Okay. All right. We are recording just so everyone knows. Good evening everyone. I ask that we all rise for the pledge of [Music] pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Miller, please call the role. Mr. Callahan, present. Mr. Smith, present. Miss Guac, present. Miss Leairard. Miss
Leon, present. Miss Wilhelm, present. And Mr. Cologne, present. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Councilwoman Leard will be joining us. Uh, she'll be a little late this evening. She was tending to a commitment with a Girl Scout troop. Before we proceed with the agenda, we do
have one citation this evening for Mark Riser. I don't believe he is here this evening. Thank you. So, we will make sure that he gets that. Thank you, Chief. The mail. Moving on to approval of the minutes. The minutes for the May
6, 2025 council meeting. Any discussion on the minutes? Mr. Callahan. I just want to make sure that the uh I'm looking at it. Kad is the uh the minutes from the um
the the letter that that I read in the record transcribed at your request on Friday. It's in it's in here. It's on back page. Okay. Thank you. I appreciate. Thank you. Any other discussion on the minutes? Minutes stand
approved. Moving on to public comment. As is custom, we'll start with anything that's not being voted on this evening with a fivem minute time limit. We had three people sign up in advance. Excuse me. And just a YouTube reminder, if anyone's following along and wants to
watch live, you're welcome to scroll ahead to the live portion of the meeting. We'll start with Reverend Bruce Stevenson. Good evening. Uh my name is Reverend Bruce Stevenson. I live on 12 I live at 1216 Pennsylvania Avenue in
Bethlehem. Uh this is my second trip here for the same reason and that is traffic safety on the 1200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. My wife and I have had three
cars hit and totaled. We've gone from a no car car payment family to a twocar payment family. Um, this has happened to my neighbors. They're going to be speaking to you as
well. Um, since I was here last time, uh, there have been two more crashes. One further on to the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. When we shared our concerns, we asked if
it were possible for a white line to be painted along Pennsylvania Avenue in the same manner that is done on Eaton Avenue. You did tell us that this is not your decision. It falls into somebody
else's purview. If you can't do it, I understand it. But I would like to ask you folks to advocate for us. This is an issue of safety. Now, it is possible to use a special
type of paint that will trigger the safety mechanisms on more modern cars to let people know you're getting too close to the edge. I know that you can turn those mechanisms off in your car, but I don't.
So, I get warned. Today, on my way to work, I went down Eaton Avenue and I noticed, okay, they've got this great little white line. There were over 30 cars parked along the side safely and legally on
Eaton Avenue, and not one of them had a dent in them. So, you can say that, oh, people drive crazy on Eaton Avenue, and they probably do, but I can tell you that cars aren't
getting hit on Eaten Avenue. In addition to cars, there are lots of people walking on the sidewalk, a lot of young kids walking down to the pool during the summer. the
Clear View Pool and also to Northwest Swim Club. It's really only a matter of time before it's not cars getting hit, but it's people getting hit. So, I implore
you to advocate for us for more safety on Pennsylvania Avenue. Thank you. Thank you, Reverend Stevenson. Our next speaker is Harry Faber. Harry Faber. I occasionally wonder, am I
actually crazy? Am I the deranged lunatic? I am witnessing the most horrific act imaginable, a genocide. Now, the word may have lost some meaning to those who refrain from seeing. But the pictures, the videos, the screams and cries. Any human who bears witness to this real life, real-time horror can
attest to the mental toll it can bring upon those aware of their own implication in such an atrocity. I wonder if you all think I'm just a big 25-year-old child who still needs to grow up. Some I know recognize the truth and validity of my words. Mayor Reynolds told me he liked maybe 45 seconds of my
speech at the last meeting. Not about the genocide, of course, but my words on the removal of purpose from the people. Regardless, I know I'm not crazy. I refuse to live in the illusion. I don't wish to take part in the spectacle. And the spectacle at the last meeting where I was called to slur on May 5th, albeit
funny to talk about and look back on, was truly saddening. I was told to focus on local matters. But foreign policy impacts everything about local matters. According to notmytaxders.org, an estimated 5,150,000 of Bethlehem taxpayer dollars was spent in 2024 alone financing
Israel's genocide and apartheid regime. Instead, that money could be spent on funding 60 more teachers at a salary of 85,000 a year. Or assuming a household spends $500 a month on groceries, that money could be spent providing one month of free groceries for 10,297 families. Pennsylvania has wasted
an estimated $640,536,000 on this genocide. To accept that the uh to accept and believe that this waste of our time and resources doesn't affect us is downright ignorant and moronic. Foreign policy is domestic policy and domestic policy is foreign
policy. I come to these meetings to try and talk some sense with some sensible people that come. It may not be clear to you, but is clear to me. So allow me to articulate that our state, our government, which maintains a monopoly on violence, is utilizing, albeit wasting is a better description, all of our dying earth's precious resources to
massacre people. People just like us. Not terrorists, not human animals, not Nazis, not the boogeymen. People. If any of you had an inkling of human empathy and tried to imagine living in an open air prison, deprived of every means of subsistence, watching those you love around you be murdered, starved,
kidnapped, bombed, shot, burned alive. What would you do? What could you do? You don't have to visualize it. The Gazins are sharing their lived experience every way they can. It's a genocide. You all know it. I cannot accept that you do not see how this directly affects us. the people in this room, not to mention the people of
Bethlehem, the people of Pennsylvania, the people of this country. The extermin the extermination of life on mass is never justifiable. Imperialist wars in the modern era are not justifiable either. It's utterly barbaric, and your silence and inaction is reprehensible. As I mentioned at the last meeting, this
government is a social construct, one we merely inherited, which we consciously or unconsciously adhere to and grant power and authority over us. As I've said many times before, Israel does not have a right to exist, but neither does this government. People born on this earth have a right to exist. The plants, animals, ecosystems which sustain and
which sustain our existence on earth have a right to exist. No governing structure has any right whatsoever. Just as no self-proclaimed king has the right to enslave other human human beings. I use the word self-proclaimed because all kings and governing structures are self-proclaimed. I must reiterate, there
is no inherent God-given right for one or any minority to subject their will onto the masses. It is stated in the Declaration of Independence, we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unaliable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness. We ignore, minimize, and justify every crime against humanity perpetrated by our federal government so long as it isn't happening to us. I'll admit we're not being bombed as of yet, but our federal government is quite literally
kidnapping and disappearing people and deporting them without any due process. These are people kidnapping other people, putting them in cages, some being tortured, then shipped like human cargo to slave labor camps. It is our very duty as human beings to dismantle such a system. There is only one long-term goal for humanity, and that is
the permanent utopia, the liberation of all. Utopia cannot be built off of genocide. A utopia cannot be built if we if we refuse to acknowledge the material reality of our political economy and capitulate to fascism. And a utopia will most definitely not be built if we refuse to invest in the infrastructure
that directly addresses the questions of clean and sustainable food, water, and energy production. This is not a game. Politics is not a show. I'll say it again. Our actions today directly build our tomorrow, our future. We need real physical change. We need to reject this structure and replace it with a new one.
