H A R R I S B U R G C I T Y C O U N C I L
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
September 8, 2015
A G E N D A
CALL TO ORDER 6:00PM
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COMMUNICATIONS
COURTESY OF THE FLOOR
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
•Approval of the Special Legislative Session Minutes of September 8, 2015.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
•Report from Chair Allatt on the Budget & Finance Committee Meeting of August 27, 2015.
•Report from Chair Reid on the Public Works Committee Meeting of September 1, 2015.
•Report from Chair Baltimore on the Public Safety Committee Meeting of September 2, 2015.
ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING
Bill 11-2015 - An Ordinance for the purposes of reauthorizing within the City of Harrisburg, an area designated as a Neighborhood Improvement District, designating a non-profit corporation to administer the same, accepting a business plan for the district, authorizing the continued assessments for the operation thereof and meeting all other requirements of the Neighborhood Improvement District Act, and repealing all inconsistent ordinances or parts of ordinances.
ORDINANCES FOR AMENDMENT
ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE
•Bill 10-2015 - An Ordinance authorizing execution of a lease purchase agreement between the City of Harrisburg and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company for the purpose of financing up to Three Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,200,000) of the costs of upgrading the City's street lights and other exterior lights and to monitor and guarantee cost savings from the upgrade ("Project") in accordance with Act 39 known as the Pennsylvania Guaranteed Energy Savings Act, 62 Pa.C.S. Sections 3751-3757.
RESOLUTIONS
•Resolution 50-2015 - A Resolution authorizing the entry into a Street Lighting Upgrade and Guaranteed Savings Contract with The Efficiency Network to upgrade the City's streetlights and other exterior lights ("Project") and to monitor and guarantee cost savings from the upgrade in accordance with Act 39 known as the Pennsylvania Guaranteed Energy Savings Act, 62 PA.C.S. Sections 3751-3757.
•Resolution 53-2015 - A Resolution authorizing the City Of Harrisburg to secure financing for the ongoing upgrade and energy savings street light project with The Efficiency Network.
•Resolution 56-2015 – A Resolution authorizing an application to Impact Harrisburg to fund up to Three Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,600,000) of the cost to upgrade the City’s street lights and other exterior lights and to monitor and guarantee cost savings from the upgrade (“Project”) in accordance with Act 39 known as the Pennsylvania Guaranteed Energy Savings Act, 62 Pa.C.S. Sections 3751-3757. •Resolution 57-2015– A Resolution ratifying the submission of an Application to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Servicing (“COPS Office”) to participate in the COPS grant program.
•Resolution 58-2015– A Resolution ratifying the submission of a Conditions of Agreement to the North Central Highway Safety Network, Inc. to receive funds to participate in the Buckle Up PA Project (“BUPA”)
•Resolution 60-2015 - A Resolution approving a professional services contract with Suburban Lighting Consultants, Incorporated ("Suburban") to provide continued professional consulting services for the City of Harrisburg LED streetlight upgrade project (the "Project").
•Resolution 62-2015 - A Resolution approving Fourth Proposed 2015 Budget Reallocations.
•Resolution 63-2015 - A Resolution authorizing the City Engineer to submit Applications for Traffic Signal Approval to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) for overhead warning devices at various Capital Area Greenbelt Trail Crossings and a traffic signal upgrade to the existing traffic signal at the intersection of Linglestown (SR 0039) and Industrial Road/Ramp L.
•Resolution 64-2015 – A Resolution authorizing the City of Harrisburg to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dauphin County Conservation District (DCCD) for Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control, Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems, General Conservation, and West Nile Virus Control.
•Resolution 68-2015 – A Resolution certifying that certain grant requirements and objectives of a Peer to Peer Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (“DCNR”) have been completed.
•Resolution 69-2015 - A Resolution confirming the re-appointment of Mr. Shaun E. O'Toole to serve on the Harrisburg Planning Commission.
•Resolution 70-2015 – A Resolution re-appointing Mr. Vince Fogarty, Jr. to serve on the Audit Committee.
•Resolution 71-2015 - A Resolution appointing Mr. Glen Dunbar to serve on the Building and Housing Code Board of Appeals of the City of Harrisburg.
•Resolution 72-2015 – A Resolution supporting the Senate Bill 300 which affords protections from discrimination in housing, in places of public accommodations and in employment to individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender expression.
•Resolution 73-2015 – A Resolution re-appointing Mr. Michael Snyder to serve on the Harrisburg Architectural Review Board.
•Resolution 74-2015 – A Resolution approving the Preliminary/Final Land Development Plan submitted by 18 South Third, LLC to convert approximately 15,000 square feet of office space at 18-22 South Third Street into 15 one-bedroom/loft apartments.
•Resolution 75-2015 – A Resolution approving the Preliminary/Final Subdivision and Land Development Plan submitted by Gary Lenker of Tri-County HDC, LTD to re-subdivide the five unimproved parcels along the south side of the 1500 block of Swatara Street into three parcels with single-family homes.
•Resolution 76-2015 – A Resolution endorsing the adoption and use of Debt Management Policy for the City of Harrisburg.
•Resolution 77-2015 - A Resolution appointing Mr. James Pianka to serve on the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Harrisburg.
•Resolution 78-2015 - A Resolution ratifying an agreement with the Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association ("SAMBA") to develop and maintain a public use trail system along the Cameron and Paxtang Parkways on City Property, to be called the Parkway Trail Project.
•Resolution 79-2015 – A Resolution approving the Preliminary/Final Subdivision and Land Development Plan Application submitted by the Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (“PEDFA”) to subdivide the current property and transfer an approximately 4,700 square foot portion to the 5 North Fifth Street Corporation.
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
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