Agenda Items

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ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-6109 Bill 75 Amending the 2023 General Fund budget to allow for a position name change in the Department of Public Works, Recycling and Solid Waste, by changing the SWEEP Officer position to SWEEP Officer Bilingual.

Legislation Text Bill 75 - SWEEP Officer Retitle

15-6110 Bill 76 Amending the 2023 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from People's First Federal Credit Union to support the mini-pitch system at Jordan Meadows.

Legislation Text Bill 76 People's First Donation

15-6111 Bill 77 Amending the 2023 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Two-Million-Dollars ($2,000,000.00) grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address housing related hazards including radon remediation, asbestos abatement, and electrical and plumbing repairs. The 2023 Federal Healthy Homes Production Grant is a reimbursable grant which will be spent over the course of 42 months to fund repairs up to $10,000 per home for 135 qualified Allentown homeowners and tenants/landlords. Additionally, it is requested to amend the 2023 General Fund budget to create two (2) new fully grant funded positions in the Department of Community & Economic Development's (DCED) Community Housing program and provide supplemental grant funding to two (2) existing positions. The funds for these positions were awarded as a grant from the Federal Healthy Homes Production (HHP).

Legislation Text Bill 77 Grant Funded PAHHP0110-23

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RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-6151 R139 Authorizes the submission of the formal application for funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the Strategic Management Planning Program (STMP) in the amount of up to Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).

Legislation Text R139 STMP Grant

15-6127 R140 Approves a transfer of $22,352.00 in Revenue & Audit Bureau for Unexpected Fees from Lehigh Tax Collection Committee Service to the City of Allentown in Regards to EIT Collection.

Legislation Text R140 Transfer Funds R140 Fee for Lehigh Tax Collection Committee Services in Regards to EIT Collection

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION (To be referred to Committee with public comment prior to referral)

15-6150 Bill 79 Refer to the Public Safety Committee Amending the 2023 General Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars ($25,725) from the United States Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Grant for the purpose of overtime pay of patrol presence in an effort to suppress violent crimes and drug investigations in the Keystone Opportunity Zone in Allentown.

Legislation Text Bill 79 JAG Grant

15-6152 Bill 80 Refer to the Community and Economic Development Committee Amending Chapter 406, Nuisance Abatement, to consistently refer to the Appeals Board as the Nuisance Abatement Board of Appeals. This legislation cleans up language relating to the Nuisance Abatement Board of Appeals.

Legislation Text Bill 80 Nuisance Abatement Clean-up

15-6153 Bill 81 Refer to the Community and Economic Development Committee, Allentown Planning Commission and Lehigh Valley Planning Commission AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN TO ADD A NEW SECTION THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW "MIXED USE OVERLAY" ZONING DISTRICT, AND THAT WOULD APPLY THIS NEW DISTRICT TO LAND FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE ALLENTOWN STATE HOSPITAL THAT IS SOUTH OF HANOVER AV., SOUTH OF E. ALLEN ST., SOUTH OF WAHNETA ST. EXTENDED, GENERALLY EAST OF MAXWELL ST. EXTENDED, NORTH OF RIVER DR., AND WEST OF THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM BORDER, AS DEPICTED IN MORE DETAIL ON AN ATTACHED MAP LABELED EXHIBIT A, AND TO ADD CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

Legislation Text Bill 81 Allentown Mixed Use Overlay Zoning Draft 8 2 23 Legal Description of Proposed Mixed Use Overlay District Northridge-Plans-Zoning-080323B Petition Letter

RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTION (Can be voted on or Referred to Committee):

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