[0:00] I would like to call to order the
[0:05] council meeting for Tuesday September
[0:06] 3rd of 2019 if we could all please stand
[0:09] for a moment of silence in the Pledge of
[0:11] Allegiance
[0:34] Madam Secretary may I please have roll
[0:36] call Olivia Brady Mallory Scott Cooper
[0:39] Akeem Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca Smith
[0:43] Heather Lewis Sonya Sanders here but a
[0:48] member of council like to make a motion
[0:49] to approve the council work session
[0:51] minutes from August 20th of 2019
[0:55] all in favor the ice havoc council
[1:00] workshop minute meetings are approved
[1:01] earlier this evening we did not have an
[1:06] executive session our next order of
[1:10] business we have is the presentations
[1:13] beginning with the National League of Cities with mr. Tim
[1:17] Evans to present good afternoon everyone
[1:28] good afternoon thank you all very much
[1:30] for allowing me to be here again my name
[1:33] is Timothy Evans
[1:34] I represent the Northeast mid-atlantic
[1:36] region
[1:38] I do membership for the National League
[1:39] of Cities you all have been an engaged
[1:42] and longtime partner this is an
[1:44] effective partner within the National
[1:47] League of Cities and have played a key
[1:48] role but what I want to do first is to
[1:51] kind of share with you all some of the
[1:52] things that members such as yourself are
[1:55] talking about the National League of
[1:57] Cities and the impact that it can have
[1:58] within a municipality so without further
[2:01] ado I'm going to play a video up here
[2:18] NLC brings together local elected
[2:20] officials from across the country we
[2:22] come together United to protect our
[2:24] local residents make sure that we're
[2:26] learning from our council colleagues
[2:27] that's how we respond to national issues
[2:29] locally one of the things I share with
[2:31] my citizens in Union City if I'm gonna
[2:33] make a promise to you it's gonna be a
[2:35] promise cap if I can't do that I won't
[2:37] promise it to you so we got to make sure
[2:41] that the federal government realizes
[2:43] that because not only did we but our
[2:45] citizens they also sent them to
[2:48] Washington to be able to do a job when
[2:50] we argue for better policies at a
[2:53] federal level that's only going to
[2:55] enhance what happens for mayors and City
[2:58] Council's at every level it doesn't
[3:00] matter if you're a small city a towel a
[3:03] hamlet when we get together it just
[3:05] sends a strong message the National
[3:07] League of Cities provides cities with
[3:09] resources and tools to educate the
[3:12] elected officials best practices and how
[3:14] you communicate policies that affect
[3:16] your communities with federal leaders so
[3:18] it's a wonderful way of doing that they
[3:20] provide the tools and the Nexus to the
[3:22] White House which essential for elected
[3:25] leaders in municipalities throughout
[3:27] United
[3:27] States city government affect
[3:30] everybody's lives and when local leaders
[3:32] are stronger those cities are better by
[3:35] coming to NLC by being engaged with the
[3:37] various committees that provide the
[3:39] resources whether it's on how do you go
[3:42] about engaging your citizen toward the
[3:44] substance of what you can do to help
[3:45] people NLC is there with the solutions
[3:48] that local leaders can really use in
[3:51] 2014 I was selected for a scholarship to
[3:54] attend a city summit with a lot of other
[3:57] leaders from around the country and it's
[3:59] made me a stronger but also a much more
[4:01] thoughtful leader in my community and
[4:03] I'll see makes it easier for us at the
[4:04] local level to advocate for our
[4:06] constituents by helping us understand
[4:08] what's happening in other cities I can
[4:10] learn from folks in LA what they're
[4:11] doing to address the homelessness crisis
[4:13] I can learn from people in DC about how
[4:16] they made sure that tenants have the
[4:18] first opportunity to purchase their
[4:19] apartments if they go to sales and
[4:21] without NLC I'm not sure I would have
[4:23] learned about the activities happening
[4:25] in DC and Los Angeles it's bringing
[4:27] together folks it's bringing together
[4:29] minds and it's really helping our
[4:31] constituents I'm proud to be an NL se
[4:33] member because it provides a great value
[4:35] and helps us advocate for change there's
[4:37] so much that our country needs to do
[4:39] better to support our cities when we
[4:41] advocate for that change it makes our
[4:44] work so much stronger in the cities
[4:48] [Music]
[4:52] okay okay so as you can see you know the
[5:03] National League of Cities the National
[5:06] League of Cities is definitely a
[5:07] platform for not just your large
[5:10] municipalities but also your
[5:13] medium-sized and small municipalities
[5:15] across the country and one of the key
[5:17] things that they talked about in that
[5:19] video and what we share with communities
[5:21] across the country
[5:22] is that it's really important to
[5:24] understand that one there's a strong
[5:26] network of individuals that you as a
[5:29] municipality can be able to tap into -
[5:31] you can think about also what are some
[5:34] of the things that not only that you all
[5:35] can benefit from as municipal leaders
[5:38] and you as a municipality but also what
[5:40] your residents can benefit from and so
[5:42] one of the things that I'll do within
[5:44] this presentation quickly is kind of
[5:45] just share with you some of the things
[5:47] that we can definitely see that we want
[5:49] to make sure that you all are taking the
[5:50] most I'll give you the most out of in
[5:53] your membership with the National League
[5:55] of Cities so who we are again we are a
[5:59] organization that represents cities
[6:02] towns villages boroughs Hamlet's
[6:05] whatever that whatever the term is but
[6:07] we represent municipalities across the
[6:09] country representing more than 2 million
[6:12] people in various communities nationally
[6:15] and within the US territories such as
[6:17] Puerto Rico we really focus on three
[6:21] areas one we want to be able to
[6:23] strengthen your local leadership
[6:25] thinking about how look at what best
[6:27] practices can you all take from other
[6:30] municipalities from across the country
[6:31] what are some of the trainings and
[6:33] expertise that you can kind of think
[6:35] about that you can bring back to your
[6:36] local community we think about our
[6:38] federal advocacy as well thinking about
[6:41] local like what are the issues here
[6:43] within the state that are so important
[6:45] that maybe your that actually are even
[6:47] just just as important at the federal
[6:49] level that can bring resources and
[6:51] information back to your communities and
[6:53] then the final one is thinking about
[6:54] innovation what are some of those things
[6:56] whether it be thinking about the future
[6:58] of work whether it
[7:00] where they'll be looking at housing what
[7:01] does housing look like in our ears
[7:03] communities and what are some of the
[7:04] challenges but also solutions that are
