Harrisburg City Council Legislative Session - 06/11/2024

we are going to conduct our legislative

caucus briefly before moving right into

our legislative

session I will call the meeting to order

immediately following this caucus uh Mr

Parker will lead us in roll call the

invocation will be led by councilwoman

Davis followed by the Pledge of

Allegiance which will be led by

councilwoman RWS for communications this

evening uh we have two Professionals of

color on their juneth hbg celebration I

don't see anyone here yet um and then

the second is a pre a presentation by

the city of Harrisburg parks recreation

and enrichment department on their

summer enrichment program then we'll

move to Courtesy of the floor follow by

the approval of minutes for the

legislative session that occurred on May

28th

2024 we have several reports of

committees that you will hear this

evening I will deliver the first one on

behalf of the administration committee

on the work session that occurred on

June 4th

2024 then chair Davis who chairs our

building and housing committee will

share her report on the work session of

June 4th

2024 and the final report you will hear

this evening will be delivered by chair

RW on behalf of the parks recreation and

enrichment committee on the work session

of June 4th

2024 we have one bill bill three of 2024

it's an ordinance for first reading it

will move to the administration

committee we do not have any ordinances

for Amendment or ordinances for final

Passage we'll then move to

resolutions resolution 28 of

2024 which we will vote upon resolution

29 of 2024 which we will vote upon

resolution 37 of 2024 which we will vote

upon in resolution 39 of

2024 is there any old Business Council

Members okay seeing and hearing none any

new business

okay any other new

business okay and then we will

adjourn so the time is 6:04 p.m. I will

officially call our legislative session

to order

Mr Parker could you please call the role

yes Miss Daniels

here Miss Davis present Miss green

present Mr Jones

here M rolls present Mr

Rodriguez present and Miss

Bowers

present the invocation this evening will

be led by councilwoman Davis thank you

president

Bowers being that school is about to end

I'd like to have a

moment uh to um consider the safety and

productivity of our students so let's

just hold that

moment thank you very

much thank you councilwoman Davis the

pledge of Allegiance will be led by

councilwoman RS thank you president

Bowers may I please

stand thank you councilwoman

Ross Miss Ross would you like to join us

so we're joined

by Miss Sasha Ross deputy

director of parks recreation and

enrichment under Public Works she'll be

sharing a presentation on the city's

summer enrichment

program is I

just hello our summer enrichment program

started on Monday actually we have about

move the microphone a little closer just

want to make sure everybody can hear you

thank you we have about 400 kids signed

up already which is we're excited about

that's a lot of children it's about 120

kids just at Reservoir Park

alone we're located at eight different

Parks Monday through Friday 10: a.m. to

3 p.m. we have art yoga dance

sustainable education free lunches every

day we do um free p trips every

Wednesday and field trips every

Friday this is a grasp of the attendance

from 2023 to

2024 some other summer programs that

we're having is Art in the Park which

started tonight um from 6:00 to 8: every

Tuesday we have ten tennis lessons you

can find on our um website or on our

social

media for that's can you go back to that

slide um with the bar

chart chart I'm

yes all

right um we also will be um having Girl

Scouts come in on Wilson Park this is a

pilot that they're going to be coming in

um and just about they're going to take

to 20 to 30 um kids like four weeks out

of the summer we're also continuing

learn to swim our community day is is at

um Jackson L this year like last year

movie Nights in the Bandshell and are

grown

green it's like a planting showing kids

how to plant and take care different

type of

plants that's it any

questions I know it started on Monday

but if somebody is now hearing this all

of this great programming and their in

how can they do that they can go to the

park um at 10:00 9:30 the earliest is

when the rec staff will be there or they

can go to the website okay and it's 10

to 3 every day right yes okay um I'm not

sure if any of my other colleagues may

have some questions about the

programming I'll begin with uh chair

Ross thank you I don't have any

questions I actually spoke with Miss

Ross um today at um the press conference

for the pool and I was going to um speak

on some of the activities that are

happening for um new business so so

thank you you any other questions or

comments thank you president Bowers

thank you Miss Ross it sounds like a

Summer full of fun and I'm excited for

the children thank you for all your hard

