281 Public Hearing - March 22, 2021 @ 6:50 p.m. Council Bill No. 1960-House/Buiding Numbers City Council Chambers, City Building, 161 West Scribner. Avenue, DuBois, Pennsylvania on Monday, March 22, 2021 @ 6:50 p.m.; Council convened: as al Hearing Boardi inc ordert tol hear andi receive comments, written and oral, reviews and! have discussion ont thep proposed Council Bill No. 1960 - House/Building Numbers. Mayor Walsh opened the meetinga at 6:50p p.m. Other Council Members present were: James Aughenbaugh, Diane Bernardo, Shane! Dietz, Shannon Gabriel; and City Controller, David Volpe. Also present were: City Manager, John' "Herm" Suplizio; City Solicitor, Toni Cherry; City Engineer/Public Works Director, Chris Nasuti; Redevelopment. Authority Director/Assistant Public Works Superintendent, Joe Mitchell; Police Chief, Blaine Clark (who was accompanied by! his grandson Tanner); and City Secretary, Bobbie Shaffer. Mayor Walsh openedt the! hearing: ate 6:50 p.m. Mayor Walsha askedi ift there were any public comments or concerns. Therev weret threer residents present (Sandra Bumpers 504 South Ave, Doris Sands - 347 BI Patterson Ave, &J Joanne Wachob 347 C Patterson. Ave) who voicedt their concerns ont thel height oft the numbers required. Thel ladies that livedi int the condos statedt that 6"r numbers do noti fith betweent the window and thef front door. Theyf feelt that 4- 5" numbers aret the normal size usedi for houser numbers onj plaques. City Manager Suplizio statedt the emergency: services such ast fire department, police department, and ambulances wouldl like tol have 6". He statedt thati itisf for the resident's protection; buti ifitisn'tp possible tor make 6"r numbers fit, maybe we cant takeal look ati ita and give ane exemption. He: stressed, itis not the Cityi itselft thati isr requesting this, itist the emergency: services. Itisr really hard to seer numbers smaller than 6"v wheni itis dark outside. Itwouldr maket theirj jobs muche easieri ifa allr numbers we consistent andi inj plain Thel ladies questioned on whether orr not Lowe'shave the corresponding lettersi in6 6". City Manager City Solicitor Cherry askedi ift the ladies didn't use ap plaque and compressed justt the numbers together, view from thei front. Suplizio stated hev was not sure about that; hel had checkedi for the numbers. wouldt they fitt then? Thel ladies saidp possibly! but it would bey very veryt tight. Councilwoman Bernardo: askedt the ladies wheret the paper numbers they displayed came from. One statedt that her brother! has a machine that will print vinyl and hel hadi madet them. Bernardo statedt that she had picked upt the numbers from Lowe's andt they are not as wide ast the ones ont the paper. Maybea City Solicitor Cherry askedi ife each condol has a front window. The ladies confirmed that they do. Solicitor Cherry statedt that ath her offices she does noty want to drilli ini thel brick top putt the street number, so she displays al large number1 1inh her front window. The ladies thought that wasa a goodi idea. Councilwoman Bernardos statedt that ther numbers atl Lowe's (and shei is not ana advocatedi for Lowe's)are One oft thel ladies mentioned that they put their house number ont their garagei in Florida. changei inf font wouldh help. reflective. City Manager Suplizio said we don't want that, whati ift the doori is open during: ane emergency. Itv would! be nicei ifallt the condos putt their numbers int thes same place, it would really! benefit everyone. We will work City Solicitor Cherry askedi ift there was a specific material named int the Ordinance. Should we change the Councilmen. Aughenbaugh: statedt that you cang get reflective vinylt that could workf for signs. City Solicitor Cherry saidt that you cana also geti reflective papert that could worki ify youp puti itc ont thei inside Cherry then askedi if wer needt toa amend our Ordinance tos state "or some other suitable material as with everyone tos gett this accomplished. ordinancet toi include othert types ofr materiali for the signs? ofy yourf front window. approved by the CodeE Enforcement Officer". 282 Public Hearing - March 22, 2021 @ 6:50 p.m. Council Bill No. 1960-House/Buiding Numbers (Cont'd.) Council feltt thatt those changes wouldr maket the Ordinance better. wouldb bet takinga affect. Mayor Walshs stated! he understood. Mayor Walsh closedther meetinga at7 7:08 p.m. Cherrys statedt that duet tot the changes she would! havet tor readt the entire Ordinance where the changes ATTEST: 3 aK