COUNCIL — Scranton, PA
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 GERALD SMURL - PRESIDENT
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 MARK MCANDREW, VICE PRESIDENT
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 JESSICA ROTHCHILD
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 THOMAS SCHUSTER
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 WILLIAM KING
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 FRANK VOLDENBERG, CITY CLERK
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 KATHY CARRERA, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
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 THOMAS GILBRIDE, ESQ., COUNCIL SOLICITOR
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 1 (Pledge of Allegiance.)

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 3 MR. SMURL: Please remain standing

 4 for a moment of silent reflection for our

 5 service men and women throughout the world and

 6 for those who have passed away in our

 7 community, especially Robert Kollra. Thank

 8 you. Roll call, please.

 9 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

10 MR. KING: Here.

11 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Present.

13 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

14 DR. ROTHCHILD: Here.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

16 MR. MCANDREW: Present.

17 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

18 MR. SMURL: Here. Dispense with the

19 reading of the minutes.

20 MR. VOLDENBERG: THIRD ORDER.

21 3.A. MINUTES OF THE SCRANTON

22 FIREFIGHTERS PENSION COMMISSION MEETING HELD

23 SEPTEMBER 17, 2025.

24 3.B. MINUTES OF THE SCRANTON POLICE

25 PENSION COMMISSION MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 17,
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 1 2025.

 2 3.C. MINUTES OF THE COMPOSITE

 3 PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 17, 2025.

 4 3.D. CONTROLLER'S REPORT FOR THE

 5 MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.

 6 3.E. MINUTES OF THE NON-UNIFORM

 7 MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER

 8 17, 2025.

 9 3.F. AGENDA FOR THE NON-UNIFORM

10 MUNICIPAL PENSION BOARD MEETING HELD OCTOBER

11 15, 2025.

12 3.G. LACKAWANNA COUNTY PLANNING

13 COMMISSION SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT

14 EVALUATION REPORT REVIEWED SEPTEMBER 22, 2025.

15 3.H. CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM

16 CITY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ON OCTOBER 10,

17 2025, REGARDING UPDATED QUARTERLY PAYROLL

18 PREPARATION TAX COLLECTIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,

19 2025.

20 3.I. LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM LOCAL

21 BUSINESSES FOR THE WALKABILITY AND STREETSCAPE

22 PROJECT ORDINANCES.

23 MR. SMURL: Are there any comments

24 on any of the Third Order items? If not,

25 received and filed. Do any Council members
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 1 have any announcements at this time?

 2 MR. MCANDREW: I have two quick

 3 ones. So this Thursday, the Victor Alfieri

 4 over in West Side, all are welcome, dine in or

 5 take out. It's their monthly luncheon. It's a

 6 week early.

 7 It's Thursday, October 23rd, 11:30

 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Main Avenue. They have

 9 polenta or pasta and meatballs or half and

10 half, $12 for members, $14 for nonmembers.

11 Also, in addition to that, this Saturday,

12 October 25th, 4 to 6, Scranton DPW parking lot,

13 the Local 2305 Scranton DPW workers will be

14 having their trunk or treat.

15 It's over at Poplar Street at their

16 headquarters. And then I think they'll have a

17 live DJ, decorations. These DPW workers and

18 their families do a fantastic job with this

19 every year. So it's a good one to hit out of

20 all the trunk and treats. And that is all I

21 have. Thank you.

22 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew.

23 Anyone else?

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: FOURTH ORDER.

25 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
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 1 MR. SMURL: First, John Pocius.

 2 MR. POCIUS: John Pocius, resident

 3 of Minooka section of Scranton. First of all,

 4 I want to say I'm here tonight as a citizen.

 5 I'm not here representing anybody except

 6 myself, okay?

 7 I went to a public meeting at

 8 Lackawanna College on this project. And I

 9 can't even remember how long ago it was. And

10 the administration said they're going to come

11 back with another public meeting.

12 And if I didn't catch it -- my wife

13 didn't watch it on your Council meeting last

14 week on the caucus, I wouldn't have known. So

15 I come over tonight just to see what I could

16 find out about this. I jotted down some notes.

17 I'm going to try to make some quick comments

18 here.

19 I'm glad to say that for anything

20 like this to happen, it had to have an

21 engineering study. And it appears -- and I

22 can't verify it, but it looked like the city

23 engineer might have did the study that went to

24 PennDOT.

25 I was told it was over 400 pages.
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 1 It's was a pretty extensive report. One thing

 2 I did like about the presentation was a lot of

 3 this isn't set in stone because it's a trial

 4 basis with removing of the signals and

 5 different things like that.

 6 I know there was a question brought

 7 up last week. But all traffic signals are

 8 owned by the municipalities in which they are

 9 erected in. You have to take out the permit.

10 You're responsible for maintenance and

11 everything else.

12 So I thought there was a question.

13 You do own every signal in Scranton. Ten years

14 ago when I was still the City Engineer, we were

15 involved in a CBG federal downtown traffic

16 signal which updated 48 signals throughout the

17 city.

18 I don't know what transpired since

19 2015 when that project was closed out and today

20 that allows the signals -- some of these to

21 change to stop signs. I heard talks tonight

22 about slower traffic. And these are a couple

23 pages I have out of the MUTCD, which is the

24 Municipal Guide for Traffic Control Devices.

25 And it's highlighted here, are there
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 1 any instances that yield or stop signs should

 2 not be used for speed control. So if they are

 3 saying stops are going to slow traffic down,

 4 that's not something you want to do.

 5 And where this is another thing.

 6 I'm quoting from the MUTCD. Where traffic

 7 control signals are justified, the multiway

 8 stop is an interim measure that can be

 9 installed and quickly to control while

10 arrangements are being made for installation of

11 traffic signals.

12 It seems like we're reverse of that.

13 We have a signal. We want to take it back out

14 and put stop signs in. Maybe it's warranted in

15 some intersections. The warrants may not be

16 met, you know, so many cars and stuff like

17 that.

18 But I think they have to look at

19 this. My biggest concern on the whole thing

20 looking at this from my experience, is that the

21 bump-outs. If these have full curbing tapering

22 down into the handicap access points across the

23 street, I don't see how large vehicles such as

24 a fire truck is going to be able to make the

25 turn without encroaching on the bump-outs.
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 1 And if they're curbed into the

 2 intersection before they drop, I don't know how

 3 that's going to work because at the most,

 4 they're going to have two 12 foot lanes at the

 5 throat. And I don't think that's -- so my

 6 question is, did they look at the turning

 7 movements for larger vehicles, especially

 8 delivery trucks which we do get delivery trucks

 9 in the downtown and tractor-trailers in the

10 morning to make deliveries into businesses at

11 an early time.

12 Did they look at in the study

13 it's -- because there was a concern for

14 pedestrians and everyone else, installing those

15 flashing beacons which they have at the

16 university and some of the trail crossings in

17 the city. They're extensively used in the

18 state of Delaware. I've seen them on Route 1

19 throughout the shore points down there.

20 And they are relatively inexpensive

21 and that could be possibly a safeguard if they

22 do go to stop signs that they, you know,

23 somebody could push the button in it. But

24 again, most people don't push the buttons.

25 And I was told a long time ago in
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 1 life that there's only one thing you can't fix

 2 in life and that's being stupid, you know what

 3 I mean? Everything else can be fixed. But

 4 people won't take the time to do it.

 5 Two quick comments and I want to get

 6 out of here. If they change Penn Avenue to two

 7 way, what's going to happen to all that

 8 diagonal parking down there? That's going to

 9 be a loss of a lot of parking down on Penn

10 Avenue, the 300 block. I think that should be

11 looked at to see if they accounted for that.

12 Because if you go two ways, you

13 can't have -- I was never a big fan of diagonal

14 parking but it got put in. It seems to be

15 working down there.

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: That block is going

17 to be an exception with that remaining one way

18 for the -- because of the diagonal parking.

19 MR. POCIUS: Okay. Thank you. I

20 didn't know that, Dr. Rothchild. Thank you

21 very much. And just another thing too, I was

22 the surveyor of record for when the train

23 station became the first hotel back in the late

24 80s or the late 70s.

25 And the wall we're fixing is
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 1 actually the Radison's wall. So I don't know

 2 what they did. There would have to be

 3 easements or whatever for that. I don't want

 4 to go over my time. I thank you for listening

 5 to me. I hope you'll take these comments back

 6 to the administration. Any questions?

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, Mr. Pocius,

 8 that 2015 study, what was the name of that

 9 study?

10 MR. POCIUS: Oh, no, the city

11 received -- PennDOT received 7 million dollars

12 or 6 or 7 million dollars, federal money -- all

13 federal money to rehab all -- replace the

14 traffic signals in downtown Scranton. It got

15 expanded and we went out as far as like on

16 Wyoming Avenue all -- like to Poplar and past

17 Poplar Street and we went out to the next

18 street out.

19 I think it's -- I forget which one

20 it is -- Larch, excuse me. And we went up and

21 did some work on Moosic Street at those signals

22 and everything else. So that project was

23 closed out around 2015. So we -- and there was

24 change orders.

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 1 you know, I've been probably at every vault

 2 that's in the City of Scranton down there. And

 3 there's still a lot of vaults left. So that's

 4 another concern for this project here, okay?

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Can you send -- can

 6 you e-mail us those questions that you just

 7 had?