work thank you yes uh my question would

be um uh how was the employment for the

Youth this year how's that panning out

we're fully staffed as swim Po in at the

parks okay um what's what's the age

groups can you share that

that we hire yeah uh 15 to teachers okay

all right yeah I think this is um I like

the agenda um being there's a lack of

some other programming that's going on

you know of course we are we're not

having the environmental team

Corporation this year which will give us

an influx of probably another 150 youth

that can be at risk so I think um so to

anybody out there listening and paying

attention hopefully they can get to some

of these parks and areas and join in the

festivities so uh thank you for you know

putting this agenda together thank

you thank you very

much didn't want to skip over not sure

if anyone is present on behalf of the

young Professionals of color to discuss

juneth hbg I don't see anyone but I just

wanted to make

sure okay

if they join us um we can revisit that

later we'll now move to Courtesy of the

floor just a few housekeeping notes

before we begin um please state your

name and your address for the meeting

record if you don't feel comfortable

sharing your address please share so

there's that hold on one second sorry

the microphone is

charging okay

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thank

you my name is uh Jeff I live at

660 Bois Street uh in Harrisburg I've

lived there for since May of

2001 um I

have deep concerns about my tenant

landlord

relationship and to be blunt it the

relation ship is extremely

adversarial over the past four years I

have filed four comp over the past year

I have filed four complaints with the

Bureau of Consumer Protection at the

Pennsylvania Attorney General's office I

spent much time writing each complaint

and providing details including photos

in some

instances one complaint related to elev

elevators they were operated for 6

months with expired uh

certifications another uh complaint was

about

Windows not uniformly being in good

repair the building is exteriorly clad

probably 85% with windows so windows are

extremely

important um the final complaint was a

combined complaint uh with related to my

security deposit and and utility charges

for natural gas on a monthly basis I

also have a case before the appeals

before the Dolphin County appeals

court the outof state landlord New York

has ignored me repeatedly also has

ignored the agents at the Pennsylvania

Attorney General's office um they have

confirmed to me in writing that the

recipient

uh of my complaint meaning the landlord

has not responded to the PA Attorney

General's office I assume that the outof

state landlord feels almost a sense of

immunity from Pennsylvania laws the

owner is very secretive I do not know

exactly who he is he has called me twice

about 20 minutes each time within the

past 3 months and I have documented and

copied him on on what transpired during

the call in the latest call he

repeatedly made me aware that he could

opt to not renew my lease when it came

up in spontaneous conversations with

others in the 360 apartment building my

concerns are not

unique and others seem to have similar

and in some instances more dramatic

examples but I think they fear

retaliation I think the city council can

show can shine some light on renter

landlord situation Harrisburg would

surely not want any possibility of a

Surf Side happening here in my building

I guesstimate that the work staff in

recent years has decreased by 50% and my

annual rent has increased Over The Last

5 Years by

50% what's a possible Next Step perhaps

the city can pass a rule that landlords

with properties over a certain size or

number of Apartments must sign off

annually on an

attestation uh similar to the following

and this is the what the attestation

would say the owner operator of said

property consisting of said apartments

attests that the owner operator has

adequate resources of both human and

physical equipment to to keep this

property in good repair and at all times

operating under the laws of the state of

Pennsylvania and the City of Harrisburg

once this attestation this short

attestation is signed off it would be

posted in a visible place so that all

tenants could see and a copy filed with

the city thank you very much for the

opportunity

to grieve before

you thank you

can I ask him a question president B go

ahead would you be able hi um would you

be one thing thank you so much for

coming in and speaking to us um we

really appreciate that can you hear

me yes okay I wanted to know if you

would email us the document you just

read you have it okay I'm sorry no I

wanted you to email us what you read off

about what we could do as Council for a

for a landlord to

do this the station yes yes but Mr Jones

said councilman Jones said he has I have

a couple extra copies here oh yes but I