Respectfully, Mayor Reynolds, last election you only got 8,100 votes in a city of 75,000. This primary you received 4,400s. Congrats on defeating uh the fascist. Thank you, Mr. Favor. I believe in change. But
our next speaker signed up, Marissa Figueroa. Good evening, everybody. Oh, thank you. So, just like um Mr. Mrs. Steven, uh they're my neighbors. Uh I've been here, this is my second time for the
same reasons. Uh unfortunately, in the past year and a half, uh just right in front of my home, we already lost three vehicles. Uh last month, at the end of the last month, my son was parked um in front of my home and unfortunately they
total his car. Um, not only it's a safety issue, and I've only been there 5 years, uh, my neighbors been there for over 30 years. Um, and it's just some people, the
reason why we want this line is not because we want to restrict anybody to be in our neighborhood. Uh, I love my neighborhood and my neighbors too. But the reason why we're doing this is because of safety. If we do the same, if we do the line that just like Eaton
Avenue has, we're just reminding them that it's a one lane. That's all it is. We're not restricting anybody. We're not telling anybody to do anything out of the ordinary. And I don't think that us asking uh you guys to help us and to um
hopefully we could find some medium that this could be done. Uh maybe we could get I I don't I don't think that we're asking for much. It's not going to go over our budget. It's not. But just like we like to update everything else in Bethlehem, which a lot of things look
beautiful. Um I think that our safety is also important. And not only that, financially, I'm a single mom. I got two jobs. Took the my second job off today. That way I could be here today to let you know I can't afford it. You know,
that home that that other vehicle that he had actually was given to him because I cannot afford it. Now he's going to college. He needs a vehicle. and I can't afford it. We have new people that moved into our our neighborhood. They have small children. Would they have to also
fear that they can't play in front of their home? We're not asking for much. We're not asking to blow the the budget or anything like that. It's just a line. We're not asking for lines. We're not asking for anything out of the ordinary or anything just out of proportion. But
we do wait. We do expect or at least I really are asking for your support just the line just to keep everybody safe. We I can't you what I want to say I can't predict the future. Neither can can you
neither can anybody else in here but we could prevent it because if it's our cars can you imagine what's going to do to the kids? We have a lot of people in Pennsylvania Avenue that drive their bicycles. They're running in the mornings and the afternoons. We have kids coming out of school. They're
passing. They think that it's a set. It's two lanes and it's not two lanes. We just want to remind them it's one lane. That way they can stay in their lane. And Eaton Avenue, you never hear that there's a there's an accident or anything. And thank God I thank God every single day that I wake up in the
morning and everything is good in our in our neighborhood. So our police is never called there. They're only called there when it's a disaster. So, I I'm asking you, I'm begging you to at least give us some help, some support that at least maybe we can just make a line there just to make sure that
everybody is safe. I don't want anybody to get hurt. I don't want a kid to get hurt. These kids now the uh summer's coming. I'm I see a lot of kids around and even in October for Halloween, they're walking around. It's dark. So, what do I do? I have to now
I'm going to start putting some lights in front of my home. some solar lights. That way when they're walking around, they can see where they're going. You know, it's not just for me. It's not just for my son. It's not from everybody my my neighbors, which are great. I love where I live and I want to keep us safe.
I just asking you to please help us out to please at least back us up to the to maybe the the city can help us at least get that line there that we could keep everybody safe. Again, we can't predict the future, but I'm just trying to avoid it. Thank you for the time. Thank you,
Miss Figuro. Before I continue, I do recognize Councilwoman Leard has joined us and Mayor Reynolds is with us this evening. Also, that exhausts our list of who had signed up in advance. So, I will go around the room. Was there anyone to the left who wanted to speak on anything
not being voted on tonight? Thanks for coming nonetheless. I'll turn to the wide center. Is there anyone who would make comment? Mr. Antalics. Stephen and Alex 737 Ridge. I didn't not intend to say
anything, but listening to the previous speakers, it's absolutely sad. It's really, really sad that for these people to come here and
beg, literally beg for a safe existence and asking whom are they asking? They're asking their public servants whom they elected. That's
pathetic. It's sad. It's also very shameful. Thank you, Mr. Antalics. Is there anyone else in the wide center who wanted to make comment? Anyone to the right who want to make comment? That concludes our first public
comment. So, now we'll continue on to our second. That's for any ordinance or resolution that council is voting on this evening. We did not have anyone sign up in advance. So, again, I'll go around the room. This is for anything on the agenda tonight. Is there anyone to the left who want to make comment?