 8 MR. POCIUS: Yeah, I'll try to put

 9 it together.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Can you send them to

11 us?

12 MR. POCIUS: I'm not a good emailer.

13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay.

14 MR. POCIUS: I'm okay with that,

15 okay?

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: Or if you want to

17 give a copy to Miss Carrera.

18 MR. SCHUSTER: Can we pull them from

19 the meeting?

20 MR. MCANDREW: Yeah.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll pull those --

22 MR. POCIUS: See if it's what I said

23 or something like that if you -- before you

24 send it or whatever?

25 MR. VOLDENBERG: No, need. I'll
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 1 pull them from the transcript.

 2 MR. POCIUS: Okay. Thank you.

 3 Thank you very much.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: Okay. Thank you.

 5 MR. SMURL: Joan Hodowanitz.

 6 MS. HODOWANITZ: Joan Hodowanitz,

 7 Scranton. I heard tonight that the 2026 budget

 8 will -- the draft will be ready in about 10

 9 days or so. I just want to let people know

10 that and ask Frank if we could have a paper

11 copy sent to the Albright Memorial Library and

12 a second copy down to Nancy Kay Holmes so that

13 people can stop by the libraries if they want

14 to exam it.

15 It's much easier to go to the

16 library than it is to try to come into the City

17 Hall to do that. A lot of people for whatever

18 reason prefer to sit down with a paper copy.

19 So when they are ready for prime time, if you

20 could send two copies to the library for the

21 Albright and Nancy Kay Holmes.

22 MR. VOLDENBERG: We do provide the

23 Albright. And I'll make sure that Nancy Kay

24 Holmes gets a copy.

25 MS. HODOWANITZ: That's very
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 1 helpful. DPW, do they have a new director yet?

 2 MR. SMURL: Do not.

 3 MS. HODOWANITZ: Oh, Good grief.

 4 Nobody wants to make a buck in this town, okay.

 5 MR. KING: I believe they did an

 6 interview. I know there were some interviews

 7 done.

 8 MS. HODOWANITZ: Getting close?

 9 MR. KING: I don't know how close,

10 but I'm told there was some interviews.

11 MS. HODOWANITZ: Okay. Well, that's

12 progress. How about progress on DPW union's

13 contract, you know, because it's probably --

14 pay raises for them are probably not going to

15 be reflected in next year's budget which means

16 that that will have to be retroactively paid.

17 Oh, public service announcement,

18 hopefully people know that Thursday night at 6

19 p.m. at Brennan Hall at the University of

20 Scranton is the debate for the candidates for

21 County Commissioner. And I mention it because

22 what happens in the county, especially with

23 reassessment and taxes it's going to directly

24 impact Scranton.

25 So it would probably behoove people
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 1 who live in Scranton to check in and go to that

 2 debate to see who's best qualified to fill that

 3 third chair long-term. Although, I hear Brenda

 4 Sacco is being sworn in tomorrow as County

 5 Commissioner. You can't make this stuff up, I

 6 swear.

 7 So that's Thursday, October 23rd,

 8 6 p.m., Brennan Hall in the Pearn Auditorium.

 9 It ought to be interesting. With regard to

10 this streetscape, one thing I want to ask Chief

11 Judge and I didn't have time to do it, I

12 remember hearing last week that one of the --

13 go ahead and -- I heard last week during the

14 caucus that one of the purposes of the street

15 sign -- or the stop signs was to slow the

16 movement of traffic from block to block.

17 Okay, if that is true, will it not

18 also slow the movement of emergency vehicles

19 from block to block? As it stands now with

20 traffic lights, you can make all the lights

21 going down the road green or red. But if you

22 have stop signs, aren't you going to have to

23 slow down and check both ways block after

24 block?

25 Will that not slow down the response
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 1 time of emergency vehicles as they pass through

 2 the downtown or am I crazy? Okay. And I have

 3 a question. We still don't have a state

 4 budget. And it doesn't look like one is going

 5 to be signed within the next couple of days.

 6 Has that affected money that we get

 7 for the city's pensions, the MMO? Does anybody

 8 know or any other money that we get from the

 9 state?

10 MR. SMURL: Joan, I don't see -- I

11 wasn't notified of anything affecting us now.

12 But I don't know about the MMOs. I don't know.

13 MS. HODOWANITZ: Yeah, because, you

14 know, I mean --

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: Mr. Smurl, that

16 money has already been received. It comes from

17 a separate fund.

18 MS. HODOWANITZ: But are there any

19 other buckets of money that are going to be

20 held until the budget is approved because we're

21 on the verge of providing our own draft budget,

22 you know. If it's not one of -- I know it is

23 impacting the county big time. And they are

24 very concerned about that. Okay. That's all I

25 have for tonight. Thank you.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Joan.

 2 MR. SCHUSTER: That question was

 3 asked last week, correct?

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: I believe it was.

 5 It's funded by out-of-state insurance

 6 companies, a 2 percent fund.

 7 MR. SCHUSTER: Can we ask -- I

 8 believe I -- I could swear last week I asked --

 9 can we just ask the Business Administrator if

10 there are any funds in the city budget that are

11 affected by the state impasse?

12 MR. VOLDENBERG: That will be

13 affected by it, okay. I will.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you.

15 MR. SMURL: Les Spindler.

16 MR. SPINDLER: Good evening,

17 Council, Les Spindler, city resident,

18 homeowner. To piggyback on what Joan said

19 about the fire trucks having or any emergency

20 vehicle having to stop at the stop sign, I

21 remember Fire Chief Judge said last week that

22 he likes changing a one way to two way streets

23 because it will save them time and every second

24 counts in a fire.

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 1 stopping at a stop sign is going -- is not

 2 going to help with them getting to the fires

 3 faster. I said from day one it's ridiculous

 4 putting stop signs in.

 5 John Pocius said in a report that he

 6 had does not slow down the traffic. We cannot

 7 put stop signs in to replace traffic lights.

 8 It's ridiculous. And it's -- lives are going

 9 to be lost. And if lives are lost, whoever

10 votes to pass this, the blood will be on your

11 hands.

12 And as Joan also said a couple

13 times, they took a study. What did the study

14 do? Did they ask any people that live downtown

15 or anybody that lived in the city if what they

16 thought about this? No, they didn't. But last

17 week Channel 22-28, did a poll if people

18 thought it was a good idea to replace traffic

19 lights with stop signs.

20 85 percent of the people voted it

21 wasn't a good idea, 85 percent. That tells you

22 what the people think of this stupid idea.

23 It's ridiculous and it shouldn't be done. And

24 I'm going to say it again, I think this should

25 be tabled until January when a new Council
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 1 takes place because I know the three of you are

 2 just going to do what the Mayor says and you're

 3 going to pass it.

 4 You don't care what the people say.

 5 Like I said, the blood will be on your hands

 6 when people are killed. Another thing, they

 7 want to put bike lanes in. Bike lanes are

 8 going to be on the right-hand side. If I want

 9 to make a right turn, how do I know if a bike

10 is coming up along side of me? More injuries

11 or deaths.

12 This study is ridiculous. These

13 people are -- you couldn't -- the two of them

14 couldn't even answer Tom Schuster's questions.

15 They had to debate it for five minutes. They

16 didn't know what the hell he was talking about.

17 It's a -- this whole thing should be scrapped.

18 It's ridiculous.

19 Changing the subject, on Dorothy

20 Street where we had that road subsidence, a few

21 weeks ago I guess the gas company and the water

22 company were there. And they painted lines.

23 And I guess they are going to be working. It

24 was right near where the road subsidence was.

25 Now today I walked by again and it
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 1 was -- was the water company I think paints

 2 green lines. It was a green line painted, one

 3 arrow pointing towards the road subsidence,

 4 another one pointing away from.

 5 So it looks like they are eventually

 6 going to start working on that. So could

 7 Council maybe send a letter to the water

 8 company and see when this work is going to get

 9 started because pretty soon the bad weather is

10 going to be setting in. They're not going to

11 have time to do it then.

12 They better get going. I guess that

13 means they're going to be digging it up somehow

14 because they wouldn't be painting those lines.

15 All right. That's all I have tonight. Thank

16 you for your time.

17 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Spindler.

18 Bob Bolus.

19 MR. BOLUS: Bob Bolus, Scranton.

20 First off, what I heard here tonight is an

21 absolute joke, a build out, slippery slopes

22 coming off the sidewalk for handicap without

23 ridges or abrasion in the cement, blacktop

24 you're going to put down that gets corroded

25 real fast from salt and everything else that
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 1 you would put on, calcium.

 2 But turning radius for a

 3 tractor-trailer, how the hell are you going to

 4 make a turn here coming down there and trying

 5 to figure out how you're going to turn the

 6 truck around? It's a simple question for them

 7 and they can't answer it.

 8 Now with a build out, you're

 9 narrowing the road, you're narrowing the

10 radius. And red lights, people go through stop

11 signs just as quick as they're going to go

12 through a damn red light.

13 And you're going to put in bicycle

14 lanes. Down on Wyoming Avenue yesterday, a

15 clown coming the wrong way on Wyoming Avenue on

16 his bicycle. So what good is a lane going to

17 do when you got no common sense? So you could

18 look at a lot of the stuff you want to change,

19 but putting two way traffic and then trying to

20 make a right-hand turn. I had an incident

21 right here in Scranton with a tractor-trailer

22 where an idiot went and passed me on the

23 right-hand side and created an accident.