can also email it and I can also email

it okay could you do both could you hand

Mr Parker the extra copies to give to us

and then um I I don't want to say don't

email to then someone wants to email so

I would say could you email it as

well can you can you

and I know Mr councilman Jones had a

question yeah Mr glad my question would

be for Mr

Grover um yes sir is that something that

we could do

um I would look need to look at the

specific of that document but there is a

number of provisions of the code already

okay that govern landlords that

government departments and uh

specifically I don't know if that's

doable without researching the question

okay yeah and and I did reach out to a

couple other part departments Mr Glatt

uh to find out some information um

regarding what you wrote in your email

and I'm just waiting to hear back and I

will stay in contact with you on this um

I think um no one should have to be

living in those type of

conditions um especially you know where

their senior living there um there's no

way that people should be living like

that but again we just have to see what

we can do legally on this side um and if

we can get that attestation uh through

um after sharing this with Mr Grover I

think that's something that we can

discuss as as Council um but I do like

it um there has to be a level of

accountability and he did say there were

some other Provisions so I'll just have

to do a little bit more research and um

try to stay in touch with you regarding

this

issue thank you very much uh councilman

uh Jones um this is just a this was just

an idea sir you could speak directly

into the thank you this was just an idea

but if there's some way that the city

council can survey renters in the in the

city of Harrisburg there are certainly

very large apartment buildings here and

to my understanding many of them are

owned by outof state

landlords um and if there's some way to

S uh to survey them uh to post notices

that you will be in their building or

I'm I don't want to be the the lone the

lone voice but I am very passionate

about this

I'm 77 years old which should have

Council ladies and Council

gentlemen this is my first time here so

it is very very serious I reside in the

2730 North Fifth Street in harisburg

excuse me man could you state your name

please I will cousin Mike thank you name

is lesea green I reside at 2730 North

fth Street in Harrisburg in the Uptown

area my greatest concern is I was

questioned at the voting poll this past

April by the mayor about a basketball

goal well I was unfamiliar about

that but last week on June 4th and

5th I saw it

firsthand

2722 is respons responsible for the

basketball court this is residing on

Fifth Street as

well so what happened is the children

are coming from all areas of of town

even as far as Cumberland court to play

basketball the ages are six to maybe

12 this is what I experienc and this is

what I observe on Tuesday and Wednesday

of last week

unsafe kids are playing traffic is

coming if you're this little they can't

see you even though the residential

driving is supposed to be 25 they do 45

on Fifth Street all the

time my other thing that I observed was

cursing rude

disrespect I was told by the young men

that

hey stay your bloop bloop on your porch

or you can bloop bloop me

I said you're nine years old taxpayer

and I've been standing there and paying

31

years so the other things that happened

they changed from playing basketball to

football they almost hit my

car so I said if you hit your hit my car

bleep bleep I want my

money two more things to stay about

that so the children are also riding

bikes in that area not on the sidewalk

in the

street as I stated to you before not I'm

coming here but it also has been

reported by

2730 no I'm sorry

2723 and

2725 now experiencing this it could be a

death or injury on that

street I did not retire to babysit

anyone's kids I did I do not pay taxes

to let you talk to me

inappropriately and you want to attack

me so I don't know what can be done but

there were four police officers that

came on

Wednesday jumped out of their vehicles

shook the shook the hands of the six

individuals that were

there they played for a little bit and

the four officers came over to me and

said how you like us

now and they

left I think something needs to be done

about the basketball court move it from

the front it's not that much traffic in

the back or take my suggestion and go to

William pen there's plenty of room over

there plenty for you to play it'll be

safe and hopefully your parents will

know where you are in case if there's a

whereabout of an

emergency please take care of this as

soon as possible because it is very very

very serious business thank you ladies

and

gent thank you U just a

clarification the police

officers shook the voice the the the

youth's hand that were playing

basketball and then came to you and said