Again, I turn to the wide center. Conclude to my right. Moving on to old business. Any old business from members of council? Any new business from members of council? Councilwoman Leone. Um,
hi, Mr. Alco. I think we'll probably all have questions. Um, so I pulled up on the city's website some FAQs uh when it comes to there's uh traffic issues in my area. Some of the things are talking about uh a traffic study that can be triggered. Um, so I'm
curious as to what can we do to get a traffic study done. And then I'm looking at the speed hump thing and it says the area needs to qualify. Granted, they're not asking for a speed hump, but if we're talking about speed, what might that look like? So, I'm curious as to is
there a reason we haven't done the white line painting and what can we do to trigger a traffic study in that area? We we've been looking at this for quite some time. At least the previous traffic contain it was two things that have kept us from building the line resources
traffic. Yeah. Um, and more importantly, um, at least the past evaluations, um, we weren't convinced that a white line is going to solve the the safety concerns that are being brought up. We still haven't eliminated that that possibility
from revisiting that and and putting the white line in anyway, but that's been what's been in the way of u moving forward with it. Okay. So, understand that you're not the the traffic engineer. Um, but if the white line isn't going to solve the issues, are
there recommendations that would that we would have that would solve the issues that are going on in that area? It's it's obviously that road is not suitable for speed humps. You mentioned speed humps. Um, speed enforcement is something that
could potentially help. Uh, we've uh considered that or referred that to police. Um other other than that when honestly there's not a lot of other
options to consider. Um okay. So is is there anything that makes eaten a different than Pennsylvania a that the line made sense on eaten and doesn't make sense in Pennsylvania? I I don't I don't recall the specifics but I there were some issues that were brought up
that necessitated that. Okay. Um, and I I will uh I know other people have questions, so I'll I'll leave it at that. But, um, I I would welcome the traffic engineer or anyone within your department. I'd be happy to go out and walk through that area as we've done in Indian Hill. Um, and the suggestions
from the community in Indian Hill didn't end up panning out, but we went a different route with the stop sign painting and stuff like that, and that ended up being very, very helpful. Um, so maybe just going out there and and walking with some members of the community, maybe we can find something that that might be helpful. I'm more
than happy to do that. I'm sure other members of council are as well. And we'll we'll also evaluate why it was implemented versus here. And thank you so much for the specifics. Mayor Reynolds, did you want to expand on that answer? Yeah, I had asked Mr. Alcohol uh to kind of take a look at that and come back. But as far as the larger issue is
concerned, I mean, and I think many of you know this is we have been able to unlock and get executed the contract for West Broad Street uh with the federal government. And part of that money includes what's called a complete streets plan. That's a requirement. And essentially what a complete streets plan does is comes up with like the matrix or
the lens by which you see streets uh to be make them as safe as you humanly can for walkers and bikers and drivers. So, one of the things that we're talking about is and if you know these kind of busy roads, the ones that they kind of like call like collector roads and if you think about the ones that run north, south, east, west, whether or not it's
West Union or Union or Broad Street or Pennsylvania Avenue or on the north side, you got Lynen Street, Stephard, like one of the things that we that that plan is going to come up with is the lens by which like what are you able to do to these streets legally, the ones that are not state roads, that are local
roads, and then help to kind of put like a kind of price tag on that to be able to think what can you do and connected to that is obviously we also talked about it a lot is our bike master plan is like how do you necessarily create safe roadways for bicyclists as well. So
the goal of that plan and we already have the people under contract the city council approved KDson is to be able to put together that lens so you can look at what the options are and I have also added which isn't part of KDson but I said this is what we need to do is you take a road like Broad Street because
it's so broad it allows for a lot of different things. You take a road like Third Street that is also a collector road, but it's just not wide enough to be able to necessarily do the full menu of what you want to do. So being able to come up with both defining what those kind of like 17 18 collector streets
are, but then also what this lens matrix is that allows for like a variability, so like on a 1 to 10 scale, how much change is allowable or what part of that menu of I'm making it up, 10, 12 things, line painting, bumpouts, whatever are necessarily um good for that particular
situation. And that's like the single biggest like deliverable that we want them to be able to create is taking a look at our busiest roads like I said the 171 18 whatever we call the collector streets the one that go northsoutheast west and think about what's that lens to be able to change it. That's the kind of systemic answer
to as far as like these type of streets across the city. Now we're not going to wait for that obviously for Mr. Alco to go take a look at it. I mean, Pennsylvania Avenue and the other thing too that often happens in these streets is like what you're able to do for three or four or five blocks and our goal is obviously to be able to paint or do whatever it is that will make it as safe
as possible. Like the street changes so it gets wider, it gets thinner and things like that. So maybe there's a possibility to do something for four or five blocks and you don't do it for the whole mile if you know we we can certainly we can certainly take a look at all of those different options. And as the speakers were talking I turned
around to Mr. alcohol and he said we can take a look at it and try to put that but this is a question that comes up a lot and that's one of the beauties of that the fact that we were able to get this contract executed with the federal government is we're able to do this complete streets plan which affects all of these collector roads throughout the city. Yeah, I I love the complete
streets program and I appreciate you saying that we won't that we won't wait because I think like you said there's a list of things that we can do and not the entirety of of Pennsylvania a but this the situation right there which seems to be um something that
needs immediate attention as you said I don't think it should wait till uh till it's we do the complete streets and we always have we always have two trains running at the same time I mean you know there's always things to make big change takes systemic time, but you're also thinking is like what are the things we can do right now with urgency? And so
it's like we're also not waiting to do the engineering on East Broad Street or West Broad Street as far as those changes are concerned until we get done with the bike master plan and the complete streets plan. But those are very important to be able to put price tags and things like that and their requirements as far as this grant is concerned. They are part it says right
there in the contract if you accept this money you need to do this. So it allows us to do the long-term planning but obviously whatever we can do in the short term with the situation we'll take a look at. That'd be awesome. And I see Deputy Chief Michael here. So even if it's just a couple extra patrols, which I know they're patrolling so much and down manpower and I understand that, but
even if it's something as as quick as as that, I mean, just a show would would be helpful for people to be a little bit more calm when they're driving in that area. So, thank you so much. Any other new business from members of council? I'll start with Councilwoman Crazy
Smith. Um, thank you. I appreciate the comments, but I have to just put in that this this is personal to me cuz I really know what you're going through. I um my brother lived on a street with the similar issues and um unfortunately well he was in hospice and die and they lost two cars and my car was out of
commission for six months as a result or five months whatever. But I know it's a real issue and I'm I guess Mr. I'm looking at it on Google map here and I see where it's the problem seems to be that the street is really narrow like the cars are parked and then it's the street and then it is an island. Um, and
then I look at Eaton Avenue and it's similar, but they do have the white line, you know, where the parking is designated. And I appreciate, you know, that we're going to do the study and everything, but um, based on your speaking tonight so eloquently and my
personal experience and my brother's family, they I mean, they lost several cars and it was really frustrating because where they live, the municipality would never deal with it. So, I know what it's like when you have this and you're having cars demolished and possibly people could get hurt. Um, and that's why I'm really advocating