24 So this is the issues you got to

25 look at. And I didn't hear any of that tonight
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 1 including the fire department with bigger

 2 engines and equipment trying to make a turn.

 3 All the lights should go red like they do in

 4 every other municipalities, so should they for

 5 the police car or ambulances and that

 6 eliminates this ridiculous thing that we saw

 7 here.

 8 One thing I'm going say very clear

 9 is, you got to worry about people -- handicap

10 going down the slope. I mean, that scared the

11 hell out of me. The tax assessor has been sued

12 by me.

13 So there is not going to be a

14 certification of the tax assessment, not for a

15 long, long time because the commissioners can't

16 do it and I'm stopping it on behalf of the

17 people in this community once and for all

18 instead of being taken advantage by dictators.

19 The city has been -- I'm a lifelong

20 resident here. And when I saw was the kings

21 protest with Cappellini and Gaughan with

22 Cappellini looking like a total, total ass as

23 far as I'm concerned. I was there and listened

24 to him screaming and yelling.

25 That's our flag. And I say our
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 1 flag, not anybody else's flag. That's our flag

 2 and you respect that flag. If you were a

 3 veteran you wore a uniform. Your president was

 4 your president, not a king and they sat here

 5 like idiots babbling out there the other day.

 6 Why the hell didn't they say

 7 something when Joe Biden was the president?

 8 Was he a king or was he a queen, what the hell

 9 was he? Nobody knows when we changed the

10 street. So for people to stand out here was

11 just a total disgrace.

12 I brought one of my trailers. That

13 was the trailer I used against Harris and

14 Tampon Tim. Pelosi as a centaurian, Harris

15 riding her back, Hillary leading her and Joe

16 Biden kissing her ass. That's what we went

17 through here.

18 And these are the idiots that ran

19 the country beforehand. And you call Trump a

20 king? No, he's the President of the United

21 States. And we had uniforms no matter what

22 president was there and the colonel could back

23 me up.

24 We went to do what we had to do, not

25 stand on street corners like imbiciles out
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 1 here. And that was just totally -- when I see

 2 this guy that wants to be Commissioner,

 3 Cappellini out there screaming and yelling and

 4 every -- like, what the hell are you doing?

 5 Gaughan stood there the last time

 6 and says he's not there as a commissioner.

 7 He's there as a private citizen. But a couple

 8 days he had an article that said, oh, if you're

 9 a commissioner, you're a commissioner, period,

10 if you're running.

11 Well, I'm asking for his

12 resignation. I'm filing a suit to remove him

13 because either you are or you aren't. Enough

14 of the games against the people in this

15 community.

16 And last off, I am running for Mayor

17 again. I decided. I've spoken with the higher

18 court. They're looking to overturn where I was

19 kept off the ballot by the rogue Charlie Spano

20 who illegally filed to keep me off there. And

21 a judge backed him up.

22 He had to go through the district

23 attorney to do it and he didn't do that. So

24 I'm coming back. And I'm coming back here to

25 kick ass and see it happens. And I want to see
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 1 everybody stand up for the people in this

 2 community to make those damn hospitals employee

 3 owned once and for all.

 4 Everybody including your

 5 commissioners, your senators and everybody else

 6 on the Democrat party, get the lead out and

 7 take care of it and worry about the people.

 8 Make them employee owned. Thank you.

 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Bolus.

10 Lee Morgan.

11 MR. MORGAN: Good evening, Council,

12 Lee Morgan. What I have here today is that the

13 city has an opportunity to spend millions of

14 dollars in grant money. And the Council is

15 going to spend it. And the Mayor is going to

16 spend that money whether it's a good idea or

17 not.

18 And it's really a tragic idea for

19 the city. This project has no merit. But we

20 have to spend the money. We'll come up with a

21 million reasons why we should do that. The

22 Chief of Police, the head of the fire

23 department, the representatives that sat at

24 this table today, either work for the Mayor or

25 their organization is tied to state government
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 1 or city government, not anybody representing

 2 the people.

 3 Now, when you take a look at their

 4 opinions and their ideas, are they flawed or

 5 aren't they? I don't think you're capable of

 6 making those decisions, not to say that you

 7 couldn't figure it out possibly. But this is a

 8 complicated issue. And the way the city is

 9 now, there were studies done at the time and

10 it's right as it stands.

11 Now, you tried to make the downtown

12 into a neighborhood and it's not. It's a place

13 to conduct business. But since the city is so

14 poorly managed -- and Scranton isn't the only

15 city that's poorly managed. There's a lot of

16 them, okay.

17 But going forward with this project,

18 you just have an opportunity to spend a lot of

19 money and you're going to spend it whether it

20 has any value or not even at the detriment to

21 the residents because they don't really matter.

22 They can't even afford their taxes.

23 You know what we really need in this city is we

24 need a group of elected officials that

25 understand one thing. We have one functioning
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 1 hospital up by Nay Aug Park, okay. We have

 2 tons of children coming out of public education

 3 that aren't properly educated and aren't ready

 4 to go to college, the vast majority of them.

 5 So we need remedial education

 6 programs because we're going to pass the city

 7 onto somebody some day and they're going to

 8 have to have the ability to run it.

 9 You know, as I watch the city spin

10 after 40 years of coming here, I was thrilled

11 to see John Pocius come here today. You know,

12 I watched him when he was a Council member and

13 the discussions that we had here at that time

14 with Mr. Hazzouri and various other people.

15 They were informed. And they were intelligent.

16 They didn't need the solicitor to

17 tell them anything. They'd tell the solicitor

18 things. We've lost that. We've lost the

19 ability to have a mayor that can run the city.

20 And when you take a look at the

21 Hilltop project, we have a former mayor

22 involved in that project. We're still taking

23 yard signs down. That was his number one

24 thing. Chris Doherty was great at doing that.

25 Take a look at who brought the city
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 1 to its knees, Chris Doherty did. He sued the

 2 public -- he sued the unions in the city. He

 3 didn't care how much money it cost, bankrupted

 4 the city, built the parking garages. We're

 5 sitting here today talking about more slots.

 6 We need to sell that Parking

 7 Authority assets off completely and get out of

 8 the parking business and get rid of the

 9 authority and go like this and just wipe our

10 hands of that.

11 The one last thing I have here is,

12 you know, I made a video about the Lookout.

13 Maybe somebody watched it and they decided that

14 they're going to fix it. Well, you know, when

15 you do that project, you need not hire a large

16 company to do that project.

17 You need to hire somebody that knows

18 what they're doing that's a stonemason. You

19 need three guys to do that project. And the

20 person who mixes the mortar's got to know what

21 they're doing so that that project will be

22 there for 85 more years.

23 And not only that, how you place

24 them stones and where they're at. They're

25 probably thrown over the Lookout. Somebody's
 29

 1 got to collect them. And they may have to take

 2 that wall apart and reassemble it. So we need

 3 to not go to can we spend a ton of money.

 4 We have to hire somebody that knows

 5 what they're doing, knows how to make the

 6 mortar, knows how to put the wall back together

 7 again because I think that wall was built by

 8 the WPA or the WPC.

 9 And those people knew what they were

10 doing back in that time because they built a

11 lot of structures with stone, okay, and just

12 going half assed and doing it is just a

13 complete disgrace to something as important to

14 this city's history as that Lookout is. Thank

15 you.

16 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Morgan.

17 Ron Ellman.

18 MR. ELLMAN: Good evening, Council.

19 I wish I could speak to you all like Bob Lesh

20 did in 2018, if you remember that episode.

21 Firstly, Mr. King, in leaving the Council, I

22 know you have the legalities on your side. But

23 your shameful biassed support for Cognetti's

24 heinous intentions downtown you -- this -- you

25 people are trying to -- the three of you to
 30

 1 obligate the city ramrodding this walkability

 2 nonsense as soon as possible.

 3 There is not a reason in the world

 4 it can't be done after elections except, you

 5 know, it would fail in a vote. But then

 6 there's a possibility three of you might not

 7 return. You know how elections go.

 8 I find it so hard to believe that

 9 Chief Carroll sits here advocating this

10 walkability nonsense, the removal of gas paying

11 automobiles for completely illegal use of the

12 roads for EVs that aren't insured, inspected or

13 licensed.

14 There is no -- no telling how old

15 the people are driving them, what -- it's just

16 complete lunacy to consider this at this time,

17 27 million dollars for nothing except enhanced

18 downtown, a bunch of lousy tax cheats

19 complaining all the time about -- as little as

20 they pay, like, reassessment. I wonder how

21 many of them reassessed the little taxes they

22 had.

23 You know several years ago, I don't

24 remember when 10, 12 years ago, a poor soul was

25 killed in front of Boscov's on that
 31

 1 intersection. I stood right here and said when

 2 I grew up in Memphis, they had a system -- the

 3 lights were red, nobody moved.

 4 And the other lane the lights were

 5 red, nobody moved. Then for a minute or so

 6 nobody could drive anywhere, turn or anything

 7 and people would run all over the place. It's

 8 accident -- there's no accidents that way.

 9 There is no problem.

10 There is no $240,000 for some clown

11 to con the city out of more money. It's just

12 such a waste that you're talking about,

13 concrete and paint costing 27 million dollars

14 needlessly.