[7:06] coming out so within the federal
[7:09] advocacy space you know as you can see
[7:11] some of the things that we have done so
[7:13] are we have one of our convenience which
[7:15] is our congressional City conference
[7:16] that happens in DC during March of each
[7:21] year and the point of that conference is
[7:22] to bring you all together with your
[7:25] other people with your peers from across
[7:27] the state and the nation to look at what
[7:30] are those federal things what are those
[7:31] things that we can be advocating for
[7:33] that actually help to support your own
[7:35] individual communities and so one of the
[7:38] things I will point out as well within
[7:39] the space is that we are always trying
[7:43] to push for more representation as it
[7:45] relates to the Northeast minute lanta
[7:47] cree j'en within our organization we
[7:50] represent first of all over 2000
[7:52] municipalities of those municipalities
[7:54] more than 80% of them are under 50
[7:58] thousands are in the populations or have
[8:00] populations of under 50,000 which means
[8:03] that the key point there is that it
[8:07] hopefully can dissuade or help to show
[8:10] that the National Agency is not just a
[8:11] large city group or a large city space
[8:15] but also a small medium community space
[8:19] that everybody has a role to play in
[8:21] this in this organization but then on
[8:24] top of that as a relation our federal
[8:25] agnus advocacy we have several different
[8:27] policy committees of which we really
[8:30] struggle as an organization to have the
[8:32] representation from the Northeast and
[8:34] what that really means is that when
[8:36] policy gets developed and when policy
[8:38] gets written about what the nationalist
[8:40] National League of Cities advocates for
[8:42] then where the represent where's that
[8:44] representation from the Northeast and
[8:46] thinking about whether that deals with
[8:48] housing whether that deals with
[8:49] infrastructure and some of the key
[8:51] things that are important to the various
[8:52] communities in the Northeast those are
[8:54] some of the things we want to make sure
[8:55] we continue to do so one of the things I
[8:57] will ask as you all have been members
[8:59] and continue to be members one of the
[9:01] things I'll ask is that there there's a
[9:02] greater focus on the federal advocacy
[9:04] and maybe think about we can talk later
[9:06] about what that means um
[9:08] the solutions for sea
[9:10] our key four key areas here there are
[9:12] other ones as well but I want to just
[9:14] make sure thinking about I said not only
[9:16] do we represent and not only do we
[9:17] provide resources for you all as council
[9:20] members but we also provide resources
[9:22] for you all as a municipality so
[9:25] starting today or starting even tomorrow
[9:27] morning if you give me a call one of the
[9:29] things that we do as part of your
[9:30] membership is provided prescription drug
[9:33] discount program for your residents they
[9:35] will receive a card that um that will be
[9:38] shipped to you while a carts will be
[9:39] shipped to you as a municipality and
[9:41] they can be distributed throughout the
[9:43] community in order to make sure that
[9:45] when your residents are going to get
[9:47] those prescription drugs on average they
[9:49] can get around 24 to 25 percent off of
[9:52] their prescription drugs which is
[9:53] definitely something that we've learned
[9:54] and found that a lot of communities can
[9:56] use um you all actually have the service
[9:59] line warranty program and I can talk
[10:01] about that a little bit more the other
[10:03] one that's another easy one that's
[10:05] already a part of your membership grant
[10:07] access so what we do is we have a
[10:09] platform that we actually provide to you
[10:12] all through your membership that will
[10:15] provide you all access to federal state
[10:18] local Foundation grants that you all can
[10:21] be able to source to make sure that
[10:23] ultimately you may not have to go to
[10:25] several different web sites in order to
[10:27] get those those grants and opportunities
[10:28] and then technical assistance finally
[10:31] I'm thinking about like what are some of
[10:33] the best practices that you all can lead
[10:34] on moving forward and I think those are
[10:37] some of the key areas that I was want to
[10:38] quickly mention now on top of that I
[10:40] mentioned some of the solutions for
[10:42] municipalities so I'll keep here some of
[10:44] the different reports that we've written
[10:46] whether it went whether it be within
[10:48] city solutions and/or thinking about our
[10:51] Institute for youth education and
[10:53] Families but I want to bring your
[10:54] attention to the local tools for
[10:56] addressing housing affordability that
[10:58] was one of our most recent ones that we
[11:00] really focused on like by state by state
[11:02] what are some of the areas that are
[11:04] really important to you all is local
[11:06] elected officials that you all can take
[11:07] back to your communities and kind of
[11:09] think what are what are the best
[11:10] practice that we can move forward on and
[11:12] on top that we just released our housing
[11:15] task force report which is called
[11:17] homeward bound and what that does is we
[11:19] actually spit
[11:20] a better part of six months really
[11:22] working with a cohort of local elected
[11:25] officials across the country small
[11:27] medium and large to think about what are
[11:29] some of the challenges that are
[11:31] impacting communities across the country
[11:33] and what are some of the solutions as
[11:34] well that can be very important to
[11:36] helping support them and so I definitely
[11:38] will send out a link that can that you
[11:40] all can be able to take intellectually
[11:42] look at those resources to help make
[11:44] some better to think about what other
[11:45] decisions that you all can make within
[11:47] your communities around housing
[11:49] affordability and then the last one I'll
[11:52] say is the 2020 census which is
[11:53] something that we find consistently is a
[11:56] big factor in a lot of our communities
[11:58] and making sure the count is right when
[12:00] we talk about leadership development and
[12:02] training one of the key things as well
[12:04] is that our conferences and even some of
[12:06] our other smaller convenience we do a
[12:08] lot of training and development for
[12:10] local elected officials because we
[12:11] understand that educate that local
[12:14] elected officials that have the tools
[12:15] resources and also the insights and
[12:17] networks to bake the bit to be able to
[12:19] make better decisions are a key thing to
[12:22] making sure a community is thriving and
[12:24] in supportive by their own not only the
[12:26] residents but also by their colleagues
[12:29] as well networking as we talked about
[12:32] before
[12:33] not only just at our convenience ID of
[12:35] our convenient thinking about some of
[12:36] the best practices that you can actually
[12:38] bring to bear within your communities
