crease. Um I I don't even
[52:52] know how to go on about this. [laughter]
[52:55] Uh so between our engineer and our
[52:58] solicitor they might be able to explain
[53:00] this better.
[53:02] >> Well
[53:03] restaurants are required to to do to
[53:06] clean their grease traps and if they
[53:08] don't it ends up grease gets passed into
[53:12] the pipes and clogs and then sewage
[53:14] flows down the streets which I've seen
[53:18] is not uncommon. Um, this sets up a
[53:21] requirement that restaurants uh um
[53:23] operators do cleaning on a regular
[53:26] basis, keep the records of it, make them
[53:28] available for inspection if the bur
[53:30] determines they need to, and they'll get
[53:33] fined if they haven't been complying.
[53:37] Uh the the other issue is that at the
[53:40] plant where everything is ultimately
[53:41] treated, uh the plant has a permit and
[53:44] that permit has certain requirements of
[53:46] things that they're allowed to uh treat
[53:49] every single day. The D takes it very
[53:51] seriously that they don't exceed the
[53:52] permits. Uh in the last couple years, uh
[53:55] there the the policing between the
[53:57] creation of the county health department
[53:58] and transitions about who was doing
[54:00] inspections was a little bit loose. Some
[54:02] of those things started to elevate. So
[54:03] we got we got flagged by Aqua who said
[54:05] can we tighten up some of our protocols
[54:07] about Greece so that we can prevent
[54:08] things from getting into the sewer
[54:10] system before it gets sent to us so that
[54:12] we can maintain regulatory compliance
[54:13] and we don't have to either issue um
[54:16] moratoriums or citations to any of the
[54:18] parent municipalities. So there are
[54:19] three towns that discharge into that
[54:21] plant. This is it's really helpful to
[54:23] keep the plant in compliance but also
[54:25] like Bob said to keep our system clean
[54:26] and everything flowing neatly.
[54:29] >> Thank you. Um, I also want to say that
[54:31] CDC spent um just I mean I don't know
[54:33] hours it feels like talking about how
[54:35] best to put this in practice so that
[54:38] we're not overburdening our burough
[54:40] employees um so that it works with
[54:44] everybody with both burrow and the
[54:46] businesses and aqua and so on. So, um I
[54:50] do think that we came up with a a good
[54:53] solution and um so therefore we are
[54:56] authorizing the solicitor to advertise
[54:58] the grease trap maintenance and cleaning
[55:00] ordinance. Thank you again for your all
[55:02] of your support. Um and I offer that up
[55:04] in the form of a motion.
[55:05] >> Very good. Uh is there a motion has been
[55:08] made. Is there a second?
[55:09] >> Second.
[55:10] >> Motion has been made and seconded. Any
[55:13] discussion?
[55:14] And I am counting on you, Miss Delgos.
[55:17] Yeah, I I'm glad that we can grease the
[55:19] wheels to compliance.
[55:20] >> Oh,
[55:21] >> thank you.
[55:22] >> There we go.
[55:23] >> I've been waiting all night.
[55:25] >> I've been waiting 55 minutes. [laughter]
[55:27] I don't know why it's taking this long.
[55:29] >> There was never an opportunity.
[55:32] [laughter]
[55:33] >> It's not like the resignation of a
[55:35] council member lends itself to uh puns.
[55:38] Um although Taylor is done, I guess.
[55:42] [laughter]
[55:44] >> I I had to go there.
[55:45] said that with regret.
[55:47] >> With regret. [snorts]
[55:48] Yes, we're not done with uh
[55:53] hearing. No more discussion on the
[55:54] matter. All those in favor of
[55:56] authorizing our solicitor to advertise
[55:58] the grease trap maintenance and cleaning
[56:00] ordinance, please signify by saying I.
[56:03] >> I.
[56:04] >> Any opposed say nay.
[56:07] >> Motion passes unanimously.