15 I know -- I guess I sort of what you

16 say on the streets using the term loosely like

17 Mr. Little knows what I'm talking about, the

18 people you meet and talk to. I haven't -- I

19 just haven't heard nobody say anything

20 favorable.

21 It doesn't matter Republican,

22 Democrat, independent, there's nobody -- just

23 like it was said last week, if it's not broke,

24 don't fix it. Cognetti is a failure. Don't

25 vote for failure. Please, I know it's needless
 32

 1 for me to ask you, but don't let this go

 2 through now and obligate our city to 27 million

 3 dollars in nonsense like this. Thank you.

 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Ellman.

 5 Krysten Xanthis.

 6 MS. XANTHIS: Good evening, Council.

 7 I'm here just to state an opinion. I don't

 8 know if many of you walk the downtown --

 9 throughout most of downtown. I do. I'm sure

10 many other people do, probably other people in

11 this room probably have.

12 But I care for a lady. I'm an aide

13 to a lady that is in Delaware Towers. She

14 likes to go out like most people. She's 86

15 years old. But she never uses a walker or

16 she's stuck in a wheelchair if she's out if

17 it's for a long period of time.

18 Trying to push a wheelchair when

19 there's a stop sign across the road is very

20 hard because I have done it on the parts where

21 there's no streetlights.

22 So if you could imagine what it's

23 going to be like if they want to take out all

24 the lights to put more stop signs in, it will

25 be a lot worse. I mean, I don't understand,
 33

 1 you know, if it -- I know I probably stated

 2 these words before, but it's been this way for

 3 how long with these streetlights. Now all of a

 4 sudden, it seems they want to change it which

 5 doesn't make sense.

 6 Onto the other point, I don't know

 7 if either of you know that Green Ridge Street

 8 and Dickson Avenue, there is a bus sign that's

 9 at the corner there just before it gets up to

10 the light at Green Ridge Street.

11 Trying to get off the bus, stand

12 there and across the way there's a stop sign on

13 the opposite side where the Dickson -- where

14 you come off Dickson. Well, as you cross, if a

15 car lets you cross that's on that side where

16 you're trying to cross, the car that's turning

17 where the stop sign is, they don't stop.

18 They'll try to keep going as you're

19 crossing. So, you know, I mean, try the

20 streetlights downtown, you press the button,

21 the button turns, says to walk and cars go. So

22 try to imagine what it's going to be like with

23 stop signs everywhere throughout town.

24 I mean, maybe somebody could look

25 into stop signs for or a streetlight for Green
 34

 1 Ridge Street where the buses let off, but they

 2 all tell me that is state road. But I just

 3 want everyone to know that it's not going to be

 4 very pleasant. I think maybe everybody should

 5 walk down there a few times before this is

 6 done. Thank you.

 7 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Evan

 8 Xanthis.

 9 MS. XANTHIS: Good evening, Council.

10 My name is Evan Xanthis. I live on Dickson

11 Avenue. First of all, I want to thank you, Mr.

12 McAndrew. He put a 15 mile an hour sign in

13 front of my house. Then they came weeks later

14 and put in the road, slow school.

15 But I could count on one hand how

16 many people pay attention to the sign. It's

17 pathetic. We have two schools in one block,

18 two senior homes in one block. Yesterday after

19 school there was a collision at the four-way

20 stop sign on Delaware and Dickson.

21 There could have been a child there

22 crossing. I'm worried about these kids, some

23 of them are handicapped, some of them blind,

24 some of them have wheelchairs. Then we have

25 the kids from the school who kids will be kids.
 35

 1 They start hitting each other. They punch each

 2 other. They go into the road. On Dickson

 3 Avenue it should be a one-way street.

 4 1700 block of Dickson Avenue has

 5 CHOP Out Hunger across the street which brings

 6 in tractor-trailers twice a week for food for

 7 underprivileged children. Try to go up Dickson

 8 Avenue. There's tractor-tractors, Blue Ribbon

 9 Ice Cream delivery to the school.

10 And then up the street we have

11 Center For Independent Living. Next door to me

12 I have a senior building, across the street I

13 have a senior building. They're all coming

14 out. That street is ridiculous. It's a narrow

15 road. Something has to be done.

16 So yesterday after the accident, a

17 half hour later we start the ATV races on

18 Dickson Avenue. Is that a law against that? I

19 mean, that's ridiculous.

20 Okay. This has nothing to do with

21 this. But I want to thank Mr. King for

22 sticking up for the Scranton School District

23 weeks ago. My children both graduated the

24 Scranton School District. My daughter works

25 very hard as a home health aide.
 36

 1 She also works for her union. She's

 2 a union worker. My son is in his third year of

 3 residency at Temple University Hospital. He

 4 worked at three different hospitals for the

 5 last two years. He is going -- he's worked I

 6 think approximately 12 years to become this

 7 doctor, which now the government isn't funding

 8 research.

 9 So things are slowing down, which I

10 am just proud of my kids. We grad -- I

11 graduated from Scranton School. They are great

12 schools. My son went to the Schreyer's Honor

13 College. He graduated from there at Penn State

14 University.

15 He got scholarships for Temple. He

16 went to Concordia University in Montreal. He

17 graduated and Penn State, Temple Med School.

18 I'm sorry, but I don't like people criticizing

19 the Scranton School District.

20 My children grew up in the library.

21 I was working and my mom would take them to the

22 Childrens Library this big, and they would

23 spend their summer there going there every day.

24 As they grew up, they went to the library.

25 They both became quite educated. I don't know.
 37

 1 I don't see a bad education in the public

 2 school district.

 3 I think people should go more to the

 4 public school districts. You learn a lot. I

 5 can't criticize anybody. I want to thank Frank

 6 for putting up with me when I call about

 7 Dickson Avenue. I'm very sorry. But I worry

 8 about the kids.

 9 Mr. McAndrew, if you could do

10 anything, I don't know if there's a thing they

11 could put -- like my son was in. He said, why

12 don't they put one of those things that tells

13 you how fast you're going because nobody goes

14 15 miles an hour on that street.

15 MR. MCANDREW: Mr. Voldenberg, will

16 you please request a traffic study?

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will.

18 MS. XANTHIS: And that's why the

19 four-way stop sign, not a good idea. It

20 doesn't do anything. Nobody stops. I was

21 waiting for Colts bus with my daughter. I saw

22 two people. I was shocked. They actually

23 stopped. I was going to give them an award.

24 Anyway, thank you very much.

25 MR. SMURL: Thank you. John Thomas.
 38

 1 MR. THOMAS: John Thomas, Scranton.

 2 I don't come every week to speak. As you know

 3 when you heard me in the past I'm a terrible

 4 speaker. I'm just not a good public speaker so

 5 bear with me. I agree with what Evan was

 6 talking about and her daughter about Dickson

 7 Avenue.

 8 And we've been here several times as

 9 you know in the past. Really take a good look

10 at it, you know, traffic study, just the 1700

11 block. And as far as the stop signs, that's

12 not a good idea. You know, down Lackawanna

13 Avenue, Mulberry Street, the lights -- make

14 sure the current lights are working properly.

15 And if they are not, you get new

16 lights. And the thing -- I can't name all the

17 streets, but Lackawanna Avenue and particularly

18 Mulberry Street, obviously you got to have

19 lights there. If you could make it, you go for

20 a couple blocks it will stay green.

21 Where as some of -- a lot of streets

22 like on Wyoming Avenue if you go the street,

23 you come to a -- you get a green light and you

24 come and the next block, red, you know what I'm

25 saying? There's no coordination in the lights.
 39

 1 Something like that could be done, people look

 2 at that.

 3 As far as Saturday, they had the all

 4 kings rally. I don't like talk about the

 5 federal government here. This is not federal

 6 government business. I don't agree with the

 7 title no kings. It's no dictator.

 8 This man sitting in the oval office

 9 as of today, is an authoritarian. He rolls out

10 the red carpet for Putin, a dictator. Nobody

11 says anything. He's telling Republican

12 Senators and Congressmen not to talk to the

13 Democrats. He don't believe in legislation.

14 I don't think he knows --

15 understands legislation. And, you know, it's a

16 terrible situation. The Affordable Care Act,

17 they might get rid of it now. They have to

18 give the tax credits. And, you know, an awful

19 lot of people -- people who have money, they

20 are not going to be able to afford their health

21 insurance because premiums are going to go

22 skyrocket.

23 And you got to comment on Mr. Bolus.

24 He had his trailer there this past Saturday.

25 And I spoke about this last November. He had
 40

 1 that same trailer just before the election last

 2 year. I was there Saturday.

 3 You know, something ought to be

 4 done. It's not -- that's not political. It's

 5 disgusting. The things that are on that

 6 trailer are disgusting. It's profanity is what

 7 it was.

 8 And I know Council and I know the

 9 Mayor and the administration -- I know

10 nothing's going to be done about it. And that

11 goes for anybody, not just the one person.

12 Something like that is just terrible. All

13 right. Thank you for your time, Council.

14 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Thomas.

15 MR. FOX: Good evening, Council. I

16 was here two weeks ago about a sidewalk on 7th

17 Avenue that my special needs son fell in. And

18 it ended up he sprained his knee. He pulled a

19 ligament. They said they were going to send

20 DPW down there to look at it.

21 And I go by there every day,

22 sometimes a couple of times a day. I see

23 nobody, you know, looking at it let alone walk

24 it. And then I was also told you don't know if

25 the city owns it or privately owned. It's two
 41

 1 weeks.