[12:40] just by having a conversation with you
[12:42] know another municipality from across
[12:44] the country or even just a municipality
[12:46] somewhere maybe not it may be that in
[12:48] Pennsylvania but in Delaware those are
[12:50] some of the key things that you know
[12:51] what we understand that sharing those
[12:53] best practices across the country our
[12:55] great resource for you all looking into
[12:58] the future
[12:59] lastly I'll just mention that our city
[13:01] summit is going to be happening in San
[13:04] Antonio Texas and what you can expect
[13:06] from our city summit again one is
[13:08] networking that's one of the critical
[13:11] things that we have found to be
[13:12] successful and being in bringing back
[13:15] solutions and I know that council member
[13:18] Scott Cooper and then also I know
[13:20] councilmember haire there at Perry and
[13:22] then also the council president has been
[13:24] and I think they're couple people have
[13:25] yep
[13:26] councilmember Smith have you gone this
[13:28] well okay you have not gone but the key
[13:30] thing is that I want to just make sure
[13:32] that there is a there's
[13:33] Tootie's to help make sure that you all
[13:35] are bringing not just what you all have
[13:38] learned locally from your peers within
[13:40] the state of within the state of
[13:42] Pennsylvania but also you can bring to
[13:44] bear what's going on across the nation
[13:46] into your own municipality to help make
[13:49] better decisions and to ultimately think
[13:51] about what can help to make your
[13:53] communities better the final note that I
[13:55] will mention is that the final note that
[13:58] I'll mention is that we also have one of
[14:00] our peers in the room one of our
[14:01] advocates in the room and definitely
[14:04] what I mentioned council member Derek
[14:06] green from Philadelphia came to be some
[14:10] represent and also just to be a part of
[14:11] this conversation so I want to thank you
[14:13] all very much for your time and open it
[14:15] up for questions about the National
[14:17] League of Cities
[14:29] so once again thank you for the
[14:33] presentation
[14:34] it's not the first time that we probably
[14:36] said this a million times so our
[14:39] colleagues about going to the National
[14:41] Lisa cities and understanding the
[14:44] dynamics of other communities and what
[14:46] they go through but also what we can do
[14:49] to bring back policies back to NARS town
[14:51] which we have been doing but the thing
[14:55] I'm gonna say once again is that we
[14:57] there's like twenty thirty classes and
[15:00] we can't make them all so I mean when
[15:03] we're looking at the book and we're like
[15:05] oh my gosh
[15:06] I would love to go to this one but this
[15:08] one is better than the next one all of
[15:11] us can't make it so and the networking
[15:14] is great obviously
[15:16] councilman green has been a great
[15:19] advocate to me as we you know we're
[15:22] talking get together but also the
[15:25] diversity of the National League's the
[15:28] city also very big diverse and
[15:32] everybody's trying to do something great
[15:33] for the communities we should be next
[15:37] we're behind you know we can't keep
[15:40] saying the same old thing and doing the
[15:42] same old thing we do got to make changes
[15:44] and people are not gonna like it but
[15:46] let's keep moving forward councilman
[15:53] Scott Cooper
[16:00] Thank You Timothy for coming out and
[16:03] sharing your knowledge of what the NLC
[16:06] can do for us and this is more of a
[16:10] testimony than anything else you know as
[16:12] a board member of the NL C I can contest
[16:15] to the fact that what councilman Perry
[16:18] just said number one which is a real
[16:21] major issue when you get one or two
[16:24] council members attending these events
[16:27] and there's maybe 10 different classes
[16:31] going on at the same time you have to
[16:33] try and pick and choose which one you
[16:36] feel may be more beneficial to bring
[16:38] back home I would like to encourage all
[16:41] of our council members to attend at
[16:44] least once a year to give not only me a
[16:48] break but also to see the value in
[16:52] attending networking you know you hear
[16:56] of networking happening more and more
[16:58] today than ever before when I was young
[17:01] what was networking who knows it may
[17:03] have been just talking to a friend but
[17:06] today in this in this world we need to
[17:10] hear from the minds of other people who
[17:12] have experienced things that we have it
[17:15] who have been into situations that we
[17:18] haven't who can help us and give us
[17:20] ideas on what we can do to improve this
[17:25] municipality so again thank you for
[17:27] coming here
[17:28] I truly appreciate it I'm sure all of us
[17:31] do and we look forward to seeing more of
[17:34] North Town Council at some of these
[17:37] conventions thank you councilman Scott
[17:43] Cooper councilman Jones hey good evening
[17:48] thanks for your presentation one of the
[17:52] highlights of my experience in with the
[17:55] NLC just so happened to be going down to
[17:58] Birmingham Alabama
[18:00] small town of Bessemer Alabama one of
[18:04] the lowest household median incomes in
[18:07] the country but just seeing the things
[18:09] that they were able to accomplish for
[18:10] their community was was inspirational
[18:13] and things like that you can bring back
[18:15] to your community so I agree with my
[18:18] colleagues the networking was definitely you know a great thing but
[18:24] taking some of the positive highlights
[18:26] that we're seeing around the country it
[18:28] really opened opened my eyes you know we
[18:30] think of the history of the south and
[18:32] that the discrimination and the
[18:35] challenges if if they can move and get
[18:38] things done with the limited resources
[18:40] that they have there's no reason why we
[18:42] shouldn't be able to do the same things
[18:44] up here so that was definitely a
[18:46] highlight of my experience um thank you
[18:55] very much I really appreciate you for
[18:57] mentioning that I think the other thing
[18:59] can I'm just gonna add to what you were
[19:00] saying you know there's this sense
[19:03] sometimes that when we are doing well we
[19:06] don't need to communicate with other
[19:08] people you know we have it on our own
[19:10] but then what happens is that when
[19:13] something hits us or when something
[19:16] follows up you know so when our
[19:17] community falls prey to some issue some
[19:20] challenge some economic challenge then
[19:23] we're scrambling to try to figure out
[19:25] what should we be doing who should we
[19:28] talk to the National League of Cities
[19:30] provides you that platform before
[19:34] anything happens and that's what's the
[19:37] key thing about thinking about well
[19:38] thinking more toward the future what are
[19:40] some of the things that we can be
[19:42] thinking about ahead of time to make
[19:45] sure that the networks to make sure that
[19:46] the best practices are already in place
[19:48] so that when it does occur we know who
