COUNCIL MEETING
August 21, 2013
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
435 Hamilton Street
SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEETING 5:00 PM
1. Call to Order
2. Services City receives from non-profits – Hospitals/ Colleges
3. Tax Exempt Properties – Verify 29% and Identify largest properties
4. Criterion for Tax Exemption and Veteran Exemptions
5. What taxes are collected from non-profits?
6. Future Action
7. Adjourn
PARKS AND RECREATION – 6:00 PM
Bill 40 Golf Ordinance
Amending the 2013 Golf Course Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Sixty Thousand ($60,000) Dollars to provide for Driving Range improvements.
R26 Jordan Dam
Authorizes the grant for the elimination of the a low-head dam and public safety hazard in Jordan Creek at the Jordan Creek Park – (housekeeping measure - no impact on Robin Hood or Fish Hatchery Dam)
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING – 6:30 PM
R25 1728 Union Street Union Street Encroachment
Encroachment for a Fire Escape at 1728 Union Street
PUBLIC HEARING MEETING – 6:45 PM
City Council will have a Public Hearing on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at 6:45 p.m. in Council Chambers, 435 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101 on the possible adoption an Ordinance amending the City of Allentown Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. This proposed amendment, of which this Notice is a summary, proposes the following: (1) to rezone 11 parcels of property in the vicinity of 6th and Cumberland Streets in Allentown, commonly known as the former Montex Mills site, from the Business/Light Industrial (B/LI) District and the Medium High Density Residential (R-MH) District to a Medium Density Residential (R-M) District; (2) to provide for a definition of “Pocket Neighborhood Development” and to permit the Pocket Neighborhood Development use in Medium Density Residential (R-M) District by right; (3) to establish Development Standards, relative minimum tract size, uses, dimensional requirements, common open space, maintenance, parking, alleys, landscaping and pedestrian pathways for Pocket Neighborhood Developments; (4) to establish Design Guidelines relating to development configuration, common open space, location, size, front porches, views toward open spaces, privacy between buildings, community buildings and elements, parking, refuse and recycling, pedestrian networks and work/live provisions for Pocket Neighborhood Developments; (5) to repeal any conflicting ordinances or parts thereof; (6) to provide for severability of parts of this ordinance deemed to be invalid; and (8) to provide for an effective date.
Council Meeting – 7:00 PM
1. Invocation: Joe Davis
2. Pledge to the Flag
3. Roll Call
4. Courtesy of the Floor
5. Approval of Minutes: August 7, 2013
6. Old Business
7. Communications
8. Committee Meetings
Budget and Finance: Chairperson Schweyer
Public Safety: Chairperson Eichenwald
Community and Economic Development: Chairperson Davis
Parks and Recreation: Chairperson Mota
Public Works: Chairperson O’Connell
Human Resources, Administration and Appointments: Chairperson Glazier
Rules, Chambers, Intergovernmental Relations and Strategy: Chairperson Guridy
Special Committee – Tax Exempt Properties – Chairperson Eichenwald
OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS
Controller’s Report
Managing Director’s Report
9. APPOINTMENTS: None
10. ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE:
Bill 32 Zoning Ordinance Amendment
An amendment to the city of Allentown zoning ordinance to permit "pocket neighborhood development" in the R-M Medium Density Residential District, to establish requirements for a pocket neighborhood development, and to amend the zoning map to change an area of land south of Cumberland St. that is east of S. Virginia St. to the R-M district.
Bill 35 Amended Establish CGP accounts Ordinance
Amending the 2013-2014 Consolidated Grants Program budget which consists of the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) to provide for an additional appropriation of $ 429,822 in CDBG funds, $127,777 in HOME funds and a reduction of $53,482 in ESG funds, for a net increase of $504,177 in funds.
Bill 36 Appropriation for Special Events
Amending the 2013 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty-Five Dollars ($29,585) to the DCED Office Expenditure Accounts from the DCED Special Events Revenue Account.
Bill 37 Historic District Ordinance
Amends Article 1391, Historic Districts to more specifically define and outline the duties and responsibilities for the Historic Districts.
Bill 38 Street Sidewalk Vendors CEDC, Recommended Favorably
Suggested Amendments on the Appeal Process and specific reference to removing Article 961.19
Amending Article 740, Street and Sidewalk Vendors, by providing new regulations, licensing and enforcement provisions for mobile vendors seeking to operate on city streets, the public-right-of-way and parking lots.
Bill 40 Golf Ordinance
Amending the 2013 Golf Course Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Sixty Thousand ($60,000) Dollars to provide for Driving Range improvements.
11. ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION: None
12. CONSENT AGENDA:
CA-1 HARB
Certificates of Appropriateness for Work in the Historic Districts
13. RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING:
R21 Amended Action Plan Resolution
Approves the Submission of the Revised Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
R25 1728 Union Street Union Street Encroachment
Encroachment for a Fire Escape at 1728 Union Street
14. RESOLUTIONS ON FIRST READING:
R26 Jordan Dam (to be discussed at committee and voted on)
Authorizes the grant for the elimination of the a low-head dam and public safety hazard in Jordan Creek at the Jordan Creek Park – (housekeeping measure - no impact on Robin Hood or Fish Hatchery Dam)
15. NEW BUSINESS
16. GOOD AND WELFARE
17. ADJOURNED
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