that we do something, you know, sooner than later. Would it be I mean, what would be the harm in painting that white line just like we have on Eastern Avenue? I mean, I know it would be manpower and time, but I'm not an expert on this, but even I pulled it up and it says how the white lines, you know,
really do help. And over in Europe, it really has decreased the number of accidents. I'm just looking for anything that we can do to um avoid them going through what they're going through and god forbid, you know, a life getting hurt or killed. Yeah. I think the main
problem here is the streets actually there's an island. The street is fairly wide. It's wide enough for people to go around cars that are turning or they're slow. Uh and unfortunately, it's a driver behavior is the biggest problem
here. Um, and yes, the white line may help with that, but as I said, the the the previous uh traffic superintendent just wasn't convinced that people were still going to on this on this street, they were still going to
behave similarly, at least the majority of them, and it would not be effective. Coupled with the fact that if you paint the white line, you have to maintain it and you have to refresh it every so often. That's why she shied away from moving forward with it so far. She also
evaluated the accident history and we, like I said, we were still continuing to look at it and we'll revisit it and and and see if we, you know, even if we're not 100% convinced it it it may work. We will consider painting the line. And do
we know what the cost would be for painting the line? I don't know off the top of my head, but I like I said, it was it's not just the initial cost. It's more like so it's really not cost prohibitive to do that. It's not cost prohibitive. That's not the issue. You don't believe is that is
the issue the cost? You you you mentioned another street that could use the same thing. There's many streets in the city. Well, no. I I mentioned Eaton Avenue that has it. I mean, I'm looking at the city and where I had my incident was not in Bethlehem. Um but this I see Pennsylvania Avenue and I'm looking
Eaton Avenue and Eaton Avenue is similar in width just from what I'm seeing here. And they have the white line. expect that we have a hard time keeping up with the line painting and so adding that street without being convinced that it's
going to remedy the situation was the was the main reason we had we had not moved forward and let me I mean again I don't want to be um because it's so personal because I've gone through it so I could really empathize with them what would um prove to us that it would be worth it to do it to the street what will we need what evidence will we need
that it would be worthwhile to do it to this street the white I mean, I'm not sure what how you go about doing that. I mean, accident history obviously is one factor. Um, but I I don't know if you can, you
know, prove that it's needed or not needed at any point or doing it anyway, even if we're not convinced it's going to remedy the situation. I don't know what more we can Yeah, I mean, I understand. I hear what you're saying. I'm not trying to be a
hard difficult here, but I guess I'm just thinking if it if it might help, why are why won't we do it then? Because it can really say if it's can possibly save cars being demolished and people going through such economic and emotional hardship and also, you know,
god forbid someone getting hurt. We may revisit it and we may very well do it. That's all I can tell you. Well, I guess I would just say I would advocate to look into it strongly. Thank you. We agree. Thank you, Councilwoman. I'll go with Councilwoman Lar. Yeah. So, uh, I'm just wanted to offer
my support also at revisiting it. I I've had conversations with you about that area in general since I Sorry, I said just supporting your efforts to revisit it. I've had conversations with you about that area since I live over on West Union right
near Pennsylvania. And the same thing happens there. West Union is a state road. I understand that. Um, but it also illustrates that there definitely are other roads that it could snowball. I get that. But, um, I'd be happy to join you if you are going to take a walk through or whatever and and just talk
about it. So, thank you for your attention to it. Okay. Councilwoman Quitec. Just quickly um also echoing all of that uh I did want to ask and and um noting that um that this is sounds very similar to
the situation with the folks on Market Street who were also you know sort of trying to help and so just to say that um there are opportunities um when I mean that's right by where the the new there's a new light going in right the the light is being updated we're
upgrading those lights and so when when We were when we had that on for a vote for the engineering or whatever, I asked like because remembering folks who had come here and talked about this, I asked if there was anything that could be done during the the upgrade of that light
that could positively impact slow down the traffic. Um, you know, whether it's the the order of the lights, the the signal, you know, the phasing. Yes. Yeah, the phasing. Thank you. I don't always know the right words. Um, so that's a question. And then also
um uh the the reverend um mentioned the particular kind of paint that can uh interact with the the safety systems of cars. Do we have that in use anywhere in the city? Have we looked into it? I'm not sure if he was referring to the rumbles strips that you would you would
you would you would No. Is it there's a chem is it a chemical or something that has not used the technology in the city yet? Okay. All right. something that perhaps we could uh have the new traffic superintendent look into. Thanks, Mr. Callahan. Uh Mike, we
I'm in support of it, too. So, you know, anything we can do. Do we we have a line striping machine in the city, right? Yeah. Can you just get back to us like send a memo out to all of us just what the estimated cost would be on it if we if we did do it? Sure. But I mean, it it's not a matter
of the cost for this application for this street. It's the whole program is is is like I said was a deterrent from Yeah. from from doing it. I I'm I'm just saying I'm just saying B and based on their testimony tonight, it it I'm I'm just I'm not asking for it to get done
right away. Just get us an estimate if you can email all of us an estimate on what you think it would cost us to do that. Okay. I don't think it would be I mean I I get line stripes uh striped all the time over at my uh driving school. So I know it's it's not that expensive. So I I I don't know what it would be for
a mile long or however, but just if you could just get back to us on an estimate on it. Okay. Thank you. I'd appreciate that. Um second thing, uh Mayor or Miss Couns, has there been any outreach to the uh historic Betham businesses about the sidewalks yet? Has there any been
any discussion? Has anybody talked to them down there as far as like doing another like cost sharing situation? Well, just something's got to be done. either we got to do a cost sharing program with them or we should be starting I mean some someone should go
down there and inspect the sidewalks. I mean if you saw those pictures I sent you they're in terrible shape and I'm just hoping that something gets done prior to our s our busy summer season. So so I would defer to Mr. Alcohol as
far as the safety is concerned as far as I would let's start there was Mr. call kind of talking about where and when we necessarily look to be able to do some of that work. I've I've already asked engineering to inspect the sidewalks downtown, identify areas of safety
concerns so we can sit down and look and see what we may do if it's a quick fix or if it's minor. and anything more than that if we would notify the property owner and follow up with addressing any
concerns that are identified. Is there any is there any estimated timeline like that? I mean is this something that could be done before July August? I mean we're going into we're working on it. If there's a need to expedite it, we certainly I'm just curious how Yeah. I I would also I
would add though as I had stated last time the topic came up is like it is a systemic problem though in that like if you're paying to keep up your sidewalks as a property owner and somebody else is not doing it at what point do then we the taxpayers decide to help out you
know ABC LLC who doesn't want to do that and they just have that idea that if we neglect our own sidewalk then the taxpayers will pick it up and then there's also just like getting kind of like the weeds a little bit is like there's a difference between like the sidewalk and the right of way and where
people are walking and areas next to it. That is also the property owner's responsibility that also might look the same. It might be the same material but it's not necessarily in the walkway as far as like safety is concerned. Um but we will absolutely look at it and if there are any people that are have blatantly as Mr. Alcohol said if there
are people that are are are blatant about the safety violations, they will be notified and told to fix, which I think is a better solution than just going and being like, "We're going to fix this for you because you continue to not neglect." As I said last time, there were people that went into the cost sharing that still haven't paid and