[19:52] to contact we know what resources to go
[19:54] after in order to make sure that when it comes you're already
[19:58] prepared and I can tell you this from
[20:00] just my own personal experience as a
[20:02] taxpayer of Baltimore City they are a
[20:07] part of the National League of Cities
[20:08] but I always challenge not only them but
[20:10] also I will challenge you all as members
[20:12] as current members
[20:13] really make sure that you are leveraging
[20:16] these various things that you all are
[20:18] part of because ultimately as a resident
[20:21] as a taxpayer of Baltimore City I am
[20:24] going to ask my councilmember how are
[20:26] you taking advantage of that and how are
[20:28] you bringing those resources back to the
[20:30] communities that you serve and so I
[20:33] think that's one of the things that's
[20:34] really important as well and so to that
[20:36] point I definitely agree that ultimately
[20:38] those are some of the great things and I
[20:40] continue to actually to continue to
[20:42] think about ways you can engage whether
[20:44] that be through federal advocacy
[20:45] committees whether that be through I had
[20:48] a couple things here first here suburbs
[20:50] so thinking about you on the outskirts
[20:52] of Philadelphia maybe some of those
[20:54] things that could be great I mean I
[20:55] think one of the key things that the
[20:57] first year suburbs did this year was
[20:59] actually host a competition focused on
[21:02] housing right so they had someone who
[21:04] actually had a company that was willing
[21:06] to provide economic development taa for
[21:08] free for municipalities for a group with
[21:11] municipalities who applied ultimately
[21:13] they actually wound up in Kansas but
[21:15] ultimately I think the key thing was
[21:17] that those are some of the resources
[21:18] that are just happening in some of our
[21:20] various councils whether that be large
[21:22] cities small cities first tier suburbs
[21:24] these are some of the spaces that really
[21:26] are going to benefit hopefully your
[21:28] municipality moving forward mr. Jones
[21:36] Madam President thank you I just wanted
[21:38] to for the sake of citizens who might I
[21:41] know that councils involvement in the
[21:45] National League of Cities has nationally
[21:48] the cities has already paid dividends in
[21:50] terms of actual grant rewards to the
[21:55] municipality that we would not have
[21:56] received because they were NOC targeted
[22:00] programs and from councilmembers who
[22:02] brought that back so we've received over
[22:04] at three hundred thousand dollars in
[22:06] grants in in our year so involvement
[22:09] with it we did the sustainability grant
[22:13] as a result of council members attending
[22:15] a conference we also had to enter in
[22:19] financial stability grant
[22:21] over 250,000 dollars as a result of our
[22:25] involvement with the NRC and we also got
[22:28] national recognition for our diversity
[22:31] program particularly out of the police
[22:33] department was nationally recognized at
[22:36] an NLC conference as well so council
[22:40] members who have attended have been very
[22:42] engaged in making sure that information
[22:45] gets back to the staff and challenging
[22:47] us to get those applications in and and do the work to get involved and
[22:53] we're really appreciative of the support
[22:55] from an administration that we've gotten
[22:57] both from Council than the NOC in
[23:00] getting our applications and projects on
[23:03] the table Thank You mr. Jones
[23:09] council any other questions mr. Evans do
[23:13] you have anything else to add to your
[23:15] great presentation
[23:16] no but thank you all very much for
[23:18] taking the time to hear and then more
[23:20] importantly I look forward to
[23:22] continuously working with you all in the
[23:24] future thank you thank you and thanks
[23:28] again for the presence of councilman
[23:30] Derrick green it's good to have you good
[23:32] to see you in ours town we normally do
[23:34] see councilman green as mentioned at the
[23:37] various conferences and again it is also
[23:39] a great opportunity to to network and to
[23:43] find out what other municipalities are
[23:46] struggling with because as you begin to
[23:47] network you realize that you may have
[23:50] something in common and someone has
[23:51] already experienced that and you could
[23:53] take that experience back home and share
[23:55] that experience and then turn that
[23:57] experience into a resolution or
[23:59] ordinance in the north down so we thank
[24:02] you each
[24:08] okay so our next order of business we
[24:11] have are the announcements thank you
[24:19] madam president
[24:20] so we would like to wish all Norristown
[24:23] area school students a successful school
[24:25] year this being the first day of school
[24:27] arts in the park will be held this
[24:29] Saturday September 7th from 2 p.m. to 6
[24:32] p.m. at Elmwood Park vendors live music
[24:35] art and beer garden it's a free event
[24:39] Norristown Recreation is offering a free
[24:41] soccer clinic on Saturday September 28th
[24:45] for ages 3 to 9 for more information
[24:48] please email recreation at Norristown
[24:51] org Gospelfest will be held on September
[24:56] 15th from 7 to 9 p.m. at Elmwood Park an
[24:59] array of performances special guests
[25:01] vendors and much more that's also a free
[25:04] event the citizens Leadership Academy is
[25:07] now open for registration applications
[25:09] are available online or by email at Pio
[25:13] at Norristown org and the rock the block
[25:18] which is an annual event for the Habitat
[25:20] for Humanity will be held on Saturday
[25:23] October 5th registration at 8 p.m. the
[25:27] events going to be running from 8 p.m. 8
[25:29] a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cherry Street Park in
[25:33] Norristown a number of blocks have been
[25:36] targeted for various different projects
[25:38] throughout the day such as George Feeny
[25:41] and light carpentry work yard cleanups
[25:44] and even some small repairs here and
[25:46] there the letters have been going out
[25:48] for residents to notify them of this and
[25:51] the following blocks are currently
[25:52] accepting applications the five hundred
[25:55] ten hundred fifty eight block of Cherry
[25:57] Street 111 to 136 Wayne 19 to 29 West
[26:02] chestnut 14 to 157 West Elm one thousand
[26:07] to ten eighty nine Powell ten hundred to
[26:11] ten eighty to Willow ten hundred to ten
[26:13] ninety six sweet twenty five to twenty
[26:16] nine East Spurs to two to ninety eight
[26:19] West
[26:19] spruce to 238 east basin and 1/2 to 99
[26:25] West basin if you want to have a project
[26:30] on in your block please the the deadline
[26:33] for submitting the required forms is by
[26:35] from Friday September 13th 2019 and you
[26:39] need to email shreddy that's SCH ett or
[26:44] i at habitat del habitat mod Codelco org
[26:50] or you can call them at six one zero two
[26:53] seven eight seven seven one zero
[26:55] extension one zero seven as they're all