how do you like us now okay and to

me did you get any badge numbers by any

chance no but I would like for you to do

a further up investig

ation um I can give you the time off of

my phone after this okay so you can

retract that they did not want to give

me their badge numbers nor their names

first of all I'm retired and retired

Union so I do know that the ruling has

changed in Harrisburg that you do not

have to reside in

Harrisburg area to be on the police

force correct maybe that is it but I

believe

that some kind of conversation

should have happened right other than

playing I understand playing because you

want to build a relationship but and

it's okay to build a relationship but

that's not what the call was about right

and I explained to all four of them what

happened so it's kind of like you're

doing reverse a cocy to

me as a tax PA How You Like Me Now well

I'm not here to like you you were called

on a non-emergency

situation just because this happened and

there was not an emergency does not mean

that injury or death will present

itself here's another thing too um I

know you have reached out to me around

about this incident however um that last

piece that you said that wasn't I don't

think that was pretty good but there's

another option I will definitely reach

out to uh the commissioner or or the

captain but there's another way that you

can um try to get some assistance and

that's with the um CSA division to to

handle those disputes whereas I don't

know how the cops felt I can't speak for

them um for um something that is not

life-threatening um I think that's where

the csas will come in and try to get

into that to to to mediate that

situation so um I'll be in touch with

you and we'll try to figure this out all

right okay you well you let me know that

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okay

okay yep thank you thank you is there

anyone else in the middle section that

would like to offer public

comment seeing and hearing no one anyone

to my left left

all right thank you Mr Parker my name is

Robert Lawson um I reside at 2900 North

2 Street and I'm going to try to do

double task because I didn't realize I

had four minutes I thought I'd only had

two um

but even though they're not here to

present I I do want to make sure that

everyone in attendance knows that the

June team uh Festival is a great um

occasion for our city to come together

you'll find great uh thought pieces and

great speakers great entertainment that

um uh really supports the entire

Community whether you're of

African-American descent or not um it's

it's a great opportunity to just come

out and and celebrate um all together so

um I just wanted to make sure that at

least something was said even though

there's no pres presentation um so that

people here and and um in attendance at

least and and watching online get a

chance to go out there I don't have the

the uh the details but you can find it

online so I am here representing um Eden

Village of Harrisburg um you've probably

heard recently of a few uh tiny house

communities that are being uh built and

designed for our unhoused um citizens

that are occurring right here down near

pendot well Eden Village we are uh I

guess we'd say like the third phase

that's coming and we're slightly

different than the other um

organizations as we're not just limited

to Veterans this is a long-term housing

solution um to help people that are

chronically unhoused um It's a situation

where uh people who have been living on

the street for a year or more um been in

homeless shelters or or formally

incarcerated we are providing um

long-term solutions to where they can

move into our community the goal is for

them to get onto their feet and and

maybe uh move to a a typical um let's

say normal residence but we also want to

make sure that it's open for them so

that if they decide they never want to

leave they can stay there our goal is to

build community and to help make sure

that we can um encourage and build up

our

citizens I'm not asking for anything

right now I'm really just coming to you

and and bringing this to your attention

so that when we we uh present that you

know um you you have the information so

that you are familiar with us and I'm

also bringing it up because we're

getting ready to go into the budget

season and at some point there there

will be an ask and I want to make sure

that you have the information so that

you are familiar with this so that if we

do uh make an ask that you guys um at

least have the information where you can

make a decision and and determine

whether or not we can be incl included

in the budget so that's what I have for

you and and I thank you very much for

taking the time to listen to me thank

you thank

you is there anyone else to my left that

would like to offer public

comment seeing and hearing no one we

will move forward with our meeting