there has to be leans on it and things like that. But as far as like the immediate like is there a safety issue here right now, that's something that as Mr. Alol said is is being looked at. And how about the possibility of of looking into like a standardized uniform sidewalk down there? Something that's
more durable. M Mr. Alol can um speak speak to that as far as what we're able to do versus what we can only kind of like suggest and things like that. Yeah. I mean, historically and for as long as I've been here, the the overwhelming
opinion has been to um those specialty sidewalks were put in 40, 50 years ago. And because of the historic nature of the downtown areas, um we feel that those provide a great deal of benefit in
terms of aesthetics and it's been our u approach to maintain those sidewalks in kind and use like now we could make some minor modifications. There may be smaller areas that are slate that we may allow, you know, brick
to be in there and vice versa, but for the for the most part, we tried to maintain uh the aesthetic look down there. So, does the brick and the and the stamped concrete does that last typically longer than the slate
sidewalks? You mean the stamped concrete versus authentic material? Yeah. So some some of the businesses down there have uh brick um and some have cement and some in a few Yeah. The only cement is in
some small areas on broad on the south side broad and of course there's the stamp concrete on north side abroad. Everything else is is is brick or slate or and and I and I believe and Mr. Alcohol, you can add to this is that there have been times when property
owners want to just put in like concrete like I have in front of my house and I believe we don't approve. We have not in the past. We have not in the past approved the permit. So what has happened and this is one of the things that happens like that Mr. Alcohol is so good in his department in is ABC LLC
will come in and be like we're going to fix it but we don't want to put brick or any slate or anything like that. We're just going to put a standard like you know what I think would probably what you have in front of your house like what I have like what most people have in front of their house as far as like standard sidewalk and like we don't approve the permit but then obviously
the cost to put it in for these property owners gets higher. So then it's a little bit like most problems it's a little bit between the rock and the hard place where we're telling them like we don't want you to put the stuff in here that's not going to go with everything else and look historic but at the same
time they say well that's what I want to do with my property. So then it becomes a little bit back and forth and sometimes like any other developer they're like okay we don't feel like paying the cost so we're just going to like sit here and not do anything until it gets bad enough which is just one of the I'm just kind of staying there as one of the challenges we're doing. Yeah
we had we had numerous debates over this whether we should allow pattern concrete or uh or concrete and in the past uh the opinion was no it was important to maintain that same aesthetics that is down there now. Yeah, I think I think if
you talk to the owners that have the slate out front, they want to get rid of it. It's it because it just even if it doesn't break and most of them break, I mean, if you saw those pictures, I mean, there's chunks out of them and uh they they all start flaking, you know, the you know, the the slate starts to flake
on the top. So, I mean, if anybody could go down there and take a look at it and and get back to us um you know, in a couple meetings, I'd appreciate it. And last thing is um mayor I know the DBA uh came to you about keeping the lights on year round uh during dinner hours down
there. Is there any movement on that? Uh we've made movement as you probably may have heard on buying on getting new light light lamp posts um which is going to be a couple hundred,000 that we've been able to find money for. We should be able to announce in the next couple weeks. Um, I think that was the first
conversation because a lot of the conversation has to do with like having the light posts there that are heavy enough to be able to hang things from and things like that, which was the priority. Um, I'm not sure. I mean, Mike might be able to talk a little bit more um about the keeping the light post, keeping the lamps, tree lights. Yeah,
there there was a lot of issues in terms of keeping them year round. We've had meetings last prior to the last holiday season, not this past holiday season, but the season before some in this in in this hall. And at least at at this time,
the compromise was and the what we felt is uh best was to keep the lights on through March after which foilage comes back and they're not as effective anyway in the downtown area. So, it wouldn't be worth it from all the other things that
we'd have to do. They don't make outdoor lighting, decorative lighting year round. You'd have to restrain during the course of the year if you keep them year round. Uh but we felt that was a good compromise. So right now what we've done, including this past holiday season, is we kept them on through the
month of March. And Miss Collins also reminded me, which I had forgotten, was that this actually I believe had come up as a thing that the DBA voted on one of their meetings and there was not agreement that it was necessarily sign.
Is that correct, Miss Collins? Yeah. So then she had said there were more votes in favor of turning them off. Some felt that it takes away from the turn on if they've been on all year round and when you go to the turn on um Chris doesn't have the same visual impact.
Yeah. I mean, I I I talked to uh and all the leaders in the DBA and they they showed me a list of items that they were going to address with you that they they wanted and I think that was in the top like immediate they had things in immediate future and things for the long term and I think that was one of the
items that was in the immediate future and I know that under Mayor Donz we kept them on year round and it looked awesome down there. So I I just I know it's doable. Um it's just if there's a will to do it or not. So, and most and most, as I've said many times at this point,
you know, most times we move forward with helping out when there is some type of agreement with the with the DBA. And one of the challenges we have, which is why a couple of months ago I went personally and I presented the idea of doing some type of actual plan to be
able to settle all of these kind of priorities because and this is why we were able to move forward with the lamp posts which is as I said going to be a couple hundred,000 is because we said and we sent them a communication that said like if this is your number one
priority like send it to us in writing that this is what the DBA wants as their number one priority. priority and then we'll move forward because the previous and one of the problems they've had is you know this group wants this as number one this one got this they put together lists they're like here's a list of all
the things that we want but then individual businesses are saying this is our priority and this is not so one of the things we've been trying to do is get them to come up with an agreement like this is the number one thing which is why we've been able to move forward with the lamp posts and as Miss Collins had stated like this was something that
came up at a meeting and there was not and I I'm not I mean I know you live down to you obviously have a have a strong opinion about this like there was not an agreement and they didn't vote that that was something they wanted to have h have have go on I continue and like I said as with most things with them like we listen to what they want as
far as their consent and you know as far as like what their feelings are and try to work with it but like things need a plan and mo more than anything else is like they need like a governance structure that just makes it clear what these priorities are because if not it ends up being and you know I think I know a lot of same people you know and
they say I want this I want this I want this and it becomes tough for us and becomes tough for the different departments from a practical reason to move forward. I think doing some type of strategic plan that would like list a lot of these things and take those priorities and be like this is what the cost is going to be for three years. This is going to who's going to have to do the sustainable maintenance and
things like that is but that's just mine. It does not seem like that's going to win out as far as what they want to do which is fine which is why then the kind of like the second thing that happened there was like if you want the lamposts that's great. We'll try to find a way to find the money for that. We just need something back from them. And when they sent it back to them, then we
moved for a couple of weeks and we were able to move some things around and like I said, in a couple weeks we'll be able to announce where that money's coming from. Thank you. Any other new business from members of council? Thank you, Mr. Alcohol. Thank you, Mayor Reynolds. Thank you, Miss Collins.