[26:58] the announcements I have council members
[27:04] do we have any other announcements
[27:07] councilman Jones as we all know it's
[27:12] football season so I just wanted to
[27:14] share some information for North town
[27:16] high school they will be traveling to PW
[27:19] this weekend a Friday night 7:00 p.m. at
[27:23] PW the following weekend September 13th
[27:27] Norrish town will have its first Friday
[27:29] night game ever at the high school
[27:31] complex it will also be the first night
[27:34] game since 2010 when Roosevelt closed
[27:37] down so just anybody that's looking that
[27:40] support the local football program they
[27:42] have two games in the over the next two
[27:44] weeks
[27:44] thanks Thank You councilman Jones seeing
[27:50] that there are no other announcements
[27:51] Madam Secretary I'm sorry Council on the
[27:54] Scott Cooper
[27:58] for them
[28:02] okay this coming Thursday September the
[28:05] fifth there will be a gun violence Town
[28:10] Hall at the George Washington Carver
[28:14] Community Center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and
[28:19] that's at 249 Jacobi Street Norristown
[28:23] congresswoman Madeline Dean invites you
[28:26] to attend as you will be able to not
[28:29] only have a dialogue on gun violence and
[28:32] what Congress is trying to do about it
[28:36] but they're also trying to get some more
[28:39] ideas she's open to more ideas from the
[28:42] community so she's asking that everyone
[28:45] attend bring a neighbor bring a friend
[28:48] and let's see how we can keep North town
[28:52] safe as our chief is doing now Thank You
[28:59] councilman Scott Cooper are there any
[29:02] other announcements seeing none Madam
[29:05] Secretary do we have any public comments
[29:07] this evening yes we do Dalbert Harrison
[29:15] even console good evening could you
[29:18] please state your address I'm here to
[29:21] see the to ask Council your dress too
[29:25] long you can't hear me Oh Norristown PA
[29:30] I'm here this evening to ask council to
[29:34] look into this problem because according
[29:38] to the commissioners I spoke to them
[29:41] this weekend it's a municipal problem
[29:44] two years ago you guys awarded a
[29:48] contract to a kenny excavation for
[29:51] grading of the soccer field at simmons
[29:54] park the park was not graded the dirt
[30:00] dumped on it was on it for a year and a
[30:04] half and the grass wouldn't grow when I
[30:06] contact Crandall and Cathy last August
[30:11] they told me it was the dirt where they
[30:14] told it they told the DEP because I
[30:16] asked a DEP to look at it me and couple
[30:17] of residents say well that dirt is
[30:19] contaminated because the grass is not
[30:21] growing on it Crandall told the DEP the
[30:23] dirt was from there the dirt was not
[30:26] from the I stand there and watched him I
[30:28] have a 2 3 bar employees who would
[30:31] testify in court that the dirt was not
[30:33] from there I will testify in court
[30:35] because I stood there and watch them
[30:36] dump that dirt on there Larry Powell
[30:39] from local 135 or testified that that
[30:43] dirt was brought from over here and
[30:45] dumped on it all they did was covered a
[30:47] stone with the dirt but it was not
[30:50] grated for you guys around here it's
[30:53] been 2 years and there has not been a
[30:55] fully match on there if you play on
[30:58] there the Mexicans would be all over it
[31:00] you can't play on there because the
[31:02] field is like this it's worse than when
[31:04] they did it it's not level the
[31:09] commissioners can't do nothing about it
[31:11] because the municipal problem you guys
[31:13] ran on town people for Norrish down
[31:16] first here's your chance to fix
[31:18] something you can't let kragle come here
[31:19] and just dump dirt on our kids like that is not that is not the dirt
[31:25] is from if it's from over here back
[31:27] that's all like that that Greece and and
[31:29] gasoline running from from over Angeles
[31:32] to a run down a bit that's why the grass
[31:34] wouldn't growth we have to do something
[31:37] about it
[31:38] there's to you wasn't you walked on the
[31:40] fuel I saw you walking on the field
[31:42] Sunday how you tell them how we look I
[31:44] saw you walking on the field and
[31:45] checking it out me eval me mister I went
[31:48] over there and looked at it also it is
[31:50] not graded it has not been graded all he
[31:53] did was dump the dirt on it to cover the
[31:55] stones at the truck drive if you go down
[31:56] a foot and a half from from where the
[31:59] front that old goalpost is it's not what
[32:03] stones on and eat it and the dirt that's
[32:05] on there is stones we never had stones
[32:08] around it's football season like you
[32:10] said mine I have two nephews one with a
[32:13] computer science degree from temple the
[32:14] other one is in Harlem teaching seven
[32:17] eighth grade science they all came out
[32:20] Oak Street Park you have a cousin
[32:22] Brianna I talked to her mom last night
[32:25] Oak Street Park played a major partner
[32:28] skill development
[32:29] she got a college to college to
[32:31] scholarships to Scott there's a numerous
[32:33] amount of kids that that that that that
[32:36] part has benefited we like you guys to
[32:40] do something about it the old gold posts
[32:43] they brought two old gold soccer goal
[32:46] reject go we don't need them down there
[32:48] permission to move them because the
[32:50] Puerto Rican League has their own goal
[32:52] that you're makings have their own goal
[32:55] and the Mexicans have their own goal
[32:57] those gold if you if you if you play
[32:59] with those go to score be a hundred one
[33:01] hundred and fifty because you can't stop
[33:03] it the goal is wide from there to there
[33:04] anybody could kick a ball to that those
[33:07] all reject goal from wherever you guys
[33:09] brought them for a little token make it
[33:13] look like you're doing something for ya
[33:15] we don't need them for me if you give me
[33:17] permission I'll cut it up and jump and
[33:19] myself or to borrow or you guys can move
[33:21] them the public works we don't need them
[33:23] we need to feel right now to put a guy
[33:26] that's practicing football to run up and
[33:28] down it even if it's not even it's not
[33:30] right but they can still practice
[33:33] football on it the courts itself
[33:37] the basketball course itself there was a
[33:39] 10 year contract
[33:41] Jane will tell you I was the one that
[33:44] let her know there was a grant for that
[33:45] contract her and then borrow municipal
[33:49] that straight miss named David oh I
[33:54] forgot his name but anyway I notify her
[33:57] I let him know because they didn't know
[33:59] there was a grant for that part it
[34:01] wouldn't be no courts there if I didn't
[34:02] tell them about it mr. Harris excuse me
[34:05] but your three minutes are up and okay
[34:07] well it's my understanding though that
[34:09] you are here at the last council meeting
[34:11] I'm not sure public works at the time to
[34:14] address your issues or concerns or not
[34:16] but we will continue to look at it mr.
