33  Work Session Meeting Minutes -July 22, 2021  City Council Chambers, City Building, 16 West Scribner Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania onl Thursday, July: 22, 2021 @ 4p.m.; Council convened: att theirr regular Work Session with Mayor Walshi int the Chair. Other Council Members present were: Diane Bernardo, Shane Dietz, and Shannon Gabriel. Also present were: City Manager,. John "Herm" Suplizio; City Engineer/Public' Work Director, Chris Nasuti; Redevelopment Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent, Joel Mitchell; Code Enforcement/Zoning Officer, Zac Lawhead; Police Chief, Blaine Clark (was called out for backup); IT Director, James Tokarcik;  and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer. Approval of Minutes Review for Monday Approval of Registry ofl Invoices Review for Monday  Absent: Councilman, Jim Aughenbaugh and City Controller, David Volpe  Resolution! No.: 2021-0336- Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant-$121,436  CITY OF DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA 16W. SCRIBNE AVE. PO.E BOX408 DUBOIS, AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL: RESOLUTION Resolution) No. 2021-0336  15801  TELEPHONE: (814)3 371-2000  BeitRESOLVED, thatt the CityofDuBois! hereby requesta Multimodal Transportation) Fund granto of$121.436 fromt thel Pennsylvania Departmento of Community and Economic) Development tob beu usedf for Maple Avenue Streetscape BeitFURTHERI RESOLVED, thatt the Applicant doesh hereby designate Edward Walsh. Mayor and] John Suplizio. City Manager as the official(s)t toe execute all documents anda agreements betweent the City ofI DuBois andt thel Pennsylvania. Department ofc Community and Economic) Development to facilitate and assisti in Bobbie Shaffer. duly qualified Secretary oft the City ofDuBois. Clearfield County, PA, hereby certify thatt thef forgoingi isa trues ando correct copy ofal Resolution duly adoptedby amajority vote oft the CityofDuBois: ata public meeting! held] July, 22.2 2021 ands said Resolution! hasb beenr recorded int thel Minutes oft the Cityo ofDuBois andr remainsi ine effect INV WITNESS THEREOF, laffix myl hand ands atfach thes seal ofCity ofDuBois,  Phase2  obtainingt ther requested grant. asofthisd date. This2 22ndd dayo ofJuly.2021. CityofDuBois Name ofA Applicant ClearfieldCounty County  23pp  Redevelopment Authority Director Mitchell statedt that thisi isal DCED grant whichy willl be usedt to finisht the streetscapel between? 7th and1 10th Streets onl Maple Avenue. The motion was made! by Gabriel ands seconded by Dietzt that Councila approve Resolution No. 2021-0336 as presented. Roll call vote was ast follows: Gabriel, yea; Dietz, yea; Bernardo, yea; Walsh, yea. Motion passed 4-0. Request from Matthew Reed to close W.I Park Avenue from Brady Street tot the intersection at North. Jared Street on Sunday, October 17,20211 from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. for the Spooky Season Spectacular with proceeds going toF First Class Children's Foundation for supply/book boxes for Mayor Walsha askedi ift this event wouldi interfere with Octoberfest. Councilwoman Bernardo confirmed it would not. Mayor Walsha askedi ifit wouldi interfere with the businesses along that street. The City Manager stated that asi itisa a Sunday theb businesses would be closed, soi its shouldn't beap problem. Councilwoman Bernardo askedi ifh hev was the gentlemen that did the car showsi int the past. The City Manager confirmed he was. Bernardo askedi ifhel hadi insurancel int the past; the City  children atJ Juniata Elementary School.    34  Work Session Meeting Minutes -July 22, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Secretarys stated she didn't believe he did. The motion wasi made! by Bernardo and: seconded by Gabriel that Council approve ther request from Mr. Reedt to close W. Park Avenue from Brady Street tot thei intersection: at North. Jared Street on Sunday, October 17, 2021 from 8a.m. until 4:30 p.m.f for Spooky Season Spectacular contingent onl Mr. Reedp providing ac Certificate ofL Liability Insurance. Roll call vote was asf follows: Gabriel, yea; Dietz,) yea; Bernardo, yea; Walsh,) yea. Motion passed 4-0. Starting to work on cleanup today. We werel hopingt tos gett the road back opened upt tomorrow but therey were some unforeseen complications. Whent they were cleaning up the loose bricks they noticedac crack across the entiref front oft the! building. Thei insurance companyi is sending engineers Mayor Walsha asked where wes stand with thet trees. Code Enforcement/Zoning: Officer Lawhead stated thatt the mani is on vacation buty willl bel backt tomorrow. Buth he wasn't very optimistic that Concerning the garage: The owner is working with her insurance company and checking into The City Manager asked tos go back tot thes sports bar; we: still can't opent the road? do with thet front; theyf feelp part of thep piler may! be holding up thef front.  