 2 I'm not hearing nothing. I got a

 3 phone number. I called the phone number,

 4 voicemail. I leave a message. I leave my

 5 e-mail. Nobody is getting in touch with me.

 6 And again, when you're talking about

 7 these -- which I didn't know now until tonight,

 8 these bike tracks or whatever, again, if it's

 9 not broke, don't fix it. You got money to do

10 this, but where is the money to fix these

11 sidewalks where a special needs child is

12 falling and tearing his leg up.

13 So I was just hoping that, like, if

14 somebody could get in touch with me. I mean,

15 two weeks, I mean, it's not 1925. It's 2025.

16 It's not like you have to go look through a

17 steel file cabinet. This should be on computer

18 who owns that sidewalk. So I'll appreciate if

19 somebody --

20 MR. KING: Where is it, 7th Avenue

21 and where?

22 MR. FOX: Right around the corner.

23 It's, like, across from that credit union down

24 from I believe it's a Ukrainian church.

25 MR. KING: Oh, okay.
 42

 1 MR. FOX: Yeah.

 2 MR. SMURL: Mr. Voldenberg, can you

 3 find out --

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: That was submitted

 5 to Code Enforcement. I'll follow up and see

 6 where they're at on that.

 7 MR. FOX: Yeah, cuz that's what I

 8 got two weeks ago. And then when I called here

 9 about the status, I get a voicemail. I leave

10 my name, my phone number, my e-mail. Two weeks

11 and, like, nobody knows who owns this. Thank

12 you for your time. Appreciate it.

13 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Mark

14 Margavitch. Mr. Voldenberg, can you find out,

15 look on our map just see if we can figure out

16 who owns it if it is city owned. I don't

17 believe it is city owned.

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: They have that

19 information. I'll followup and get a status.

20 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: And the reason why

22 he's not getting a return call from them.

23 MR. SMURL: Okay.

24 MR. MARGAVITCH: Good evening,

25 Council. Mr. Smurl, at the South Side meeting
 43

 1 recently this past Wednesday, you made a

 2 comment and said we desperately need to do

 3 something with the hospital which is hopefully

 4 coming soon. I was just wondering, can you

 5 clarify what hospital are were alluding to at

 6 that meeting?

 7 MR. SMURL: Which hospital I was

 8 speaking of?

 9 MR. MARGAVITCH: Yeah, which

10 hospital --

11 MR. SMURL: That one was -- that

12 night it was Geisinger was the hospital.

13 MR. MARGAVITCH: Okay. Is there

14 anything going on with the parking garage

15 coming back?

16 MR. SMURL: I'm sorry?

17 MR. MARGAVITCH: The parking garage

18 was voted on at one time and voted down.

19 MR. SMURL: Correct.

20 MR. MARGAVITCH: Is it involving the

21 parking garage by chance or no?

22 MR. SMURL: There was supposed to be

23 a whole new project, whether it's coming out or

24 not, I don't know.

25 MR. MARGAVITCH: Okay. Okay, next,
 44

 1 I want to talk about an issue that seems like

 2 it's not getting the attention it should. In a

 3 recent Council election -- and this was the

 4 most previous one, a candidate was accused of

 5 collecting forged signatures on the petition to

 6 get on the ballot for the primary.

 7 And this individual was charged and

 8 was still allowed to be -- run in the general

 9 which I couldn't understand. But in our city,

10 we certainly have had our fair share of

11 corruption and lack of integrity.

12 And I do have a question for,

13 Mr. Smurl, again as to why that -- the

14 withdrawal did happen and switch parties to an

15 independent. I read the article in the

16 Times-Tribune dated March 17th from Jeff

17 Horvath.

18 And I do have some additional

19 questions. Now, you quoted -- it quoted you

20 Mr. Smurl as follows:

21 "It came to my attention over the

22 weekend that some of my campaign people got a

23 bit overzealous and actually got the signatures

24 that were not verified."

25 I was wondering if you could tell me
 45

 1 how did you become aware of this?

 2 MR. SMURL: I don't remember. I'll

 3 have to think about it.

 4 MR. MARGAVITCH: I guess my question

 5 to everyone would be, if somebody robbed a bank

 6 and they returned the money six days later,

 7 should they still be charged with robbery? And

 8 I ask that because, Mr. Smurl, do you believe

 9 you broke the election laws by submitting an

10 affidavit that was false?

11 MR. SMURL: I'm sorry, what did you

12 say?

13 MR. MARGAVITCH: I said, do you

14 believe you broke the election laws by

15 submitting an affidavit that was false and that

16 was regarding the signatures --

17 MR. SMURL: If I had known at the

18 time it was false, of course.

19 MR. MARGAVITCH: But my point was,

20 do you know how long you had submitted that?

21 MR. SMURL: I don't remember.

22 MR. MARGAVITCH: It was March 11th

23 and it took until March 18th or 17th, one or

24 the other. I'm sorry, I don't have the date

25 down where you actually withdrew. I think it
 46

 1 was the 17th. That was article from Jeff

 2 Horvath.

 3 And I just was -- you know, I do

 4 think it's a big deal. I don't think the

 5 intention was malice. But I do think it's a

 6 big deal because there's other candidates that

 7 they did follow all the rules. And, you know,

 8 I feel like it's a loophole that you were able

 9 to switch as an independent because the, you

10 know, the rules weren't followed and

11 unfortunately, it was an affidavit.

12 Are you aware of anyone who may have

13 contacted you or signed your petition that had

14 contact from law enforcement looking into that?

15 Are you aware of anyone that would have signed

16 or yourself that had any investigation done

17 from law enforcement?

18 MR. SMURL: I don't know what you

19 are saying.

20 MR. MARGAVITCH: With this -- the

21 affidavit, it was -- on the back of the

22 petitions when you have the signatures, you

23 have the person who passes the petition around.

24 And then as a candidate, I believe we sign for

25 the expenses and we sign to make sure that
 47

 1 everything is accurate.

 2 So you have a person who passes the

 3 petition around. They have them witness all

 4 the signatures.

 5 MR. SMURL: Correct.

 6 MR. MARGAVITCH: So I was wondering

 7 if anyone on your petition was contacted that

 8 signed it from any type of law enforcement that

 9 you're aware of or if you were contacted?

10 MR. SMURL: Oh, I believe a lot of

11 people were contacted.

12 MR. MARGAVITCH: Okay. Well, I

13 mean, I really want this to be clean up and

14 I'll end by this. Your campaign slogan is

15 actions speak louder than words. To me,

16 submitting that affidavit incorrectly is a lack

17 of respect to the campaign rules.

18 I don't believe we should have a

19 loophole switching parties and not admitting

20 the serious error in the filing of the false

21 affidavit. To me, it speaks volumes. And I'm

22 just a little shocked that more people aren't

23 talking about it. That's all. Thank you.

24 MR. SMURL: Sorry I'm not perfect

25 like you, pal. Thank you. Leslie Collins.
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 1 MS. COLLINS: Good evening, Council.

 2 I'm Leslie Collins. I am the President and CEO

 3 of Scranton Tomorrow. And I am here this

 4 evening to voice Scranton Tomorrow's support

 5 for the City of Scranton's downtown streetscape

 6 project.

 7 For those of you who don't know,

 8 back in 2018 Scranton Tomorrow hosted a public

 9 forum. And we contracted with urban planner --

10 a renowned urban planner Jeff Speck. And we

11 brought him here to really share national best

12 practices for issues such as walkability and

13 newer and updated urban design strategies.

14 The forum was held at the University

15 of Scranton and was a standing room only

16 discussion. And that was a clear indicator to

17 us that stakeholders within the community did

18 have an interest in urban design and most

19 definitely in walkability.

20 And there were significant amount of

21 questions that were posed to Jeff about best

22 practices and areas that he compared to

23 Scranton and how -- what the outcomes of those

24 were.

25 So it was an in-depth discussion and
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 1 we did follow up the following day with a

 2 breakfast with Jeff that continued that

 3 conversation. So our interest in the city's

 4 plan is relevant.

 5 And since the time that we did have

 6 this forum with Jeff and numerous discussions,

 7 the city has brought Jeff back to the area, I

 8 believe twice at two public forums that were

 9 very well attended at Lackawanna College.

10 They have continued to do in-depth

11 assessment of the downtown district. And I do

12 believe that they have assembled a team of

13 professional engineers that worked in

14 conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of

15 Transportation.

16 And I think that piece is really

17 significant in the plan because that means that

18 it is up to the standards of the Commonwealth.

19 Also, we believe that that pairing between the

20 professional teams really brings a plan that is

21 grounded in best practices.

22 And it's looking at outdated

23 infrastructure and challenging traffic

24 patterns. And I think that coming from a

25 perspective of Scranton Tomorrow where we work
 50

 1 every day in the downtown district, we would

 2 say that two very, very important elements for

 3 us are the outdated infrastructure and those

 4 challenging traffic patterns.

 5 And we do hear from the downtown

 6 businesses specifically developers often on

 7 those challenges. So we are encouraged that

 8 this plan addresses those issues. From a staff

 9 perspective, I can tell you that as we are in

10 the district on a daily basis, we see cars

11 travelling at high rates of speed and merely

12 using the downtown streets as a passthrough

13 verus them really at a speed where they could

14 take in and visualize all of the great assets

15 that the downtown has.