[56:10] >> Thank you. Um, my next item is for
[56:14] resolution number 2026-55,
[56:16] request for PA council on the arts
[56:18] creative districts program grant
[56:20] application.
[56:22] I do not have more information on that I can share. I don't recall. I know
[56:28] there's
[56:28] >> is this the letter of support
[56:31] >> from from the MBA and the media arts
[56:34] council to support basically we have to
[56:38] approve the letter that would support
[56:40] their grant application that they they
[56:42] are managing but this would be part of
[56:43] that.
[56:44] >> Yeah,
[56:44] >> we are going to support the grant
[56:47] application that the MBA will be
[56:49] requesting for the creative districts
[56:52] program grant. Thank you.
[56:53] >> Very good.
[56:54] >> And I offer that up in a motion. Motion
[56:56] has been made. Is there a second?
[56:59] >> Second.
[56:59] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[57:01] discussion?
[57:03] >> Hearing none. Uh, all those in favor of
[57:05] resolution number 2026-55.
[57:08] Uh, the request for Pennsylvania Council
[57:10] on the Arts Creative District's program
[57:12] grant application, please signify by
[57:15] saying I.
[57:16] >> I. Any opposed? Say nay.
[57:19] >> Motion carries unanimously.
[57:21] >> Okay. Um, finally, we are to have a
[57:24] discussion on the 2026 State Street
[57:27] District holiday signage.
[57:29] And I believe we have
[57:32] handouts on that.
[57:33] >> It's a little show and tell.
[57:40] » Mr. Fairman did come to um CDC to show
[57:44] us one of these. Uh,
[57:47] we're um this is quite large. it sits on
[57:52] the ground and so forth. So,
[58:00] do you mind if I jump in with some table
[58:01] setting? Sorry.
[58:03] >> Do you mind if I like
[58:04] >> Yeah, go ahead.
[58:04] >> So, so
[58:08] many of us really enjoy a lot of the
[58:10] holiday decorations that happen in
[58:12] downtown State Street. Um, you know,
[58:14] they go up in November and they go
[58:16] throughout January. You know, the
[58:17] lights, the trees, the decorations, they
[58:19] do come at an expense. So believe the
[58:21] MBA is looking for additional um revenue
[58:26] uh opportunities to help offset those
[58:28] costs. Certainly there are events and
[58:30] there are sponsors, but this is uh
[58:32] another way that they might be able to
[58:34] generate revenue to offset those costs.
[58:36] So what you're seeing here would be a
[58:39] stansion sign and you'll see some
[58:40] mockups and a map of where the
[58:43] recommendation would be. Um, and that's
[58:46] why this is put forth because this would
[58:48] be another way to just generate some
[58:51] revenue, offer some sponsorships, um,
[58:53] and really support sort of the holiday
[58:55] feeling in downtown in the downtown
[58:57] streets district.
[58:59] >> Um, and if I may add, Mr. Fairman
[59:01] mentioned how this particular size is
[59:03] going to be fit like um, what was
[59:06] previously not available as far as not
[59:08] being too small and not being too big.
[59:10] It was like the Goldilocks of signs for
[59:14] um sponsorships of a block instead of
[59:17] like the giant sign for the entire
[59:20] street.
[59:21] >> That's right. And we can see the
[59:25] 12 of them I think is what it was.
[59:29] >> I don't think we need to be taking a
[59:32] vote right now, but I think the
[59:33] discussion was supposed to be how are we
[59:35] feeling about having these signs? I
[59:38] originally I thought I remember us
[59:40] talking about the CDC was concerned
[59:43] about it, you know, getting in the way
[59:46] um maybe being cluttered,
[59:48] having any issues with ADA, but we're
[59:52] >> that's my only question.
[59:53] >> This is not going to be a problem. Does
[59:56] anyone have any other
[59:59] >> concerns? I mean, my only real concern
[1:00:02] would be on especially number nine there
[1:00:05] where it's that's already a very busy
[1:00:08] area.