Update onE Eastside Sports Bar  tomorrowi to decided what to do. Wea are making progress.  they wouldg getr right onit.  demolition contractors. Should ber movingf forward.  Lawhead: said they can't finish cleaning upt the side of the! building until they cant figure out what to City Engineer Nasutis stated thati ift there are loose bricks ont the front, one lane on Rt.: 219 may! have to  be closed.  Mayor Walsh: said that itr really affects allt the businesses ont that corner.  Update on 42 W.I Long Avenue  City Engineer Nasutis statedt that the buildingi is completely downa andt they aret filling int thel hole. We willo opent the sidewalk once thef filli is up to grade. Nasutis stated that we really made out well ont the demolition, we were only! billed $10,000 and they were ablet to use thet filli from Maple Avenue. City Engineer Nasuti told Council thatt ther road project ont the one-way road that is now, goingt tol bea  Update on! Maple Avenue  two-way road has been paved. It'sg going very well. The: sidewalk is going as well as can! be expected. The waterline, there! have beens some issues.  They willb bep paving thel lane comingi intot town from Beaver Meadow Creamery to gth Street; followed Nasuti statedt that our Water Treatment Plant was hit byl lightning and Redevelopment Authority Director Mitchell wasi instrumental! ing getting it back upa andr running. Mayor Walsha askedi ifi insurance will cover the damage. Nasuti believes its should but he! hasn't talked to ana adjuster yet. They were doings some work out at ther reservoir and moved thei intake valve; now the wateri isa yellow color duei tot thel highl level ofr manganesei int the water. They! have stopped construction and movedt thei intake back hopingt thev water will clear; should takea af few days. Talkedt tot the owner oft the property where the chickens live, he will talkt tol his tenant about getting rid oft them. Thel Mayor explained they were running ont tol Main Street andi it was causingat traffic  bys gth to Oklahoma Salem Roada and finally Beaver Meadow Creamery to Sheetz.  City Engineer/Public Works Director- Chris Nasuti  Code Enforcement/Zonings Officer- Zac Lawhead  hazard.  Councilman Shane Dietz  Goodj joby Water Department: for getting the plant up and operational    35  Work Session Meeting Minutes -July 22, 2021 (Cont'd.)  Whata are we going to doi ift they can't opent the street at the Eastside! Sports Bar upi inat timely manner? City Manager Suplizio wondered ifv we could geti int touchy with Mr. Kepple and have the areai fencedin. Engineer Nasutis statedt that asl long ast theb building is unsafe we cannot opent the street. He's not surei if wel have the authority to makel Mr. Kepple fencet thea areai in. We may have tot talk with the City Solicitora aboutt that. Code Enforcer Lawhead suggested we uset thes same tactics that we did with Mr. Shuttleworth: and charge him per day. He believes Mr. Kepple has beenp pretty much cut out of any decision making ..he! believes the Sher noticed that theyl haves started cleaning up the Spring Avenue firep property. Question about pool construction: How long after thep pooll has been put inu until at fence musth bei installed? She statedt the property is located att thet top of Spring andl Love and one side oft thep pooli isl level with theg ground. Dangerous for children. Thanked the City Engineer fort the water explanation.  insurance companyi is contacting Hallstrom Construction directly.  Councilwoman Shannon Gabriel  Councilwoman Diane Bernardo anyr reference tot thet fence.  Askedift thej pool was permitted. Lawhead confirmed it was; he'llt take al look and check out Julie's building downtown: Did anyone talk to her? Lawhead confirmed he did and the balli is Mike's Lock Shop Building- Any update? No one hada ar recent update. Lawhead hasn't seen Articlei int the newspaper: Mayor Walsh wentt tot the meeting with Bernardo. Walsh stated therei isal lack of communication; it'st terrible. They told Mary. Jo) Yebernetsky they neededa Certificate ofl Liabilityi insurancei in February; she finally admitteds she dropped the ball. They discussedi ther negativity oft the website. Downtown DuBois feels that the Cityi ist taking the pictures the wrongway. Walsh: still feels itisn not appropriate fort themt tol have those pictures ont their site. Josiah from Clearfield County Tourism was att the meeting, he appreciated Mayor Walsh attending. We need! better communications between the City andt the Downtown DuBois, Inc. organization. Councilwoman Bernardol has very strongf feels about the organization: and would like tos see Octoberfest movedt tot the park. She statedt that she toldt themt that downtown promotions shouldi include the merchants from the downtown; buts stillt the group doesn't contact the merchants ora ask themtop particdpatefustating ATTEST: F  rolling. Shel has actual plans from Chuck Meier. anya activity aroundi theret for ay while.