CITY OF WILKES-BARRE  PENNSYIVANIA WVILKES  1871  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA  CITY COUNCIL JULY9th,2024  6:00 p.m.  Cathy Payne, City Clerk  1. Resolution to install a non-lit, double sided blade sign outside the business located at 27 E. Northampton Street. (owners Holly K. Pilcavage  and Sara Crolick)  6:10 p.m.  Mayor George C. Brown (See Attached)    WILKES-BARRE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION -JULY 9, 2024 MAYORSAGENDA  RESOLUTION:  Authorizing the proper city officials to enter into an agreement for an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases grant in the amount of $2,545,493,81 with Authorizing the proper city officials to enter into an agreement with the lowest responsible along with any or all other project documents, related to the Project. Thej project will be funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's (DCED) Authorizing the proper city officials to take any and all necessary actions related to awarding the following contracts to the lowest responsible bidders (Hadley Construction, Inc. for general construction activities in the amount of$991,245.00 and Apollo Group, Inc. for electrical and mechanical improvements to the Weir Street Stormwater Pumping Station in the amount of  Pennsylvania Department ofHealth.  bidder  in the amount of $0.00 for the Kirby Park ADA and Other Upgrades Project,  Marketing to Attract Tourist grant funding.  $166,000.00) for the Brookside Levee Rehabilitation Project.  ORDINANCE:  Adopting the 2024. Action Plan encompassing the Community Development Block Grant Program and HOME Program Budgets for Program Year Fifty and appropriating specific sums  estimated tol be required to complete program activities.    Resolution No.  Wilkes-Barre, PA  BEITRESOLVED by the City Council ofthe City ofWilkes-Barre:  WHEREAS, Holly K. Pilcavage and Sara Crolick, co-owners of] Evergreen WB; desire to install a sign (see attached), which will be a non-lit, double sided blade sign, nine  feet above the sidewalk.  NOW, THEREFORE, BE: IT RESOLVED by the City Council that approval is  hereby granted contingent upon satisfaction oft the following requirements:  File the following with the City Attorney's Office:  1. File liability insurance naming the City of as an insured for any liability  connected with the said request. 2. File al release and Save Harmless Agreement.  3. The applicant and a successor shall file current liability insurance naming the  city as an: insured.  Submitted by.  ROLL CALL    Resolution No.  Wilkes-Barre, PA  BEITRESOLVED by the City Council ofthe City ofWilkes-Barre:  Authorizing the proper city officials to enter an agreement for an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases grant in the amount of$2,545,493.81 with the Pennsylvania Department of Health.  Submitted by.  ROLL CALL    LV  Resolution No..  Wilkes-Barre, PA  BEITRESOLVED by the City Council ofthe CityofWilkes-Bare:  WHEREAS, the City of Wilkes-Barre has publicly advertised for bidders to perform WHEREAS, the project will consist ofi installation of ADA compliant pathways from the parking lot area to access the main softball field, track area and restrooms. Additionally, new ADA curb cuts and ramps will be installed from the parking lot area to the ADA pathways. Lastly, ADA parking areas will be designated and the parking lot area and main roadway into NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council oft the City of Wilkes- Barre that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the lowest, responsible bidder, XXXX, in the amount of $0.00 for the project, along with any or all other project documents, related to Kirby Park. ADA and Other Upgrades Project. The project will be funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development's (DCED) Marketing to. Attract Tourist grant funding.  work for the Kirby Park. ADA and Other Upgrades Project;  Kirby Park will be repaved;  Submitted by.  ROLL CALL    Resolution No.  Wilkes-Barre, PA  BEITRESOLVED by the City Council of the CityofWilkes-Barre:  RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to take any and all necessary actions related to awarding the following contracts to the lowest responsible bidders  for the Brookside Levee Rehabilitation Project:  1. Hadley Construction, Inc. for general construction activities in the amount of 2. Apollo Group, Inc. for electrical and mechanical improvements to the Weir Street  $991,245.00; and  Stormwater Pumping Station in the amount of $166,000.00.  Submitted by.  ROLL CALL    FILE OF COUNCIL  NO.  OF2024  PRESENTED IN CITY COUNCIL  AN ORDINANCE  ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WILKES-BARRE, COUNTY OF LUZERNE, AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, ADOPTING THE 2024 ACTION PLAN ENCOMPASSING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND HOME PROGRAM BUDGETS FOR PROGRAM YEAR FIFTY AND APPROPRIATING SPECIFIC SUMS ESTIMATED TO BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE  PROGRAM ACTIVITIES."  WHEREAS, it is now appropriate to approve the Budget and Financial Statement of Objectives for the 2024 Action Plan for Fifty (50) and to authorize the submission of  the same the Department ofHousing & Urban Development (DHUD).  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Wilkes-Barre and it is hereby ordained and enacted by authority of the same  that:  SECTIONL The attached Budget and Financial Statement of Objectives for the SECTION II. Further, the proper City Officials are hereby authorized to submit SECTION. III. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. Ifany part of this Ordinance is declared to be unconsttutional, illegal, or invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall be unaffected thereby. It is the intention ofthe Council ofthe City of Wilkes-Barre that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such  20244 Action Planj for. Fifty (50) are hereby approved.  the same to the Department ofHousing & Urban Development (DHUD).  unconsttutiona, illegal, or invalid part not be included.  SECTION. IV. Further, the proper City Officials are hereby authorized to bid, award, and execute any and all necessary documents related to the implementation of this budget pursuant to all regulatory requirements of the Community Development  Block Grants, and. HOME Programs. the same are hereby repealed.  SECTION V. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent herewith be and    CDBG 2024 BUDGET  $ 1,426,705.00 $  PUBLIC FACILITIES Infrastrucutre Improvements Fundability Citation: 570.208(a)(1) Eligible Citation: 570.2010 Streets/ADA ramps Parks/ ADA Accessibility and Equipment (TBA) FIRE EQUIPMENT Fundability Citation: 570.208(a)(1) Eligibility Citation: 570.2010 South Fire Station Roof Turnout gear Hollenback Station Doors Fire Hose Replacement Misc Fire Equipment DEMOLITION Fundability Citation: 570.208(b)(2) Eligibility Citation: 570.202 Demolition (Slum & Blight) PUBLIC SERVICES (Up to 15% MAX) Fundability Citations: 570.208; Eligibility Citation: 570.201 e YMCA (Children's Camp) (a)(2)  538,364.00 38%  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  288,364.00 250,000.00 220,000.00 15% 110,000.00 35,000.00 50,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 74,000.00 5%  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  208,000.00 15% 12,000.00 10,000.00 17,000.00 135,000.00 10,000.00 15,000.00 9,000.00 101,000.00 7% 100,000.00 1,000.00 285,341.00 20%  Osterhout Free Library (South-Children's Programs) (a)(1) Catholic Social Services- Men's Homeless Shelter- Mother Theresa Shelter  (a)(2)(A) Community Policingla)(1)  Domestic Violence (Emergency Shelter)(a)(2)A) Wyoming Valley Children's Assoc (Childs Health) (a)(2) Ruth's Place (Volunteers of America) Fundability Citation: 570.208(a)(3) Eligibility Citation: 570.202 Emergency Rehab Housing (1-2 Unit) (RL FUND) $1,200 ADMINISTRATION (MAX IS 20%) Administration Hours (20%) Total Actual Budget Surplust (Deficit-) Low Mod- 70%/ Admin-20%/ S&B-10% HOME: $289,833.43 Approved: Syah  HOUSING  $ 1,426,705.00 $  K