16 And that is an important fact that

17 we have heard from the downtown businesses that

18 they would like to see, you know, traffic

19 calmed in some manner so that their business

20 really can be, you know, visualized in a better

21 manner with slower traffic.

22 We do observe cars going down one

23 way streets on a daily basis. Our office is on

24 Linden Street. And it's a daily occurrence

25 where we have two -- one to two cars, three
 51

 1 cars. We have had multiple conversations with

 2 police officers and they've done a wonderful

 3 job of doing everything they can to stop that.

 4 But it is still a daily occurrence.

 5 And we also have witnessed on numerous

 6 occasions pedestrians crossing with a walk

 7 signal giving them the go ahead to cross the

 8 street while at the same time vehicles have the

 9 green light and which creates a, obviously, a

10 dangerous conflict between pedestrian and

11 vehicle.

12 What we value greatly in this plan

13 is that it details both existing challenges and

14 what we see as emerging opportunities. It

15 focuses on issues that we have heard throughout

16 our years in the downtown which are pedestrian

17 walkability, the safety issue between vehicle

18 versus pedestrian, traffic calming measures,

19 and how do we assist them in improving the

20 visibility of their small business, so all very

21 relevant elements.

22 I should mention I did come in late

23 to caucus. I came in at the tail end of a

24 conversation about outreach to the businesses.

25 I do want to mention that we were not charged
 52

 1 with outreach to the businesses.

 2 However, we have had conversations

 3 with businesses that have relayed concerns to

 4 us throughout, you know, recent times and we're

 5 hoping that the plan would address after, you

 6 know, a really fine detailed review of the

 7 plan.

 8 We did go back to the Ritz Theater

 9 who had a concern in the past about the bump

10 outs and how that impedes their business. So

11 we did go back and relay the information from

12 the plan regarding the bump outs for what would

13 be proposed in their area.

14 And we also did have in depth

15 conversations with Downtown Deli who has

16 throughout, you know, recent times had concerns

17 with the water runoff on the corner of Penn and

18 Biden as well as traffic calming and turning on

19 one way -- turning on one-way streets the wrong

20 way.

21 So we did have those two

22 conversations. I just did want to bring that

23 to light. But those were the two that we have

24 had. We have not received any phone calls

25 regarding the plan. And I think that should be
 53

 1 noted.

 2 In the past we have had discussions

 3 regarding parking and had a lot of

 4 conversations. Which is -- just real

 5 quickly if I -- just real quickly if I could

 6 just say that do we anticipate that there will

 7 be, you know, an adjustment period to the plan,

 8 yes, certainly we do.

 9 I think that we would all expect

10 that there would be some adjustments. But

11 listening to caucus this evening, it appeared

12 as though the engineers and the city seemed to

13 feel that there would be a response time to any

14 of those concerns.

15 So I do thank you for your time and

16 I would appreciate review of the plan and

17 hopefully your support.

18 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Miss Collins, so the

20 list we got, this is a list from the city.

21 It's not from Scranton Tomorrow.

22 MS. COLLINS: That is not from

23 Scranton Tomorrow, no. And I do know we did

24 have conversations with the city and they did

25 let us know that they were doing outreach.
 54

 1 But when we saw certain elements in

 2 the plan that we knew had been discussed with

 3 us from businesses and were concerns and hopes

 4 that they would be included in the plan, we did

 5 that reach out.

 6 MR. SCHUSTER: Yeah, some of the

 7 things that were discussed in the plan, the

 8 vaults under some of the fronts of the

 9 businesses on their sidewalks, the water that

10 sits at Downtown Deli, things like that, I

11 mean, these are things -- this is you talk

12 about aging infrastructure and also the

13 challenge in traffic patterns, this is the

14 aging infrastructure.

15 Some of the things that I find that

16 I disagree with the plan are the traffic

17 lights. So when we talk about Downtown Deli,

18 I'm fully in agreement that they need something

19 fixed, places like Osaka and in front of say

20 DaVinci's where those vaults are, that needs to

21 be fixed, some of the bump outs, curbs,

22 stormwater, and things like that downtown.

23 So some of these businesses aren't

24 really affected by the streetlights per se,

25 but they're going to gain some improvements to
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 1 their aging infrastructure around their

 2 businesses.

 3 MS. COLLINS: Correct. But like I

 4 said, I did not speak with that list of

 5 businesses. But there are support letters from

 6 the two businesses that we did discuss it with

 7 because we knew that those were concerns

 8 specifically of theirs.

 9 MR. SCHUSTER: All right. Thank

10 you.

11 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Rik Little.

12 MR. LITTLE: Hello, Scranton, Rik

13 Little. How much does it cost to speak an

14 extra, like, three minutes in the five minute

15 thing? Is there a way to do that?

16 MR. SMURL: There's a way to do it.

17 If you are representing multiple businesses in

18 downtown Scranton and you have been doing that

19 for many, many years I will clear this -- you

20 will stop.

21 MR. LITTLE: I can't hear you.

22 MR. SMURL: I said if you represent

23 multiple businesses -- that's what Scranton

24 Tomorrow is all about is to deal with our

25 downtown businesses and help them grow.
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 1 So if somebody that represents them

 2 and wishes to come here and speak, I will allow

 3 it. That's my decision.

 4 MR. LITTLE: If I get multiple

 5 businesses --

 6 MR. SMURL: If you are going to

 7 represent them, yes.

 8 MR. LITTLE: And I could get three

 9 extra minutes.

10 MR. SMURL: You're on your time.

11 MR. LITTLE: Oh, I'm on my time.

12 MR. SMURL: Yes, you are.

13 MR. LITTLE: Well, I don't think

14 that's fair for government.

15 MR. SMURL: Well, it's not your

16 decision.

17 MR. LITTLE: It should be a separate

18 meeting, I think. But I'm running for a job of

19 Mayor. And I think things have to get better

20 around here the way the government works,

21 especially the municipal government. Everybody

22 seems to have forgot about the municipal

23 government.

24 They don't even take into account

25 what the municipal part of it is. I mean, the
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 1 Scranton YMCA is in Dunmore. The Scranton

 2 Housing Authority is run by Lackawanna County.

 3 Nothing is Scranton's anymore. And the job I'm

 4 going for, what do they do?

 5 Well, they appoint the commissioners

 6 for the Scranton Housing Authority and for code

 7 enforcement, the police department, the fire

 8 department to enforce laws. But the laws are

 9 plastic. They're elastic. They're changing

10 all the time.

11 This thing about the streets is

12 crazy, crazy. Just -- they always come at you,

13 all the media and all the discussions about

14 health and safety. I thought we solved that.

15 You know, I've lived here for 20 years watching

16 them go through three different parking meter

17 systems and this -- making it a two-way street

18 from a person who has broken my wrists three

19 times in the 20 years I've been here tripping

20 on the cracks and the sidewalk falling down,

21 breaking both my wrists.

22 That happened three times. And, you

23 know, and then I go into the system here. The

24 system, healthcare system. I broke my leg in

25 2017. That is the day I started growing my
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 1 beard and I'm living in Scranton Housing

 2 Authority.

 3 And I'm watching the social workers

 4 and everybody close in on me. They gave me

 5 50,000 things of Vitamin D, which was helping

 6 me. And then I get up Abington Manor which is

 7 an old folks home. I totally understand that

 8 the elderly abuse that they talk about,

 9 especially during Covid.

10 But there has to be -- people just

11 don't know what's going on. As I said at the

12 so-called debate, I wasn't even debating

13 anybody. They didn't even set it up that way.

14 We don't even have a League of Women Voters

15 anymore.

16 But, you know, we're all lost souls

17 living in a fishbowl year after year. Reading

18 the Times-Tribune, like, what is reality in

19 this town because the other day this no kings,

20 no kings is about King George. And the only

21 really no kings thing that I see going on is

22 the Bar Associations, Bar stands for British

23 Accredited Registry. That is one-third of our

24 constitutional government.

25 They're not even teaching it in
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 1 schools anymore. All they're teaching is

 2 cultural Marxism where everybody is a victim of

 3 an oppressor. And I guess the oppressor is --

 4 you know, the other days it was like the

 5 oppressor is billionaires and Donald Trump.

 6 And these were paid protesters.

 7 They all left at the same time to catch a bus.

 8 We need a chance in Scranton to give the people

 9 a voice -- a voice. So I'm hoping people vote

10 for me for Mayor because the only thing that

11 happened at the debate, they're arguing about

12 lawsuits that happened years ago.

13 There's a lot of lawsuits going on.

14 There's too much problem with the judiciary

15 getting involved in all of this stuff and them

16 fooling people that the people are represented

17 by -- by, you know, Lackawanna Pro Bono or

18 Northeast Penn Legal.

19 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Little.

20 MR. LITTLE: Yeah, okay. Well -- is

21 this happening next week too?

22 MR. SMURL: Pardon me?

23 MR. LITTLE: Are you here next week?

24 MR. SMURL: Yes.

25 MR. LITTLE: Okay.
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 1 MR. SMURL: Gus Fahey.

 2 MR. FAHEY: Good evening, Council.

 3 Thanks for having me speak. I'm Gus Fahey from

 4 Scranton. I'm very much in favor of the

 5 downtown connectivity study. I think we're far

 6 overdue for a sort of refresh, a look at what

 7 our downtown uses are for.