[1:00:09] >> That might be a bit too much for trying
[1:00:11] to navigate again any ADA issue and as
[1:00:14] well as just people walking with a dog.
[1:00:18] >> I have seen so many, you know, tight
[1:00:21] squeezes in there.
[1:00:23] >> It's It is tight.
[1:00:24] >> Oh, yes.
[1:00:27] >> It can be tight. And if we had any snow
[1:00:30] or situation before
[1:00:32] >> the new year, it would be a problem.
[1:00:34] >> You have any crazy snow patterns that
[1:00:36] knock over any any meter posts?
[1:00:38] >> Yeah.
[1:00:40] >> And he also said that he would do his
[1:00:42] best to try to um you know pair up the
[1:00:45] sponsoring business with the actual
[1:00:47] block that business is on and hope not
[1:00:49] to um encourage other competitors block
[1:00:53] so forth. So, I'm sure that the MBA would do their
[1:00:58] best to try to make it the best
[1:01:01] placement
[1:01:03] to put my back to.
[1:01:04] >> Okay.
[1:01:06] >> So, do they do they need um what do they
[1:01:09] need from us?
[1:01:10] >> I don't.
[1:01:12] >> It's my understanding that we don't need
[1:01:13] to vote that the MBA was coming to
[1:01:15] council to just get their buy in, but
[1:01:18] there actually isn't a need for approval
[1:01:20] or a vote. They just wanted to make sure
[1:01:21] that like we were cool with it. Yeah.
[1:01:24] >> Again, I just as long as there are no
[1:01:26] ADA concerns, um, as long as there are
[1:01:28] no legal worries, then this
[1:01:32] >> maybe we get feedback that number nine
[1:01:34] doesn't look great, but the other 11
[1:01:38] seem probably okay.
[1:01:40] >> Maybe they could relocate it.
[1:01:41] >> Mayor, do you think that there's any
[1:01:42] other spots there that
[1:01:45] >> um, see? Yeah, I mean, I think number
[1:01:48] nine's definitely a standout spot where
[1:01:50] like, you know, you change the area
[1:01:52] there. Uh, if possible, maybe try to put
[1:01:55] it like inside or toward the uh the the
[1:02:02] mall, the medium mall,
[1:02:04] >> just right in front of the mall.
[1:02:05] >> Yeah, like in front, but maybe just like
[1:02:07] on the opposite side of that.
[1:02:09] >> Yeah. Just to kind of show people that
[1:02:11] there's something going in there going
[1:02:14] on in there. Oh, my thing's off. Oh, I'm
[1:02:16] so sorry. Oh my gosh. [laughter]
[1:02:18] But my comments were just about u
[1:02:21] contestant number nine kind of sticking
[1:02:24] out a little bit too much. So um yeah, I
[1:02:28] think that that's my issue there. As
[1:02:30] long as it's not blocking anything um
[1:02:33] you know like uh visibility or anything
[1:02:36] like that and near curbs that people
[1:02:39] might be using. I'm Yeah,
[1:02:41] >> I see number one at one end of the Plum
[1:02:43] Street Mall. Could nine be relocated to
[1:02:46] the other side?
[1:02:48] you know that I mean that's just an idea
[1:02:49] that I
[1:02:49] >> right that might that might be something
[1:02:51] >> because there's a lot of foot traffic
[1:02:52] there also.
[1:02:53] >> Yeah. Yeah. That I think that's a great
[1:02:56] way to
[1:02:57] repurpose that one. Yeah.
[1:02:59] >> Very good.
[1:03:00] >> Okay.
[1:03:00] >> Great. Thank you.
[1:03:01] >> Thank you.
[1:03:02] >> Great discussion. It's a great idea.
[1:03:04] >> So I mean it did come to CDC and we did
[1:03:05] look at it but it was something that we
[1:03:07] wanted to bring before all of council.
[1:03:09] >> Oh great. Thank you.
[1:03:09] >> Thank you.