Communications 6A. May 21st, 2025 memorandum and attached resolution from Sean Ziller, excuse me, deputy director of economic development. Mr. Zilla outlines redevelopment assistance capital program which is Commonwealth redevelopment grant program. City
council in 2009 passed a resolution for the program to assist in the redevelopment Martin Tower project located in the 1100 block of 8th Avenue. Mr. Zilla recommends that council pass a new resolution authorizing submission of the RAACP application and business plan
for the full grant amount of $9,75,000. And resolution 10A is on the agenda this evening. 6B. A May 7th, 2025 memorandum and proposed resolution from director of water and sewer resources Edward Boscola. Memorandum recommends an agreement with Great Western Services
Incorporated of Allentown to provide materials and labor to restore water and sewer utility trenches at various locations within the city. cost is $196,424 and the work is to be completed within 60 days of the notice to proceed. There are no renewals. Only one bid was
received, but it was determined that the recommended awardee is the responsible and qualified bidder. Resolution 10B is on the agenda 6C. A May 14th, 2025 memorandum from solicitor John Furke Jr. with an attached use permit agreement and
resolution. The permit is Christmas City Spirits LLC and the subpermmite is the redevelopment authority of the city of Bethlehem. The event is the 2025 Pride Party Palooa and it will take place from 1 to 6:00 p.m. on June 22nd. Permit
duration will be from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on the same date. premises will include the Nevin Place right of way and a specified West Walnut Street parcel adjacent to the Sun and Courtyard and a specified redevelopment authority owned parcel located in the Sun and
Courtyard. Resolution 10C is on tonight's agenda 6D a May 14th, 2025 memorandum from solicitor John Spur Jr. with an attached use permit agreement and resolution permit is Junth Lehigh Valley and the
subpermmite is Arts Quest. The event is the 2025 Junth Lehigh Valley Musical Music Festival and it will take place from 2 to 9:30 p.m. on June 14th. Permit duration will be from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. on the same date. Premises
will be First Street from Pulk Street to the Eastern Terminus and Founders Way between First and Second Streets. Resolution 10D is on the agenda 6E. A May 14th, 2025 memorandum from solicitor John Spark Jr. with an attached use
permit agreement and resolution. Permit is Holy Infancy Roman Catholic Church and the event is 2025 Holy Infancy Cultural Celebration. Event will be held from 5 to 10:00 p.m. on June 20th and noon until 10 p.m. on June 21st.
Permituration will be various times between June 16th and June 25th. Premis will be Lawer Street between Pierce and Buchanan Streets and Pier Street between East Packer Avenue and East Fifth Street. Resolution 10E is on the agenda
6F May 14th, 2025 memorandum from solicitor John Spur Jr. with an attached use permit agreement resolution. Permit E is Arts Quest and the event is Sang Griff. This event will take place from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on June 21st. Permit
duration will be from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on the same date. Premises will be First Street from Pulk Street to the Eastern terminus and Founders Way between First and Second Streets. Resolution 10F is on the agenda tonight. 6G. The May 13, 2025 memorandum and
proposed resolution from public works director Michael Alall. Memorandum seeks authorization to execute an agreement with Herbert Roland and Grubic Incorporated of Allentown to provide a new design of Stefco Boulevard drainage swale improvements. Cost is
$19,770 and the work is to be completed by December 31st, 2026. There are no renewals. Five proposals were received. The firm selected was considered to be the most responsive and qualified. Resolution 10G is on the agenda tonight. Six each May 13, 2025 memorandum and
proposed resolution from public works director Michael Alcohol. Memorandum seeks authorization to execute an agreement with Herbert Roland Grubic Valentinetown to design East Avenue drainage improvements up to Stefco Boulevard. Cost is
$106,470 and the work is to be completed by December 31st, 2026. There are no renewals. Three proposals were received. The firm was deemed to be the best and most qualified bidder. Resolution 10H is on the agenda tonight. And the last
apologize. Do you mean it? Do I mean I'm sorry? Yeah, I I do from my heart. Last communication 6i. A May 12th, 2025 memorandum and proposed resolution from Edward Bascola, director of water and sewer resources requesting the
destruction of records from his department. Mr. Buscola has reviewed the municipal records retention act and the records listed on the exhibit accompanying the memo fall within the categories where destruction is permitted and that resolution will be placed on the June 3rd city council
agenda. Moving on to reports, Mr. Miller, the council manic appointment, please. Administrative order, Valerie Nunan to the human relations commission. Resolution is sponsored by Mr. Callahan, Miss Quuite. Any discussion on the appointment?
Miss Leard, just uh really happy to see someone who's been so engaged uh with, you know, civically engaged uh stepping up in this way as as she has and I think she'll be a great fit. Thank you, Councilwoman Wilhelm. Yeah, I I really just want to
second that. I'm sorry, Miss Nan is not here to hear this or maybe you're out there listening, but um just thinking about sort of the journey um with her original attendance at meetings and really just um participating for various reasons and staying and being engaged
and commenting and now investing herself in this way. I I agree. I think it's it's commendable and I'm I'm really happy to see this on the agenda tonight. Any other discussion on the appointment? Councilwoman Quitech? Not to um belabor the point, but thank you um to Councilwoman Leairard for um encouraging
her to seek this path. Um I was able to actually talk to her last night because Food's Not Bombs had their um their regular Tuesday food out during the um closing hours of of voting. So I was happened to be in in um Payroll Plaza
when she came and uh just to let her know that I you know to to say how glad I was that she was going to be participating in this way. And um I think she's such an asset that uh she's clearly committed to um to social justice and equity and and uh and caring
for folks and making sure that their rights are upheld. So again, thank you, Councilwoman Lar. Any other discussion? And I'll just say Miss Nunan had reached out to me to advise that she had a professional commitment tonight, which is one of the rare nights that she's not
here, but she did attend the last month's human relations commission meeting. she's already been engaged with the HRC and um I'm glad we're able between so the HRC is one of the it's very atypical in that some members are appointed by council some are appointed
by the mayor's office but myself and mayor Reynolds and Miss Santoro who's serves as essentially an administrative liaison to the HRC thankfully have been able to raise the compliment of HRC volunteers which historically we've had some challenges with so this is I think
the third appointment we've had in recent council meetings and things are are going in the right direction for the HRC. So, anything else from anybody? Mr. Miller, call the role. Miss Wilhelm, I. Mr. Callahan, hi. Miss Grampy Smith, I.
Miss Quiet, I. Miss Lair, hi. Miss Leon, hi. Mr. Cologne, I passes 70. Nothing else to report this evening. Mr. Mayor, uh, just just a couple things. One is we started uh the construction on Friendship Park. Um uh so that's happened in the last uh couple
days. Um so that'll be done by the fall. Um which is uh really exciting moving forward. I uh went by there today and uh they they're moving stuff around. So that's uh that's really exciting. And you know that's been a long time uh coming for a couple years between the neighborhood uh and I know uh
Councilwoman Leard has been actively involved in that for um uh for a long time. So and then once the money and then we had to take it under contract and then you had to wait for construction season. So, this is going to we're really excited about that. And my only other update is uh just a reminder is if uh you're free on uh
Monday is the Memorial Day parade and it starts at 9:00 a.m. starts at Liberty High School. Uh goes up into Memorial Cemetery. Uh and it's always uh one of those one of those moments where you uh you can be both grateful and appreciative of where we are living in the city and people come out. Um, I
think uh people that are in town for the weekend come and it's a it's a really special event if you have the opportunity to be able to get there. Thank you, President CL. Thank you, Mayor Reynolds. I'll just remind members of council if anyone plans on attending, has not done so yet, to reach out to the Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council.
I could reshare their contact information should you need it. Moving on to ordinances for final passage. 8A. Ordinance of the city of Bethlehem, counties of Lehi and Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as amended, known as the
zoning ordinance of the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania by amending the city zoning map. Bill number 21, 2025 is sponsored by Miss Wilhelm and Miss Lair. Any discussion on the second reading of ADA?