[34:19] Jones do you have anything okay thank
[34:23] you I will at madam president
[34:28] as far as any comments that mr. Harris
[34:31] made attributed to me I wasn't aware
[34:33] that I made those comments I will also
[34:37] iterate reiterate as I shared with
[34:39] Council that because of mr. Harris's
[34:44] inquiry with the ep we did respond our
[34:50] municipal engineer did have Penn State
[34:53] University analysis oil analysis test
[34:57] done they provided us with the results
[35:01] of that test we shared that those
[35:04] results I have copies of this those
[35:06] results that out be happy to place here
[35:10] for anybody's in about his purview the
[35:14] soil that was installed out there was
[35:16] not toxic it was alone soil and it was
[35:20] rated as optimum to above optimum long
[35:26] soil which which makes it fine for those
[35:30] who might not know loam soil is a
[35:32] mixture of soil that is ideal for plant
[35:35] growth for plant as a plant growing
[35:37] mediums and actually a combination of
[35:40] soil normally equal parts clay silt and
[35:43] sand which gives a benefit of each with
[35:46] a few with few other disadvantages
[35:48] by combining all these three types of
[35:51] soil loan gives you the best
[35:53] characteristics of all three this
[35:55] enables you to grow almost any type of
[35:57] plant without having to add much too
[35:59] much to the soil the challenges that we
[36:02] had and we did go back at least once and deal with the challenges that we had
[36:10] with with that field had to do with when
[36:15] the field was initially graded and grass
[36:17] was initially planet people started
[36:20] walking and even parking on that field
[36:22] almost immediately after it was made
[36:24] available so but as far as toxicity is
[36:28] concerned it does not exist it was a
[36:31] third party that did two tests not the
[36:34] municipality not municipal engineer we
[36:36] just had them commissioned two tests
[36:39] from Penn State University thank you
[36:41] that was done was done on the other part
[36:44] of the original part of the dirt not the
[36:46] dirt that was there discussion further
[36:49] because this is actually not here you
[36:53] got a Western in answer at this time so
[36:56] thank you we heard you and we will
[36:57] address it Madam Secretary do we have
[37:03] any other comments thank you madam
[37:05] secretary do we have any communication
[37:07] this evening thank you
[37:09] so our next order of business we have
[37:11] will be the appointments for PML mr.
[37:15] Jones if you could just give us a brief
[37:17] summary of PML certainly thank you madam
[37:21] president
[37:22] council as you know the municipality has
[37:24] been a member of the Pennsylvania
[37:26] Municipal League for a few years now
[37:30] when Sylvania Municipal League is
[37:33] actually the official official affiliate
[37:36] with the National League of Cities and
[37:39] council has since its membership
[37:41] annually appointed a voting delegate and
[37:45] an alternate voting delegate to their
[37:48] annual meeting policy meeting where
[37:51] a lot of the decisions are made and the
[37:53] platform's have put together for policy
[37:56] related to advocacy at at the state
[38:01] assembly in Harrisburg currently
[38:06] councilmember Perry is is the voting
[38:10] delegate of the Pennsylvania Municipal
[38:12] League and annually they send a ballot
[38:16] and and request that council make a
[38:19] decision regarding who that the voting
[38:24] and altitude Ellicott would be and this
[38:26] is that time we need to have councils
[38:29] select those two positions and so that
[38:32] we can submit the forms to the PML and
[38:36] the forms are due this Friday
[38:38] thank you ma'am Thank You mr. Jones
[38:42] Council do we have any questions or
[38:44] comments in terms of the appointments
[38:48] that we're going to councilman Scott
[38:49] Cooper yeah I just have a comment and I
[38:53] think it's important that we keep in
[38:56] mind when we make our choice of
[38:59] delegates to attend that they need to be
[39:02] available to attend so that if one
[39:07] cannot make it the other one will so we
[39:09] have to make sure that those who want to
[39:12] be a delegate are able to attend
[39:19] Thank You Councilwoman Scott Cooper
[39:22] counsel do we have any appointments for
[39:26] the voting delegate for PML for 2019
[39:42] I vote that Derrick Perry be our
[39:51] representative just so that I can
[39:55] clarify the voting delegates Madam
[39:58] Secretary may I please have roll call
[40:00] Olivia Brady Mary Scott Cooper Akeem
[40:04] Jones Gerry Perry Rebecca Smith
[40:07] Sonja Sanders aye Derrick Perry is a
[40:11] 2019 PML voting delegates at this time
[40:15] what a member of council like to
[40:18] [Music]
[40:21] nominate the alternate voting delegates
[40:40] you're going to get it I vote that Sonia
[40:44] Sanders be the alternate Madam Secretary
[40:51] may I please have roll call Olivia Brady
[40:54] Henry Scott Cooper Akeem Jones Derrick
[40:57] Perry Rebecca Smith
[40:59] Sonja Sanders I will be the alternate
[41:03] for PML 2019 voting delegates Thank You
[41:08] council members next order of business
[41:11] we have is planning a municipal
[41:13] development miss Musante came before
[41:29] council at the last meeting seeking
[41:32] preliminary and final land development
[41:36] approval we have representatives from
[41:39] their waste of money here tonight and we
[41:41] also have fire from Penn Oni who will be
[41:46] able to elaborate any issues pertaining
[41:48] to do waivers just for a recap the
[41:54] improvements to the Waste Authority
[41:56] include internal circulation driveways
[41:59] creating additional tests from
[42:00] Washington Street demolition of two
[42:03] buildings and a building overhang as
[42:06] well as a coalition of a one-story
[42:07] building construction for 567 square
[42:11] foot structure for chlorine and a 1200