[1:03:10] >> That concludes my report.
[1:03:11] >> Thank you. Any questions for council
[1:03:13] member Galman?
[1:03:15] Hearing none. Uh we'll now move on to
[1:03:17] properties, public works, and shade tree
[1:03:18] commission. Council member Jen Malcoun
[1:03:20] again uh she's not able to be with us
[1:03:22] tonight. Um so her report will be
[1:03:24] delivered by council member Amelia
[1:03:26] Delgroso.
[1:03:28] >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um so for
[1:03:30] liaison announcements,
[1:03:32] um let's see, there [clears throat] is
[1:03:34] an open seat on the shade tree
[1:03:36] commission, so please consider joining.
[1:03:39] Um and
[1:03:46] Oh, the media youth center is moving
[1:03:48] forward with their project for a sport
[1:03:50] court. Um, and I believe the next steps
[1:03:53] for that are engaging with um neighbors
[1:03:56] to make sure there are no objections to
[1:03:58] that. Uh, Mr. Matson, is there any color
[1:04:01] you'd like to add to that? I had the
[1:04:03] opportunity to meet with their uh
[1:04:05] representative today and with Larry
[1:04:06] Johnson just at the site just to go over
[1:04:08] some logistics but it look it looks like
[1:04:10] a a promising application and again look
[1:04:12] forward to making sure that they have
[1:04:13] all their details buttoned up uh as they
[1:04:14] move forward with uh the next committee
[1:04:16] review.
[1:04:17] >> Thank you. All right so I think that is
[1:04:20] the liaison announcements. Um, so then
[1:04:23] moving to the first order of business,
[1:04:26] which is resolution 2026-56,
[1:04:30] authorization to sell 1995 K Cabota
[1:04:33] B-21000
[1:04:35] tractor to Forge Rentals for $6,1
[1:04:40] which I make in the form of a motion.
[1:04:42] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[1:04:45] >> Second.
[1:04:46] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[1:04:48] discussion?
[1:04:50] And it looks like we already have a new
[1:04:52] tractor.
[1:04:53] >> Oh, yeah. I'm I'm a fan of getting money
[1:04:55] for 31-year-old tractor.
[1:04:58] All those [laughter] in favor of
[1:05:00] resolution 2026-56
[1:05:03] authorizing the sale of a 1995 Kubota
[1:05:07] B2100 tractor to forge rentals for
[1:05:10] $6,1001.
[1:05:12] Please say I.
[1:05:14] >> I. Any opposed say nay.
[1:05:16] >> Motion carries unanimously. Thank you.
[1:05:20] Um, similar situation for item number
[1:05:22] three, resolution 2026-57,
[1:05:26] authorization to sell 2009F-750
[1:05:30] dump truck to John Grey Bill for
[1:05:33] $13,500,
[1:05:35] which I make in the form of a motion.
[1:05:36] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[1:05:38] >> Second.
[1:05:39] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[1:05:41] discussion?
[1:05:42] >> Similar thing. Uh, old dump truck
[1:05:44] getting getting cleared out.
[1:05:46] >> Dumping the dump truck.
[1:05:47] >> Dumping. Yes, we're dumping the truck.
[1:05:48] Thank you. [laughter]
[1:05:51] » Excellent. Uh, any more discussion?
[1:05:55] Hearing none, all those in favor of
[1:05:56] resolution number 2026-57
[1:05:59] authorizing the sale of a 2009 F750 dump
[1:06:03] truck to John Greyville for $13,500.
[1:06:06] Please say I.
[1:06:08] >> I.
[1:06:09] >> Any opposed say nay.
[1:06:11] >> Motion carries unanimously.
[1:06:13] >> Excellent. Thank you. Um, so next on the
[1:06:15] docket is resolution 2026-58,
[1:06:19] application to Main Street Matters
[1:06:21] Planning Grant in the amount of $85,000
[1:06:24] for housing and parking garage
[1:06:26] feasibility study, which I make in the
[1:06:28] form of a motion.