agenda next we have the approval of

minutes for the legislative session that

occurred on May 28th 2024

council members are there any revisions

to those

minutes seeing and hearing none the

minutes stand

approved uh now we will move to reports

of committees uh the first report you

will hear this evening I will deliver on

behalf of the administration committee

on the work session that occurred on

June 4th

2024 on Tuesday June 4th 2024 the

Administration committee met to discuss

two resolutions resolution 28 of

2024 a resolution appointing Gloria

Martin Roberts to serve on the board of

directors of the Harrisburg housing

authority and resolution 29 of

2024 a resolution appointing Zachary D

Jackson Senior to serve on the board of

directors of the Harrisburg Housing

Authority the Harrisburg Housing

Authority was formed Med in 1938 in

accordance with the housing authorities

law which provides for a five member

board comprised of residents of the city

of Harrisburg Who Shall Serve staggered

five-year terms there are currently two

vacancies on the Harrisburg Housing

Authority board of directors both Miss

Gloria Martin Roberts and Mr Jack

Zachary D Jackson Senior were present to

answer any questions council members had

regarding their appointments Miss Sheila

Bennett current board member was present

as well to offer support for the current

board vacancies and advocated for

mbebe

participation Miss Gloria Martin Robert

shared that she is very involved with

the issue of housing Miss Martin Roberts

has served as a former president of

Harrisburg city council and has

previously served as the former chair of

the building and housing committee Miss

Martin Roberts shared that she is

currently serving as the interim

director of building and housing and

economic development for the city of

Harrisburg the appointment shall be for

a remainder of the 5-year term which

expires on June 30th

2024 and for the full 5-year term

commencing on July 1st

2024 Mr Jackson shared that he has been

a longtime homeowner within the city of

Harris B former president of the scitech

high school PTA and the current judge of

Elections for district 93 the

appointment shall be for a remainder of

the 5-year term expiring on June 30th

2026 council members asked the following

questions conflict of interest given

Miss Martin Roberts new role how will

you help to promote home ownership

between social services and public

housing how much do you know about the

choice neighborhood Grant how do you

expect to get the community involved uh

with the choice neighborhood Grant does

the makeup of the board live on or near

public housing and are there any other

conflicts of interest Miss Martin

Roberts and Mr Jackson have no known

conflicts of interest I did want to

defer to solicitor Grover regarding uh

the question of Miss Martin Robert's new

role and any conflicts there if there

are any um we did review the U state law

that authorizes the board and of the

five residents to be on the board to two

can be uh City public employees okay

thank you for

clarifying I encourage my colleagues to

support resolution 28 of 2024 and

resolution 29 of 2024 to Aid the

Harrisburg Housing Authority board in

conducting business to assist the

residents in Harrisburg Community this

concludes the administration committee

report the next report you will hear

will be delivered by chair Davis on

behalf of the building and housing

committee on the work session of June

4th

2024 thank you president

Bowers during the work session on June

4th 2024

regarding resolution

39224 a resolution to consider the

application for a c

certificate of appropriateness to

demolish the property and expand the

surface lot located at 1511 North Front

Street Harrisburg PA which the city of

Harrisburg historical Architectural

Review Board recommends be

denied the applicant Mr guy cypriano was

represented by his attorney attorney s

Momi of mcne law Wallace and nuich LLC

Mr Esh offered reasons why the applicant

wants to demolish the historic building

located at 1511 North Front Street he

stated that the applicant wants to

demolish the structure for the purpose

of expanding the surface parking lot in

conjunction with paired property at 1515

North modeling the structure but it was

not cost effective also noted that the

second floor ceiling was too low to

lease the space and the building has

been vacant for 20 months the applicant

had a potential business to lease the

building located at 1515 North Front and

extra parking was imperative to their

operation the communitybased health care

provider has since decided not to leas

the building at 1515 North Front Street

MRH also noted excuse me MRH also made

Council aware that the building at 1511

is not listed on the registry for

historical buildings and does not meet

requirements to be considered a

historical structure based on the

international style of architecture