[42:15] square foot lower building striping of
[42:18] 22 parking spaces at the eastern end of
[42:21] the parcel and side preparation
[42:24] of an existent wooded area for the
[42:26] construction of a 4,000 square-foot
[42:28] maintenance building and rain gardens
[42:31] and related improvements as council will
[42:33] recall I had informed you that the
[42:37] applicant had been granted a special
[42:38] exception from the zoning hearing board
[42:40] on August 8 2019 because of the section
[42:46] of Zoning they were required actually to
[42:48] go to the design review for therefore
[42:50] you are unable to ask them this
[42:51] application at the last meeting and
[42:54] since then the applicant has gone to the
[42:57] design review board and I believe they
[43:00] appeared in front of the 2n review on
[43:02] August 28th and I placed on the desk
[43:05] this evening the recommendation that
[43:07] came from the design review board which
[43:09] is the recommendation for approval with
[43:12] the condition that the waivers that are
[43:16] going to be granted taken to account the
[43:19] sidewalk improvements I have placed that
[43:22] information in front of you near deaths
[43:24] there's an existing rendering of the
[43:28] facility as the first image and the
[43:32] second image is the proposed image of
[43:35] the screening that we're asking council
[43:38] put as a condition on the approval for
[43:41] this land development
[43:56] it's a solicitor there there we go
[44:05] that is correct mr. moose Anya there are
[44:07] 12 waiver requests I understand at the
[44:10] workshop meeting there might have been a
[44:12] mishap that one of the waiver requests
[44:14] was missing but that has been corrected
[44:15] for tonight so from the last meeting
[44:17] waiver requests per the resolution in
[44:20] front of you tonight are the same one
[44:21] through 11 the addition is number 12
[44:24] which is a waiver from the requiring of
[44:28] preparing a separate existing resource
[44:30] in site analysis map also known as an e
[44:33] rsam when that same information is
[44:37] included on the existing features plans
[44:39] set that has already been submitted
[44:41] I believe miss I believe that Pannonia
[44:43] has already reviewed that request
[44:45] they have no objection to that request
[44:47] and I believe that an existing features
[44:49] map has already been prepared showing
[44:50] all that information so there are
[44:52] technically already in compliance
[44:53] assuming that the waiver is granted if
[44:57] counsel once we could certainly go
[44:58] through all the other 11 requests
[45:00] however again I believe this was done at
[45:02] the last meeting so I'm not sure it's
[45:04] necessary the only thing I would note
[45:06] with counsel is if there are if there is
[45:09] going to be a vote tonight which
[45:10] hopefully there will be on this
[45:11] resolution I would please ask that the
[45:13] motion reflect whether or not you are
[45:15] recommending approval or not approval of
[45:17] the 12 waiver requests we can certainly
[45:20] go through each waiver request
[45:21] individually if Council would prefer but
[45:23] you could certainly vote to approve the
[45:24] resolution I would just ask that you
[45:26] make a notation whether that includes
[45:28] approval of all 12 waiver requests not
[45:33] sure the applicant is here tonight
[45:34] represented by counsel as well as our
[45:36] engineer I'm not sure if there's
[45:37] anything further they would like to add
[45:38] beyond what I've stated or misma Sonia
[45:40] stated
[45:45] and again I did have a chance to speak
[45:47] with counsel before tonight just to
[45:50] confirm again you'll see a number of the
[45:52] waiver requests relate to plantings
[45:55] while that is true I would also note
[45:58] that as one of the conditions of
[46:01] approval is let me find it here number
[46:04] for preparation and submission of a
[46:07] landscaping screening buffering plan
[46:09] post construction to be approved by the
[46:12] municipality that will provide the
[46:14] maximum amount of additional buffering
[46:16] and beautification that can be
[46:18] implemented at the property for
[46:19] screening purposes so essentially what
[46:21] the applicant here is proposing is
[46:23] requesting waivers as per the saldo
[46:25] however they're agreeing that post
[46:27] construction they want to put in green
[46:29] greenery they just not sure how it's
[46:31] going to look and how they can best
[46:32] maximize it at this time and therefore
[46:34] they're agreeing that at a future date
[46:36] after construction is completed they're
[46:37] going to prepare a plan and the
[46:39] municipality has to approve that plan
[46:40] with regard to the greenery so in some
[46:43] ways they're really not getting out of
[46:44] the greenery requirement we just not
[46:45] sure what it's going to look like at
[46:46] this time we'll know after construction
[46:49] did I accurately reflect that at least
[46:51] for your understanding
[46:53] so mr. solicitor I have a question then
[46:56] so the design that we have in front of
[46:59] us then on the second page are we
[47:03] looking to go for that look so yeah and
[47:07] maybe the engineer could speak to this
[47:09] having prepared it as I understand this
[47:10] was basically a a rendering that was
[47:13] provided for purposes of the design
[47:14] review board perhaps ideally this is
[47:17] what what they may want to envision at
[47:20] some point following post construction
[47:21] but this is not the plan that has been
[47:23] approved the plan has not yet been
[47:25] submitted yet and we will certainly
[47:27] review it and vet it along with Pannonia
[47:30] and we will make sure that it provides
[47:33] as it stated in there the maximum the
[47:37] maximum amount of additional buffering
[47:39] and beautification that can be
[47:40] implemented Thank You mr. solicitor
[47:44] that's a woman although be a breeding
[48:24] here