[1:06:29] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[1:06:32] >> Second.
[1:06:32] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[1:06:34] discussion?
[1:06:35] >> So in the dropbox um under properties
[1:06:38] public works, you'll find a memo from
[1:06:40] Alli Garrett. Um so high level the
[1:06:42] purpose of this grant is to provide
[1:06:44] funding assistance to municipalities
[1:06:46] with planning activities that advance
[1:06:47] community improvement and future capital
[1:06:49] projects. Um so for our purposes um
[1:06:52] administration recommends applying to
[1:06:54] this grant for funding a feasibility
[1:06:56] study for a municipal parking structure
[1:06:59] that could incorporate affordable age
[1:07:01] restricted housing. study would evaluate
[1:07:04] redevelopment opportunities at both the
[1:07:06] existing Baltimore Baltimore Avenue
[1:07:08] garage and front street and Olive
[1:07:10] parking lot.
[1:07:12] Any commentary to add?
[1:07:13] >> No, I think you pretty much nailed it.
[1:07:15] Yeah, that's exactly right. There's not
[1:07:16] much more to add. Yeah.
[1:07:17] >> Cool.
[1:07:18] >> And this is just a planning grant. This
[1:07:20] is not
[1:07:20] >> just a planning grant. Further details
[1:07:22] are in the memo.
[1:07:23] >> Yeah. Very good.
[1:07:24] >> Yes.
[1:07:25] >> Any more discussion?
[1:07:27] Hearing none. All those in favor of
[1:07:29] resolution number 2026-58,
[1:07:32] the application to Main Street Matters
[1:07:34] Planning Grant in the amount of $85,000
[1:07:37] for a housing and parking garage
[1:07:39] feasibility study. Please signify by
[1:07:41] saying I.
[1:07:42] >> I. Any opposed say nay. Motion carries
[1:07:45] unanimously.
[1:07:46] >> Excellent. Thank you. Next up is
[1:07:49] ordinance number 1180 of 2026 recycling
[1:07:54] definition which I make in the form of a
[1:07:57] motion.
[1:07:59] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[1:08:01] >> Second.
[1:08:02] >> Motion's been made and seconded. Any
[1:08:04] discussion?
[1:08:05] >> Do you want an explanation?
[1:08:06] >> I would like I'd like to know what the
[1:08:08] definition is. the state
[1:08:11] >> uh in in reviewing the bureau's
[1:08:13] recycling grant application noted they kind of do a compliance check on
[1:08:17] your ordinance and they require that
[1:08:21] there be local regulation of recycling
[1:08:24] at community events and our ordinance
[1:08:27] has no definition of community events.
[1:08:29] So they directed that the ordinance
[1:08:31] should be amended to include such a
[1:08:33] definition in order for the bur to be
[1:08:35] eligible for grant funding
[1:08:38] >> which we want. Yeah,
[1:08:39] >> we definitely will. Yes. Thank you, sir.
[1:08:41] Thank you, Mr. Scott. Um,
[1:08:45] >> any more discussion?
[1:08:46] >> Still a motion.
[1:08:47] >> Excellent. Uh, hearing no more. All
[1:08:49] those in favor of ordinance number 1180
[1:08:52] of 2026
[1:08:54] uh to add the recycling definition as
[1:08:56] outlined by uh the solicitor. Please
[1:08:58] signify by saying I. I.
[1:09:00] >> I. Any opposed? Say nay.
[1:09:03] >> Motion carries unanimously.
[1:09:05] >> All right. So, next on the agenda is to
[1:09:08] discuss a proposal from Miadia theater.
[1:09:11] Um, however, I do not believe we have
[1:09:13] enough information from the organization
[1:09:15] to have a productive discussion at this
[1:09:17] time. So, I'd like to table it.
[1:09:19] >> Excellent. Yeah, I think that uh I Yeah,
[1:09:23] that's it.
