Agenda Items

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ORDINANCES FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-7500 Bill No. 16 - 2025 An Ordinance amending the Zoning Code of the City of Allentown, Section 660-6, by removing the meal preparation and provision to only senior citizens limitation within the community center definition and to read as follows: A building used for recreational, social, educational and cultural activities owned and/or operated by a public or nonprofit group or agency. Any residential uses or a treatment center shall only be permitted if they also comply with the requirements for such use.

Legislation Text Bill 16 Community Center ACPC actions TextAmendCommunityCenter 03.11.25.pdf Community Center Definition Change - A building used for recreational, social, educational and cultural activities owned and or operated by a public or nonprofit group or agency.pdf Allentown - Community Center Definition.pdf 03 March Minutes Draft.pdf Planning & Zoning Staff Report - Community Center Definiton Text Amendement - MAR2025.pdf ZHB decision.pdf Memo to City Council re Bill No. 16 - 2025 8APR25.docx

15-7761 Bill 50 Amending the 2025 Capital Fund Budget to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to support the rehabilitation of Bogert's Bridge.

Legislation Text Bill 50 Bogert's Bridge RACP Allocation

15-7762 Bill 51 Amending the 2025 General Fund Budget to provide for a transfer of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Equipment Fund into the Fleet Maintenance budget to account for repairs on city equipment that exceeded the original budget amount. These unexpected repairs include fire equipment, paving equipment, and tub grinder equipment.

Legislation Text Bill 51 Transfer Equipment Fund to Fleet Budget

15-7764 Bill 52 Amending Article 507 (Traffic Control Maps) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Allentown. The Administration is authorized to establish and evaluate traffic regulations for a temporary period not to exceed 90 days. This legislation makes the temporary changes permanent.

Legislation Text Bill 52 - Traffic Control Map Amendment

CONSENT AGENDA: There are no resolutions for the consent agenda.

RESOLUTIONS FOR FINAL PASSAGE (To be Voted On):

15-7781 R73 Denial of a Certificate of Appropriateness - 945 Turner Street

Legislation Text R73 945 Turner St-HARB DENIED Resolution DRAFT .doc FINAL Review 945 Turner Chimney Repair Legalization.docx

15-7801 R77 Approves the submission of a formal grant application to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the construction of Phase 2 of the Martin Luther King (MLK) Trail. The City is asking for $300,000.00 in grant funding with no match required.

Legislation Text R77 MLK Trail Grant Application

15-7808 R78 Cancels the July 2, 2025 Council Meeting

Legislation Text R78 Happy 4th cancels July 2 CM.doc

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

15-7796 Bill 53 Amending the 2025 General Fund to provide for a supplemental appropriation of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) to support the Main Street Program in the Department of Community & Economic Development.

Legislation Text Bill 53 Main Street Program

15-7798 Bill 54 Amending the 2025 Trexler Fund by authorizing a supplemental appropriation from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Fund in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($121,750.00) to the operating and capital budgets of the Parks and Recreation Department and correspondingly increase the City Match amount by Seven Thousand Three Hundred and Five Dollars ($7,305.00) to follow the 6% requirement.

Legislation Text Bill 54 - 2025 Trexler Allocation.docx

15-7797 Bill 55 Amending the 2025 General Fund budget by changing the Fixed Cost Distribution (FCD) for seven (7) positions within the Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) to direct a portion of their salary and benefits expense to the Grant Fund Recompete Program budget to reflect work performed under the grant.

Legislation Text Bill 55 Recompete FCD Amendments

15-7805 Bill 56 Amending the 2025 Trexler Fund by authorizing a supplemental appropriation from the unappropriated balance of the Trexler Fund in the amount of One Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Three Hundred and Five Dollars ($193,305.00) to the operating and capital budgets of the Parks and Recreation Department.

Legislation Text Bill 56 - Capital 2025 Project Allocation