Mr. Miller, call the role. Miss Wilhelm. Hi. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grampy Smith. Hi. Miss Quiet. Nay. Miss Leairard. Nay. Miss Leon. I. And Mr. Cologne. I passes 52.
8B. Ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the liquid fuels fund budget for 2025. Bill number 24. 2025 is sponsored by Miss Crampy Smith and Mr. Colom discussion
call the roll. Miss Wilhelm I. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Mr. Crampy Smith. Hi. Mrs. Quiet. I. Miss. Leard. I. Miss. Leon. I. And Mr. Cologne. I pass 70 8C. An ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amending the 2025 capital budget for non-utilities. Bill number 25. 2025 is sponsored by Miss Crampy Smith and Mr. Cologne. Discussion on HC. Call the RO. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss
Grampy Smith. I. Miss Quit. Hi. Miss Leairard. I. Miss. Leon. I. Mr. Cologne. I pass 70 8D. An ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amending community development block grant fund for 2025.
Bill number 26. 2025 is sponsored by Miss Grampy Smith and Mr. Cologne. Discussion. Call the role. Miss Wilhelm. Hi. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grampy Smith. Hi. Miss Quitech. Hi. Miss Leairard. Hi.
Leon. Hi. Mr. Cologne. I pass 70 8E. Ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton, Conwell of Pennsylvania, amending the general fund for 2025. Bill number 27. 2025 is sponsored by Miss Crampy Smith
and Mr. Colom. Discussion on 8E. Call the role. Miss Wilhelm. I Mr. Callahan. Hi, Mr. Gracy. Smith. Hi, Miss Quitech. Hi, Miss Leair. Hi, Miss Leon. Hi, Mr. Cologne. I pass 70F.
An ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the general fund for 2025. Bill number 28, 2025 is sponsored by Miss Crampy Smith and Mr. Cologne. Discussion. Call the role. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr.
Callahan. Hi. Miss Grahamy Smith I Miss I Miss Leairard I Miss Leon I and Mr. Cologne I pass 70 8G ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amending the general fund for 2025 bill
number 29 2025 is sponsored by Miss Crampy Smith and Mr. Cologne. Discussion. Call the RO. Miss Wilhelm. Hi. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grampy Smith. Hi. Miss Quiet. Hi. Miss Leairard. Hi, Miss Leon. I and Mr. Cologne. I pass
70 8H. An ordinance of the city of Bethlehem counties of Lehi and Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania amending the general fund for 2025. Bill number 30 2025 is sponsored by Miss Crampy Smith and Mr. Colum. Discussion.
Call the RO, please. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grampy Smith. Hi. Miss Quitech. Hi. Miss Leair. Hi. Miss Leon. Hi. Mr. Cologne. I pass 70. There are no new ordinances tonight. So, we'll conclude with our resolutions.
10A. Be it resolved by the council of the city of Bethlehem that the mayor and controller are hereby authorized to execute all application forms necessary to apply for a redevelopment assistant capital program grant in the amount of
$9,75,000 to be used toward the Martin Tower project. and that said officials are authorized to enter into cooperation agreement with two specified development entities for the purpose of this project. Resolution is sponsored by Mr. Callahan and Miss Quuitech.
Discussion. I'll start with Councilman Quiet and go down the road. Thank you. Um Miss Collins or somebody could maybe give us a little bit of the history or Mr. Ziller. Um, uh, I know that in the in the communication it was discussed that this is kind of going back a ways
and adding. Could you just kind of walk us through a little? Sure. So, uh, good evening. So, uh, as Mr. Miller pointed out, this this, uh, original RACKP award goes back to 2009. Um, I won't tell you where in my academic career I was at that point. Um, but, uh, so that was
2009 and then subsequent to that, there were several amendments to that. The RACKP process itself is traditionally for a lot of projects a long prolonged process. Um and uh so in 2011 with amendment number one um that saw an
additional 7.825 million um bringing the total to 9.075 million for this RACP award. So this isn't actually new grant funding uh that the city is passing through to this uh to this project. Um, part of the process is that once it
gets to the part of the the step of construction and once it get gets to this stage really it's dotting the eyes and crossing the tees and one step of that is this um resolution that would go in front of council get council sign off that you're acting the city's acting as
a pass through um and that um you know you're you're accepting the conditions. Um so really that's kind of the history tied to this project. We're on amendment number 12 to put it into perspective now. So um you know the fact that this project has moved forward and as we all know construction is is rapidly I think
coming to a close um you know this is a just a kind of again just a procedural step and just one thing to add to that with Mr. Ziller is that this project in the RCAP has been going on for so long that something one of you may ask is it's the only
RCAP project in the state because I believe the department of revenue has given them a special dispensation to be able to use the RCAP and the CRIS because they are got the RCAP before the CRIS existed in 2013. So, the question that often comes up with people is like, "Oh, if it's in the CRIS, they can't get
the RCAP." But that's just a piece of that, which was if that was one of the follow-up questions. It's the only only property in the state that is getting both RCAP and the CRIS because of the RCAP going all the way back to 2009. That actually was a question on my list.
So, thank you very much. Thank you, Councilwoman Camy Smith. Like I just wanted to say I'm going to recuse myself because my um child is an employee of LBHN since they're going to be receiving the money. Thank you, Councilwoman. Mr. Callahan.
Um so is is this the the full amount of the ARC cap that's left for the project? Yes. Yeah. Yes. And this is this is all being used on the on the two medical office buildings out in the front. Correct. And uh is there any additional I know there's Chris acreage on the back that they you know that they have but is
there any movement on the uh on the on the building of the residential units in the back? Sure. No, not this not this juncture. Have we had any conversations with anybody about it recently? Not that I have had. No.
Anybody know when the last time we had a conversation about it? Uh I can tell you that the area then that is first of all Miss Collins and before Miss Collins and Miss Carner have spent a lot of time and Mr. Zillers has spent a lot of time talking to uh one of the property owners about the technical aspects of how to
utilize the cris and the RCAP. So a lot of interaction working together has been going on as far as that's concerned including a lot of staff time. The zoning there allows for 1100 units which is the densest uh densest area in the city of Bethlehem. Um, you know, this
has been an area that, you know, we are have been hoping for plans to come forward at some time, but we are hoping that there are going to be a look at doing something sustainable and smart after they finish these two medical office buildings, which we think is a
success, but that's also taken a lot of time. As far as when was the last time we had conversations, I couldn't tell you. Um, but I can tell you that we're excited about the finishing of the medical office buildings and they are currently allowed to build 1100 units. That's the zoning that we had changed
back when we were in 2015. Um, they have the $9 million narcap. They have the crib benefit and you know, we're hopeful that they they start to come up with some unit plans. Can can someone reach out to them to find out like how long we're looking at?