 8 From what I understand, Joe Corcoran

 9 told me that the reason that the downtown

10 streets are organized the way they are is

11 because of the Globe Store. Globe Store wanted

12 people going, you know, zipping right down to

13 their store and getting sort of stuck downtown.

14 So to me, that means that there's

15 sort of high time to take a good look at what

16 the city needs now and in the future. And so I

17 thought it was very insightful for Wayne Evans

18 to bring in Jeff Speck, to bring in a renown

19 urbanist to take a look at Scranton and to see,

20 like, what kind of insights that he could bring

21 to make downtown more vibrant, to make downtown

22 more liveable, to make downtown more safe for

23 pedestrians. And so I think that really helped

24 a lot of us --

25 MR. SMURL: Please. Sorry, Mr.
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 1 Fahey.

 2 MR. FAHEY: -- who are thinking

 3 about these issues, that are interested in

 4 these issues because you did bring a lot of

 5 things that are counterintuitive at first, you

 6 know, to -- that makes it safer to have stop

 7 signs rather than lights for certain streets to

 8 have certain kind of level of traffic volume.

 9 And so it's counterintuitive -- it

10 was counterintuitive insight to share that it

11 was from a national expert that he brought to

12 us. So I think that really sort of helped some

13 of us that were thinking about these kinds of

14 issues.

15 And I think in particular downtown,

16 one of the things that Jeff Speck said is that

17 there are so many more people that want to live

18 in walkable places than there are that actually

19 live in walkable places. So most of us live --

20 most of the country lives in places where it's

21 really very car centric.

22 But Scranton is different because we

23 were designed to be really neighborhood

24 specifically. You could sort of walk to

25 everything that you needed from a church, to
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 1 the store, to the school. They were all sort

 2 of centered in your neighborhood.

 3 So I think we're really in a very

 4 good position to take advantage of these new

 5 populations that are moving into Scranton. And

 6 especially in the downtown where you have

 7 retirees that are looking for just low

 8 maintenance.

 9 They want to live in condo. They

10 don't want to have to deal with a yard and all

11 of that. And they want to be able to walk

12 around the downtown businesses. And then young

13 people that are moving in, they really want to

14 live in a place where there's not required for

15 them to necessarily have a car.

16 And so we want to attract those

17 populations as well. And so I think designing

18 a downtown that sort of responds to their needs

19 would put us in a better position for growth.

20 And I think we also need to be prepared for the

21 train coming because that also -- I think our

22 downtown really should be prepared to deal with

23 potential new growth that's coming from that as

24 well.

25 So not only do I think that it's
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 1 warranted to make our streets two ways to make

 2 sure you could go around the courthouse, to

 3 make it easier to get around and to make it

 4 safer to get around. But I also think that

 5 some of that logic could be extended into the

 6 neighborhoods as well.

 7 So I think that young people,

 8 especially are looking for places where they

 9 can bike around. And if we make it safer for

10 biking, then I think we'll have more growth in

11 our neighborhoods as well. So if you could get

12 to the downtown from the neighborhoods, you

13 don't necessarily -- have to live in the, you

14 know, higher rent districts of the downtown,

15 you could still sort of make it down there

16 without having a car or without a family having

17 an additional car.

18 Part of the reason that I am so

19 enamored with sort of walkable places is that

20 if you don't have a car payment or if you don't

21 have an additional car payment for your family,

22 you're halfway to affording a new mortgage.

23 You're half way to being able to buy a home in

24 your family in your place of residence in your

25 community.
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 1 So I think like saving money and

 2 making a walkable place, I think that responds

 3 to not only the populations that we're trying

 4 to attract now. But when we think into the

 5 future and maybe people that aren't necessarily

 6 represented here, but younger people are really

 7 looking for places that are more walkable and

 8 bikable and safe and they could really sort of

 9 get around. So that is why I would encourage

10 you to adopt the plan. Thanks.

11 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Fahey.

12 That is it for our sign-in sheet. Anybody else

13 wish to address Council?

14 MS. KOLOSKY: Good evening. I will

15 be very fast. I have one thing to say, whether

16 we have stop signs or whether we have red

17 lights. We shouldn't be looking at the

18 businesses as we're driving by. We should be

19 looking at the roads so we don't hit anybody or

20 go in the back end of some other vehicle.

21 Okay, that's the end of that.

22 Now, the only other thing I want to

23 quickly ask is if anybody found out anything

24 more about the code blue thing that when I

25 mentioned it last week I believe somebody said
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 1 that they were going to see if they could find

 2 out anything when I asked if I should be going

 3 to the county.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: The question about

 5 the temperature.

 6 MS. KOLOSKY: Yes, about raising it.

 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: I did bring it up at

 8 the last unsheltered task force meeting that I

 9 attended. And that's a discussion I think they

10 were open to to see if that's something that

11 needs to be changed. I know that they had

12 mentioned that the Fire Chief, it's usually his

13 discretion as to when they open the code blue.

14 Like, he keeps an eye on the weather

15 and then we'll take that into account whether

16 it's a lot of expected snow or windchill

17 factors that are dipping. So he's the one that

18 ends up making the call as to when the Code

19 Blue Shelter opens.

20 MS. KOLOSKY: The Fire Chief makes

21 that call.

22 DR. ROTHCHILD: Um hum.

23 MS. KOLOSKY: Who's the Fire Chief?

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Chief Judge, John

25 Judge.
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 1 MS. KOLOSKY: John Judge.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

 3 MS. KOLOSKY: Okay. Thank you.

 4 DR. ROTHCHILD: It's something that

 5 they can consider but --

 6 MS. KOLOSKY: So he's the person I

 7 have to harass.

 8 DR. ROTHCHILD: But in the past,

 9 they have gone by the standards of the county.

10 But that is when the county had some more

11 resources like a code blue themselves --

12 MS. KOLOSKY: Okay. So it's the

13 county --

14 DR. ROTHCHILD: But --

15 MS. KOLOSKY: It's the county and

16 the Fire Chief then?

17 DR. ROTHCHILD: The county has had

18 their own standards in the past. And so I

19 think that 20 degree number that it came from

20 that. But the city has our own, like, we could

21 make it at our own discretion if we feel it

22 needs to be higher than that.

23 MS. KOLOSKY: So it's basically the

24 Fire Chief.

25 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.
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 1 MS. KOLOSKY: Okay. Thank you.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Thank you.

 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Doris.

 4 Anyone else?

 5 MR. COYNE: Tom Coyne, Minooka. The

 6 Mayor put out a video for the Recovery Act

 7 stating that she had a bunch of meetings and

 8 stakeholders before the Recovery Act.

 9 I did a right to know on that

10 meeting. I asked who the stakeholders were,

11 who was at the meetings. There were no

12 records. There were no stakeholders.

13 Obviously it was just the Mayor's group

14 deciding what they wanted to and calling their

15 own group stakeholders.

16 I'm sick and tired of hearing

17 stakeholders over citizens. Why are the

18 citizens that you represent not the

19 stakeholders in this city? Businesses come and

20 go. Residents are here hopefully for a

21 lifetime. But sadly that's not the case

22 because we do not listen to our citizens.

23 We listen to stakeholders. Like

24 our charity for the shelter, pack up and leave

25 after they collect the money. Now, when I come
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 1 to an intersection that's two -- two of them

 2 are one ways, each car has a straight option

 3 and a turn option.

 4 Total options in that intersection

 5 are four possible moves, straight turn and

 6 straight turn. Now, if I come to an all way,

 7 each intersection has three options, center,

 8 left and right. Each cover or 12 possible

 9 turns.

10 Which is safer, a pedestrian that

11 has to watch four possible turns or a

12 pedestrian that has to watch 12 possible turns?

13 Is 12 less than 4? Is splitting your attention

14 between 12 easier than splitting between 4?

15 Moving on, stop signs in the plan

16 once they are down they can't go up. So just

17 like the Nay Aug Park slide, what I expect is

18 thieves in the night they'll be removed and

19 someone will go oops, but we can't replace it

20 after it's done.

21 We have seen that action beforehand

22 where they come and rip stuff out, destroy it,

23 and then there's no going back.

24 I see the same play happening with

25 these lights. You think the stop signs will
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 1 have calm and are safer. I have questions for

 2 you then. Say you have two people like

 3 Mr. King racing to catch a light, but at the

 4 light they must stop.

 5 At a stop sign they'll get mad and

 6 stalling at each stop sign and they'll tap the

 7 brakes and go through. They'll get just as

 8 aggravated. They'll pull up quick. Hit the

 9 brakes, pull through. It won't slow them up.

10 A stop light at least has a chance to slow them

11 up for two minutes.

12 A stop sign has a chance for them to

13 stop and tap the brake and go through because

14 they want to get where they're going just like

15 rushing through to beat a light. You think

16 stop signs are safer and calmer.

17 Are you ready to tell Scranton's

18 children on Halloween if they have the option

19 to cross at a red light or cross at a four-way

20 stop sign they should go and stop -- they

21 should go and cross at a four-way stop sign

22 because they'll be safer crossing at the

23 four-way stop sign than a light.

24 I remember growing up I was told to

25 cross at the green and not in between because
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 1 streetlights were safer. If that is not the

 2 case, we need to reeducate our children to

 3 cross at stop signs, especially on Halloween

 4 for the safety of the children.