[1:09:24] >> It'll come back in October or September,
[1:09:26] whatever next month is.
[1:09:27] >> Next.
[1:09:28] >> Thank you.
[1:09:28] Uh, that concludes Miss
[1:09:31] Malcoun's items.
[1:09:33] >> Thank you very much. Any questions
[1:09:34] regarding properties or public works or
[1:09:36] shade tree? Nope. Nobody. Uh, thank you.
[1:09:39] We'll move on now to personal and
[1:09:40] recreation. Council member Amelia
[1:09:42] Delgroso. Miss Del Roso.
[1:09:44] >> Back with me again. Thank you. Um, so
[1:09:46] for liaison announcements for the
[1:09:47] recreation board, we had the privilege
[1:09:49] of supporting the inaugural national
[1:09:51] night out with Mayor Washington and our
[1:09:54] first responders and community um,
[1:09:56] organizations. And it was a great
[1:09:58] success. really nice to interact with
[1:10:00] folks um in an environment where they
[1:10:02] can touch a truck, get to see the
[1:10:05] equipment, play some yard games. Um so,
[1:10:07] a really awesome showing for the first
[1:10:09] event. Thank you for inviting us.
[1:10:11] >> Of course. Thank you all so much for
[1:10:13] providing everything. And I also wanted
[1:10:14] to mention that there were color
[1:10:16] changing cups from the Media Bureau
[1:10:18] Police Department and pretzels. So, I
[1:10:20] really hope that everyone who visited
[1:10:22] had a great night. It was a a really
[1:10:25] amazing night that I honestly did not
[1:10:26] want to end.
[1:10:29] Thank you.
[1:10:31] >> Um, so that is the liaison announcement.
[1:10:35] Um, and next up we have a hiring of
[1:10:38] Charles Deak Allen for the position of
[1:10:41] Phil and crossing guard. Um, his resume
[1:10:44] was not in the dropbox. However, I do
[1:10:46] have a copy of it um, from Chief
[1:10:48] McCormack. Should anyone be interested?
[1:10:52] >> I offer this in the form of a motion.
[1:10:54] >> Motion has been made. Is there a second?
[1:10:56] >> Second. Motion has been made and
[1:10:57] seconded. Any discussion? I will say
[1:11:00] that I know uh I've known Mr. Allen for
[1:11:02] years. His two sons grew up with my son.
[1:11:05] He's just a great guy and I I can
[1:11:07] imagine him as a terrific fill-in
[1:11:09] crossing guard.
[1:11:10] >> He absolutely will be.
[1:11:10] >> Yeah, he'll be great.
[1:11:12] So, hearing no more discussion, all
[1:11:14] those in favor of hiring Charles De
[1:11:16] Allen for the position of a fill-in
[1:11:17] crossing guard, please signify by saying
[1:11:19] I.
[1:11:20] >> I.
[1:11:21] >> Any opposed say nay.
[1:11:23] >> Motion carries unanimously.
[1:11:24] >> That concludes my report. Thank you. Any
[1:11:26] questions for council member Delgos?
[1:11:29] Hearing none, we will now move on to our
[1:11:31] second opportunity for public comment
[1:11:32] and privilege of the floor. Uh again, uh
[1:11:35] you can email us at commentsmediabro.com
[1:11:38] or stand up here and uh state your case.
[1:11:41] Uh Mr. Pino, do we have any emails?
[1:11:43] >> No, we don't.
[1:11:44] >> Thank you. Uh is there anyone present
[1:11:45] who would like to speak?
[1:11:48] Okay, seeing none, I will entertain a
[1:11:50] tray. A motion to adjurnn.
[1:11:53] >> So moved. A motion to adjurnn does not
[1:11:55] require a second. Uh all those in favor
[1:11:58] of adjourning, please say I. I.
[1:12:00] >> Uh all those opposed say nay.
[1:12:03] >> We are adjourned. Thank you.