[48:42] thank you for the explanation
[48:44] Councilwoman Brady councils do we have
[48:46] any other questions or comments
[48:48] and again Thank You mr. solicitor what a
[48:52] member of Council like to make a motion
[48:54] to consider resolution nineteen dash one
[48:57] four zero which would grant preliminary
[48:59] and final plan approval for NARS town
[49:01] municipal waste authority recommending
[49:03] 12 over 12 waiver requests as listed
[49:09] Madame secretary Bagley several called
[49:11] olivia Brady Mary Scott Cooper Akeem
[49:15] Jones Derry Carrie Rebecca Smith
[49:18] Sonia Sanders I the ice habit resolution
[49:22] 19-1 four zero is approved and passed
[49:25] thank you you're welcome miss miss
[49:27] onyang next order of business we have is
[49:30] from the administration in terms of
[49:33] resolution 19-1 four or five for the
[49:36] reinstatement of the fourth thank you
[49:39] madam president
[49:40] council this resolution is actually a
[49:43] housekeeping matter for some time the
[49:46] municipality has maintained a 457 plan B
[49:53] plan on behalf of a handful of now a
[49:56] handful of employees and that plan used
[50:02] to be under a master plan by the
[50:05] Pennsylvania Association of barrels
[50:07] Pennsylvania Association of boroughs
[50:10] notified us as well as other
[50:12] municipalities who were operating under
[50:14] that master plan that they would no
[50:17] longer continue to hold the master plan
[50:20] and ask that each member who still had
[50:24] employees within that plan of members
[50:27] within that plan would actually enact a
[50:30] resolution where they would reinstate
[50:33] the miss municipalities plan and take
[50:37] Pennsylvania Association of boroughs out
[50:41] of the master plan status the
[50:44] solicitor's office specifically mr.
[50:47] Hitchens has been working diligently
[50:49] on this issue for almost a year so it's
[50:53] been a kind of a bear to go through just
[50:56] solid the iterations of dealing with
[50:58] psab and state law etcetera but we've
[51:03] got it done and this will just provide
[51:06] the continuity of a plan for those those
[51:09] personnel who are still covered by that
[51:12] plan and we have all of the necessary
[51:16] administrative support to continue that
[51:19] plan it is administered through our HR
[51:23] department by HR manager and this is a
[51:25] request Council to reinstate the plan
[51:31] Thank You mr. Jones Council do we have
[51:33] any questions or comments seeing none
[51:37] but a member of Council like to make a
[51:39] motion to consider a resolution 19 - 1 4
[51:42] 5 which will reinstate the
[51:44] municipalities 457b plan for the
[51:46] employees madam secretary can apply
[51:52] several call Livia Brady Mary Scott
[51:54] Cooper Akeem Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca
[51:58] Smith Sonja Sanders I the ice habit
[52:03] resolution 19 - 1 4 or 5 is a program
[52:06] pass thank you
[52:08] next order of business we have is Public
[52:10] Safety
[52:11] mr. Tobin or should I say chief
[52:15] you say whatever you want thank you
[52:22] madam president
[52:23] ordinance number 19 - 10 is in regards
[52:28] to council considering parking
[52:30] restrictions and making changes to
[52:34] eliminate parking time limit
[52:36] restrictions in the 100 block of East
[52:39] for Nance the 100 block of East Frehley
[52:43] Street and the 100 block of Summit
[52:46] Street these requests came at the
[52:49] request of people in the area we studied
[52:52] it and found that there were no add any
[52:55] adverse consequences that came from
[52:57] making these changes and we suggest that
[53:00] this makes sense
[53:03] Thank You chief - how the council's do
[53:06] we have any questions or comments seeing
[53:10] none what a member of council like to
[53:12] make a motion
[53:13] approving ordinance that I'm sue I'm
[53:15] sorry approving ordinance 19 - 10 to
[53:18] eliminate parking time limited
[53:19] restrictions for the 100 block of East
[53:21] 14th Street and the 100 block of these
[53:24] freely Street and the 100 block of
[53:26] Summit Street
[53:29] then I'm secretary my police have roll
[53:31] call Olivia Brady Mallory Scott Cooper
[53:33] Akeem Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca Smith
[53:37] Tony Sanders I the ice habit resolution
[53:41] 19 - 10 is approved and passed
[53:47] resolution 19 - 144 is reserved disabled
[53:53] parking residents at 3:27 west
[53:57] Fernan street and 1425 Powell Street
[54:01] both have medical conditions that impact
[54:04] their mobility and need this
[54:06] accommodation
[54:11] counsel do we have any questions or
[54:13] comments singing on what a member of
[54:16] Council like to make a motion
[54:17] approving resolution 19 - 144 which
[54:21] would authorize the approval of sign
[54:23] installation of 327 what's west Fernan
[54:26] street and 1425 Powell Street Madam
[54:31] Secretary my police have roll call
[54:33] Olivia Brady Valerie Scott Couper Akeem
[54:36] Jones
[54:36] Derrick Perry Becca Smith Sonja Sanders
[54:40] I the ice habit resolution 19 - 1 4 4 is
[54:45] approved and passed
[54:46] Thank You cheese talvik next order
[54:51] business we have is Public Works mr.
[54:53] Denny bow
[55:48] Thank You mr. odden Evo counsel do you
[55:51] have any questions or comments mr. Perry
[56:16] yes that's it councilman Perry see no
[56:20] other questions for a member of Council
[56:22] like to make a motion
[56:23] approving ordinance 19 - 0-5 which
[56:26] amends these the existing surety bond
[56:29] amount requirement Madam Secretary may
[56:34] please have roll call
[56:34] Divya Brady Barry Scott Cooper Akeem
[56:38] Jones Derrick Perry Rebecca Smith
[56:41] Sonja Sanders I the ice habit ordinance
[56:45] 1905 is approved and passed Thank You
[56:48] mr. Bertoni as any go what a maverick
[56:51] council like to make a motion to adjourn
[56:52] the meeting
[56:56] all in favor meeting is adjourned thank
[56:59] you