okay Council heard rebuttals from

director Jeffrey Knight who is the

planning board director who also noted

that the board had not received any

documentation or receipts to support the

applicant stance Council had the

opportunity to ask questions a few of

the questions asked were number one have

you considered applying for Grants to

help supplement the cost of renovating

to make the building more economical

number two are you planning to lease

parking spaces in the event a new tenant

expires council members offered several

options for suggested use of the

property and ask for documentation that

reflects the cost to renovate versus

demolish the building and overall

expenses relating to next

steps I would like to make a motion if

it's appropriate at this

time not at this time okay this

concludes the end of my

report uh for the building and housing

committee thank you very much thank you

the final committee report you will hear

this evening will be delivered by chair

RS on behalf of the parks recreation and

enrichment committee on the work session

that occurred on June 4th

2024 thank you president bars and good

evening everyone in person and online on

June 4th 2024 the parks and recreation

in enrichment committee met to address

res resolution 37 of

2024 resolution 37 of 2024 is a

resolution approving the disposal and

destruction of certain equipment owned

by the city of Harrisburg which has

exhausted its useful life for City

operations or has no Nal

value uh no value or less value than

disposal cost director Baker attended

the meeting to provide additional

insights into this resolution Mr Baker

clarified that the department aims to

dispose of city-owned items that have

reached the end of their useful life

concerning City operations these items

include but not are not limited to ice

machines circulation pumps desk chairs

microwaves among others upon approval

the public works department will

transport these items to recycling

center after recycling the center after

recycling the center will issue a check

to the city which will then be allotted

to the general fund uh the council had

no questions and it is recommended that

we vote Yes on this resolution and that

concludes the business of the parks

recck and enrichment committee thank

you we have one ordinance for first

reading that's Bill three of

2024 Mr Parker could you please read it

into the record

yes Bill three of

2024 an ordinance amending title two of

the codified ordinances of the city of

Harrisburg known as the administrative

code at chapter

2-7

07 police retirement system by deleting

portions thereof in order to satisfy a

legal resolution reached between the

capital city lodge number 12 the

Fraternal Order of Police and the city

of

Harrisburg thank you Bill 3 of 2024 will

move to the administration committee we

do not have any ordinances for Amendment

or ordinances for final passage we will

move to resolutions the first resolution

for consideration this evening is

resolution 28 of 2024 Mr Parker could

you please read it into the

record resolution 28 of 2024

a resolution appointing Gloria Martin

Roberts to serve on the board of

directors of the Harrisburg Housing

Authority thank you council members are

there any questions comments or concerns

related to resolution 28 of

2024 seeing and hearing none Mr Parker

could you please call the vote Miss

Daniels

yes Miss Davis yes Miss green yes

Mr Jones yay Ms rolls yes Mr

Rodriguez yes misss Bowers yes

resolution 28 of

2024 passes unanimously with a vote of

seven Ys to zero

Nays thank you resolution 29 of 20124 Mr

Parker could you please read it into the

record resolution 29 of

2024 a resolution appointing Zachary D

Jackson Senor to serve on the board of

directors of the Harrisburg Housing

Authority thank you council members are

there any questions comments or concerns

related to resolution 29 of

2024 seeing and hearing now Mr Parker

could you please call the vote

misss Daniels

yes Ms Davis yes Miss green yes Mr Jones

yay M rolls yes Mr

Rodriguez yes misss Bowers yes

resolution 29 passes

unanimously with a vote of seven y to

zero Nays thank you the next resolution

we have is resolution 37 of

2024 Mr Parker could you please read it

into the record resolution 37 of

2024 a resolution approving the disposal

and destruction of certain equipment

owned by the city of Harrisburg which

has exhausted its useful life for City

operations or has nominal value no value

or less value than the disposal

costs thank you council members are

there any questions comments or concerns

related to resolution 37 of

2024 seeing and hearing now Mr Parker

could you please call the vote Miss

Daniels

yes Miss Davis yes Miss green yes Mr

Jones yay M rolls yes Mr

Rodriguez yes and Miss

Bowers yes resolution 37 passes

unanimously with a vote of seven Ys to

zero

Nays thank you our final resolution for

consideration this evening is resolution