We we we absolutely can. I mean, we're going back to 2009, but we we absolutely can do that. I I mean, I think I think the one thing that everybody here agrees on, everybody on council in NU, that affordable housing is a a big thing. And uh we're all in favor. I don't know
anybody that's not in favor of affordable housing. And I think one of the in in bringing down the uh the average price of of homes in our area, there's a lot of other factors like interest rates and things like that. And I think there's a housing bubble. I think everybody, you know, can agree to that. in h in housing and rentals uh at
an all-time high. So, I just think that if there's uh what' you say, 1100 units. Well, that's what the zoning allows for. It's actually 1085. But and we were we are hopeful and we're still hopeful that all of the public assistance um that has helped with medical office buildings,
the $9 million in our cap and the care moving forward will make that m make that financially feasible to to move forward in. But like I said, they're currently allowed to build,00 units, which is the densest area in the city of Bethlehem. So, we're hoping that
anything starts to get built there. Yeah. I mean, I mean, I would just hope that, you know, that project gets moving forth someday because I think if we added 1,080 units, you know, into the into the um city of Bethlehem, I think it would do a a lot to help alleviate
some of the um high price rentals right now. Yeah. And I and I agree with you. And I mean, one of the beautiful things about Bethlehem is the fact that we have unique neighborhoods that, you know, benefit from our quality of life. And as we move forward, as far as smart planning is concerned, it's smart growth. I mean, adding adding units
there of at any price point are is helpful as far as housing supply is concerned. Any other discussion on the resolution? Thank you, Mr. Ziller. Thank you, Mayor Reynolds. You can call the role. Mr. Miller. Miss Wilhelm. Hi, Mr. Palahan.
Hi, Miss Grampy. Smith abstain. Miss Quiet. Hi, Miss Leard. Hi, Miss Leon. I and Mr. Cologne. I passes 6 with one member recusing. 10B. Be it resolved by the council of
the city of Bethlehem that the mayor and controller and/or such other city officials as deemed appropriate by the city solicitor are hereby authorized to execute an agreement with Great Western Services Incorporated to provide materials and labor to restore water and sewer utility trenches at locations
throughout the city. Resolution is sponsored by Mr. Callahan, Miss Quitech. Discussion. Call the roll. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grampy Smith. I. Miss I, Miss Leairard. Hi, Miss Leon. I Mr.
Cologne. I pass 70. We're moving on to resolution 10 C. Yeah. Resolved by the council. Sorry, Mr. Miller. Sorry to jump the gun here. Yeah, I just I was just looking at I think I'd like to make a motion to group these permanent agreements together. So, that would be 10 C through F through F.
Yeah. Okay. So there's a motion on the floor to group these permanent agreements agenda items 10 C through 10F together. Second. Second. I'll say second by Councilwoman Lair. Discussion on the motion.
Mr. Miller, please call the role on the motion. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. I. Grimy Smith. I. I. Miss. Leard. Hi. Miss. Leon. Hi. And Mr. Cologne. I. The motion passes to group agenda items 10 C through 10F
together. Mr. Miller, you could read the group of use permit agreements. Item 10 C. Be it resolved by the council of the city of Bethlehem that the mayor and controller and/or such other city officials is deemed appropriate by the city solicitor or hereby authorized to execute a use permit agreement with
Christmas City Spirits LLC for the 2025 Pride Party Palooa. Item 10D. Be it resolved by the council of the city of Bethlehem that the mayor and controller and/or such other city officials is deemed appropriate by the city solicitor are hereby authorized to execute the use
permit agreement with Junth Lehigh Valley for the 2025 Junth Lehigh Valley Music Festival. Item 10E. Be it resolved by the council of the city of Bethlehem that the mayor and controller and/or such other city officials deemed appropriate by the city solicitor are
hereby authorized to execute a use permit agreement with Holy Infancy Roman Catholic Church for the 2025 Holy Infancy Cultural Celebration. And item 10F, be it resolved by the council of the city of Bethlehem, that the mayor and controller andor such other city
officials as deemed appropriate by the city solicitor are hereby authorized to execute a use permit agreement with Arts Quest for Sangria Fest. These resolutions are sponsored by Mr. Callahan and Miss Quiet. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Discussion on the group.
We'll call the RO. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grahamy Smith. I. Miss Quiet. I Miss Leard I Miss Leon I and Mr. Cologne I they all pass 70 10G be resolved by the council of the city of Bethlehem that the mayor and
controller andor such other city officials deemed appropriate by the city solicitor are hereby authorized to execute agreement with Herbert Roland and Grubic incorporated to design drainage swale improvements for the Stefco swale resolution sponsored by Mr. Callahan,
Miss Quitech, discussion on 10G. Call the role. Miss Wilhelm. Hi. Callahan. Hi. Miss Grampy Smith. Hi. Miss Quitech. Hi. Miss Lair. Hi. Miss Leon. Hi. And Mr. Cologne. I pass 70 10 each. It resolved by the council of the
city of Bethlehem that the mayor and controller andor such other city officials is deemed appropriate by the city solicitor are hereby authorized to execute an agreement with Herbert Roland Grubic Incorporated to design drainage improvements for Easton Avenue to Stefco Boulevard. Resolution is sponsored by
Mr. Callahan and Miss Quitech. Discussion. Call the RO. Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. I miss Grampy Smith. I miss I miss Leairard. Hi, Miss Leon. Hi, Mr. Cologne. I pass 70. I'll accept a motion
in a second to consider the three certificates or appropriateness uh 10 I through 10K as a group. So moved. Second. Motion by Councilwoman Leairard, second by Councilwoman Wilhelm. Discussion on the motion. Mr. Miller, please call the RO on the
motion. Miss Wilhelm. I call I. Gra Smith. I I Miss Le I Mr. Hello. I pass 70. Please read 10 I through 10K. Item 10 I. Certificates of appropriateness under the provisions of
the act of the Pennsylvania legislature. for Bethlehem resolution is hereby granted for 438 High Street to install a 4ft high by 14t long woodpick privacy fence between their property and the
adjacent neighbor at 442 High Street J 438 Center Street to remove aged vinyl siding from the back wall east facade and restore the original brickmasonry currently underneath the vinyl siding. Restoration is to include repair to any
brick face and repointing as needed using period appropriate materials and colors. And item 10K for 521 Main Street to install a new blade sign and window decals. These resolutions are sponsored by Mr. Callahan and Miss Quiet. Discussion on the group.
Call the RO. Miss Wilhelm. I. Mr. Callahan. I. Miss Grampy Smith. Hi. Miss Quiet. I. Miss Leard. Hi. Miss Lome. Hi. and Mr. Cologne. I the COA's pass 70. That concludes tonight's agenda. Get
home safely, everyone. This meeting is ajourned.