39 of 2024 Mr Parker could you please

read it into the record resolution 39 of

2024 a resolution to consider the

application for certificate of

appropriateness to demolish the property

and expand the surface lot located at

1511 North Front Street Harrisburg PA

which the city of harrisburg's

historical Architectural Review Board

recommends be

denied thank you council members are

there any questions comments or concerns

related to resolution 39 of

2024 yes thank you president Bowers I

would like

to uh make a motion to defer such action

for 30 days

from the date of the resolution

deferring such

action thank you is there a

second I second thank you the motion I'm

sorry discussion or it's been moved in

prop I could we can I can ask a question

about that 30-day defer um not sure yeah

what's the

right

so my my comment would be just that um

I'm getting the uh email from Mr Knight

um I don't know if I can suggest but uh

so this information during this 30day

and that inum is that does it go back to

the the the the Planning Commission for

them to see that new information to

uh okay

well well well how would they be able to

satisfy I mean with with the

recommendation being denied from from

harb how would they be able to if they

came with some different information

that we agree with I guess it's just on

us then

okay

okay okay so my question would just to

go further off of of councilman Jones's

cuz I kind of had the same one but we

defer for 30 days but um what can we do

so that if it's possible in that 30 days

can it go back to harp so they can look

at the new information cuz I would for

me and I'm not speaking for everyone I

would like for them to look at it and

then give a recommendation after what

they see through their lens um

before uh in Practical terms I'm not

sure I've lost track they meet on

Mondays I'm remember what what week of

the month they meet um if they if it's

between here and your meetings then uh I

think there could be a discussion with

harb back on their agenda although the

matter is technically before the council

yeah how does harb get jurisdiction if

we have more relinquished hours no the

question is can they can they look at

the material and make a vote on a

further recommendation just to the

council just like they send letters to

council yes that was what I was asking

yeah because that was the recommendation

for it to go back to though yeah I don't

the code is silent on that

recommendation there is nothing in the

code that says you can remand it but

there's nothing in the code that says

you can't remand it it's just silent on

the question

okay okay okay there is a motion on the

table Mr Parker is there any further

discussion excuse me I'm sorry so the 30

days is is it from today or from the

18th it's from today

okay so essentially when you come back

two weeks from now or four weeks from

now essentially if you were ready to

make a decision either way you would

have a shot to vote on this if if

somehow this informed your opinions you

know in a different

way any further discussion or

clarification needed no I mean I I just

wanted the historical board to look at

it but right we have they we they can't

they can look at it and give us a

recommendation but essentially they're

not voting on it again they're not vote

on it again and and if you if you send

it back to them you know frankly I don't

know what that means in terms of what

their jurisdiction is because it's the

code is silent on it but an applicant

can always reapply um okay you know I

think we're I think the planning Bureau

is very used to working through

applicants for all kinds of issues for

har Planning and Zoning um and uh you

know Mr Knight has has offered his

advice as to what he thinks should

happen both to harb and to the council

okay I have a question but the

information isn't um see what I got from

the

email yes I think I think he does want

to look at the information I I just

don't know that you have Authority or

don't have authority I know the answer

on remanding it because one I've never

heard of a remand ever and two there's

nothing in the code about

it thank you any additional discussion

just anything else okay Mr Parker could

you please call the uh vote for the

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amendment Miss Daniels

yes Miss Davis yes Miss green yes Mr

Jones yay Miss

rolls yes Mr

Rodriguez yes Miss Bowers

yes the vote on the proposal for an

amendment to defer decision for 30 days

has been passed unanimously with seven y

to zero

Nays okay so that's the action for 39

2024 thank thank you is there any old

Business Council

Members okay seeing and hearing none new

business councilman Jones yes um thank

you I just want to remind uh the

community this is uh anti gun violence

month and uh I want to remind everyone

that there will be a uh Symposium held

at Harrisburg University June 20th from

12: to 4:

um you must register to apply I mean to

get in it's it's free of charge and

there will be lunch provided and again

this is a a very important event due to

a lot of the violence that's going on

the gun violence that's going on in the

city of Harrisburg so hopefully you can

guys can get out and attend that's it

thank you thank you councilwoman RS

thank you I just wanted to talk a little

bit about what's happening in the burg

um for the upcoming weeks and a little

bit about what's going on for the summer

to expand on director what director Ross

communicated to us so um tomorrow

Jackson l pool officially opens at 12:00

p.m. and the pool will be open every

week from Tuesday to Sunday um from

12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. uh it is $2 for

kids $4 for adults and there is more

information online about family passes

and season passes I do believe season

passes are $67 and I think for a family

of five or 10 it's about

$127 um so very reasonable pricing so I

hope everyone gets to come out there

have been some beautiful um updates to

the pool and to the bath houses so I

think everyone will be pleased this

summer um also some other events

happening um with parks and wreck is

registration is open for free swim

classes that starts July 9th and it runs

for two weeks and it ends July 19th I

believe you may when you sign sign up

you sign up for both sessions um when I

just did it that's kind of what I saw so

um you can sign up for um both weeks and

they are from 10: to 11: in the morning

on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday

um you can also sign up for aquatic

Zumba every Saturday from 10: to 11: and

that starts June

15th and um you can do all the signups

at

so make sure to sign up for some of the

great programs this summer in the city

thank

you thank you I'm teth

hbg

okay hello everyone and thank you for

giving me a moment hi everyone thank you

so much for giving us a moment to do a

little presentation for you um we are so

excited to announce that we are entering

into our fifth year of juneth HB G this

is a very exciting year thank you thank

you councilman Jones um um we are so

excited that uh we get to bring this

programming for the city once again it

is a week long of programming um before

I get into that though I want to do one

small history lesson Pennsylvania is the

first state in the recognized Union to

have emancipation partial abolition and

so we always want to connect

Pennsylvania to the National landscape

for that reason it all really truly

starts here uh New Jersey New York and

other states modeled their abolition uh

statutes and laws after Pennsylvania so

that is why we're so adamant about

making sure that Pennsylvania celebrates

juneth um and connects it to Galveston

Texas I just always want to say that as

a precursor as to why we do this uh we

have and we have some flyers here that

everyone can have um and I hope everyone

watching online as well I know several

of people are tuning in tonight uh we

have a flyer here that kind of gives you

a rundown of everything uh starting on

June 15th we have a concert at EXL live

featuring ghost face and Jim Jones at

801 southr Street that's on um south of

10 Street that's on June 15th on June

17th we are starting off the week of

juneth hbg with the Pennsylvania

legislative Black Caucus press

conference and we will be in the East

rotunda we will have a cidic education

day starting at 10:30 on June 17th as

well we have the Black Arts Expo and OED

to Black women at 5:00 p.m. at the wif

headquarters we will also be having a

juneth bowl on the premises at that time

we have some wonderful young people

signed up to uh discuss and to answer

questions about juneth history and we're

so excited to have them uh participate

in the week in that fashion uh we will

also have several art vendors uh black

women Focus art vendors who will be at

wif we are happy to partner with wif for

this effort on June the 18th we will

have the juneth hbg summit um we are

being hosted this year by Harrisburg

University we will be in the Health

Sciences tower that is at 222 Chestnut

Street we did a walk Beek today and

we're very excited that's at 10: a.m.

and then at 6 PM we will be hosting the

one and only Angela Ry at The Forum

Auditorium um we are very excited to

have Angela Ry in the city of Harrisburg

for the first time on the 19th we will

be having our Jun Jubilee on the actual

day on City Island we will be there from

12:00 to 5: we will have free meals up

to 400 meals for 400 families uh

courtesy of the downtown daily bread and

that executive director Corey lingan

felter we will also have a bouncy house

and a bouncy course and music by DJ Bach

free oh that's right we have free mini

golf a band so we have a lot for that

day we want you to come out bring your

family bring your friends we are very

excited to have that day as well on the

20th we will have the black performance

arts mash up at narc theater

harrisburg's first black theater um

shout out to um Dean Dixon and Frank

Henley uh Frank is the executive

director of the theater they'll be

showcasing local and Regional Talent um

and and in all their artistic uh Glory

Hair story uh shout out to Maria James

Chow will be there as well and last but

definitely not least on June the 21st we

will be having a block party at s

featuring the secret society band coming

all the from way from DC and many local

and Regional vendors we will will be

there from 5:00 p.m. to 900 p.m. so

please that's how we're rounding out the

week come and join us uh just we we want

you to have education and celebration

and so we are thankful uh for our

community and a lot of people say well

can anyone you know celebrate juneth yes

you can so we're looking forward to the

entire Community coming out and joining

us for this wonderful weekl long

celebration thank you thank you very

much okay council members the time is

6:59 p.m. I will entertain a motion to a

journ so move is there a

second anybody second thank you we stand

the journ