 5 Now, let's talk about it from a

 6 driver's position. I'm making a right-hand

 7 turn, bike lane is the left. I then look right

 8 to the traffic coming. I check again, left,

 9 right. And then as I start to make the turn, I

10 look left opposite of that walk because I'm

11 looking to see if any traffic is coming down to

12 go through the light at me or is coming from

13 straight head to cut into my lane.

14 So at that point where I go I'm

15 turning this way, I look this way, check it,

16 that way, check it, back again. Look at the

17 traffic, look for pedestrians, look at the

18 traffic as I'm turning. My attention is not on

19 the people crossing because I'm looking

20 opposite of the people as I'm making that curb.

21 That's how you do it when you're

22 making those turns. And stop signs don't even

23 give you that option. I think it's a bad idea.

24 We're in the cusp of an election. And we need

25 to not buy a dog and pony show. Listen to the
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 1 citizens' feedback because it's important.

 2 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

 3 MR. ARGENTA: Good evening, Council,

 4 Virgil Argenta, Scranton. Mr. Smurl, last week

 5 you were asked by a resident if you were going

 6 to vote yes regarding the issue with the

 7 downtown streetscape lights and stop signs.

 8 You said yes.

 9 That's very concerning that your

10 mind is made up before the public has had a

11 chance to weigh in and the Council has

12 thoroughly discussed it. Now, Mr. Pocius,

13 former city engineer brought up some valid

14 questions and concerns.

15 Doesn't your yes predetermine,

16 undermine the democratic process and disregard

17 the input of your constituents? How can you

18 ensure that all voices are heard and considered

19 if you have already made up your mind? This is

20 not the type of representation that we need in

21 the city right now.

22 Regarding the board members, a few

23 weeks ago there was 62 board members, give or

24 take who failed to submit their required

25 financial statement. It raises concerns about
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 1 accountability and ethics.

 2 Do you have a number of how many

 3 complied, Mr. Smurl, and how many didn't

 4 comply?

 5 MR. SMURL: Mr. Voldenberg, did we

 6 send that to the Law Department?

 7 MR. VOLDENBERG: We did. We

 8 supplied them with the list.

 9 MR. ARGENTA: What's the outcome for

10 these members who are not in compliance and

11 thumb their nose? They know when they were

12 going to get on the board that they need to

13 have the financial statements? What are they

14 hiding? When will they be removed from their

15 board seats? They're in clear violation, also

16 an ethics violation.

17 Recently, another board who abruptly

18 departed an elected seat due to rumored

19 wrongdoing in investigations, do you believe

20 it's in the best interest of our community for

21 this individual to hold a position on one of

22 our city boards considering the importance from

23 ethics and integrity and public service?

24 We all know who this person is. It

25 might be time we get a better handle on our
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 1 city boards. Regarding the other issue with

 2 the police lateral programs, you voted on that.

 3 Do we have any information on how that is going

 4 to take effect? Do we have any guidelines or

 5 anything that we could pass onto anybody for

 6 that lateral program for the police department?

 7 MR. SMURL: Well, I suppose we could

 8 ask the Chief. Mr. Voldenberg, if that's

 9 immediately implement or --

10 MR. ARGENTA: I think that's

11 important being that we're down, you know, many

12 officers that it was a hurry up rush deal that

13 we pass this through just like we're doing here

14 with the streetscape.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will. I'll ask

16 that question tomorrow.

17 MR. SMURL: Thank you.

18 MR. MANCINI: It's a two-page

19 handout, Mrs. Carrera. Thank you. Good

20 evening, Council, Scranton city residents, Mike

21 Mancini, Scranton. Honesty and integrity

22 speak volumes when you are an elected official.

23 Tonight the mayoral debate from last

24 Thursday and the removal of 15 traffic light

25 intersections downtown, the words you choose
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 1 define who you are. Your character follows you

 2 just like your shadow. We witness quite the

 3 character flaw by the face of our city.

 4 Paige Cognetti told our citizens and

 5 voters that our city is safe. That was a lie.

 6 Council members, in front of you and will be

 7 posted to my Facebook page is a breakdown from

 8 the beginning of 2020, ending 2024. These are

 9 the same crime statistics provided by the city

10 to the state.

11 They could be found on Google by

12 typing PAUCRS in the search bar. From 2020

13 through 2024, 10,072 have been charged with a

14 crime with only 19,081 arrested; 14 murders, 19

15 arrests; 378 rapes, only 22 arrested; 145

16 robberies, 22 arrest; 1,241 aggravated

17 assaults, 435 arrests; 2,995 simple assaults,

18 1,044 arrests; 799 burglaries, 91 arrests;

19 4,100 larceny thefts, 319 arrests; 324 motor

20 vehicle thefts, 13 arrests; 76 arsons, 15

21 arrests. Do these numbers sound safe to you?

22 20 percent were arrested in five

23 years. Numbers do not lie. Paige Cognetti

24 does. 8,091 charged remain unprocessed. How

25 many warrants is that? There is no warrants
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 1 departments to pick up these individuals, 356

 2 rapes in five years for victims without

 3 justice.

 4 And Paige may even read these

 5 numbers because I too know the feeling of the

 6 word impact. What kind of impact has Paige

 7 caused? This is one of so many things that

 8 we've allowed an outsider to change.

 9 Restructuring our amazing police department has

10 caused these incidents without justice.

11 As you look through these numbers,

12 think of every individual who did not ask to be

13 impacted or violated. I would like each of you

14 after the remainder of my five minutes tell

15 your city what you think looking at these

16 numbers. Do you think it's been safer in the

17 last five years? I would like the Chair of

18 Public Safety to start this discussion.

19 Mr. McAndrew, you see the future in

20 our city daily with your students and your

21 grandchildren. You speak from the heart. You

22 see things for what they truly are. The other

23 four chairs need to strive to become like you.

24 On behalf of those impacted or

25 violated, how many warrants are outstanding?
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 1 Do we have a warrants department? What's the

 2 oldest warrant? What's the process? Why do we

 3 have over 900 warrants that are not processed?

 4 The face of the place has an extra set of doors

 5 downstairs as if she doesn't feel safe.

 6 To her citizens, after hearing these

 7 numbers, do you feel safe? Now, let's talk

 8 about safety in a different manner, removing 15

 9 traffic light intersections and replacing them

10 downtown without -- with stop signs is not a

11 good plan. I do like the rest of it.

12 Traffic lights cost 550,000 an

13 intersection. These traffic lights need to

14 remain. Here's why. Traffic lights are

15 generally safer for pedestrians and cyclists

16 because they provide a clear designated time to

17 cross.

18 Crashes at traffic lights are less

19 likely to be fatal compared to those at stop

20 signs. The risk of serious accidents at stop

21 sign controlled intersection is because drivers

22 may run a stop sign or not come to a complete

23 stop. These are called accidents because they

24 happen.

25 Changing the 15 intersections will
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 1 cause a serious risk down and impact businesses

 2 that already notice changes because of the

 3 meter changes. 8.25 million to replace these

 4 intersections. Once this part of the

 5 streetscape plan fails, there's greater risk to

 6 those downtown if this plan passes in its

 7 current form.

 8 You heard this evening about safety

 9 and the risks that the face who wants out of

10 this place has provided to each of her

11 citizens. Do not risk your future on an

12 outsider. Two days today -- I'm sorry, two

13 weeks today, your future depends on you. Vote

14 for character, not failure. God bless our

15 Scranton Police Department. Good evening,

16 Council.

17 MR. SMURL: Thank you. Anyone else?

18 MR. VOLDENBERG: FIFTH ORDER. 5-A.

19 MOTIONS.

20 MR. SMURL: Mr. King, do you have

21 any motions or comments?

22 MR. KING: A comment, can we, Mr.

23 Voldenberg, just send a question over to the

24 Chief -- Chief Judge concerning the bump outs

25 handling turns by buses, fire trucks,
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 1 tractor-trailers as was mentioned this evening?

 2 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

 3 MR. KING: And also ask him if he

 4 feels as though it would -- with stop signs it

 5 would slow response time for the fire trucks.

 6 The one thing I do like about the study is that

 7 there's going to be 90 days.

 8 So like once it's implemented, we're

 9 going to have 90 days to figure out, okay, in

10 all the engineering studies they've done, it

11 appeared as though -- well, that's how we came

12 up with the plan. Not all intersections are

13 switching to stop signs. Some are.

14 You know, the study leaves lights

15 where they are safer and where it makes sense

16 and it puts in stop signs where it's safer and

17 where it makes sense. So, you know, I want to

18 be able to allow the opportunity for this plan

19 to be implemented and see what changes need to

20 be made after 30, 60, 90 days because, you

21 know, at the end of the day, I drive a lot.

22 I drive a ton. And I know. I see

23 people when the lights are starting to turn

24 yellow if they think they could make it,

25 they're hitting the gas. They're not hitting
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 1 the brake. And faster cars cause greater

 2 damage than slower vehicles that stop at stop

 3 signs. So that's just kind of all I have to

 4 say about that. Thank you.

 5 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. King.

 6 Mr. Schuster, do you have any motions or

 7 comments?

 8 MR. KING: If I could mention too

 9 just really quickly -- I apologize. You know,

10 we say that the red lights are safer, I mean, a

11 year or two ago, maybe two and a half, three

12 years ago someone was killed right at this

13 corner here at Mulberry Street and North

14 Washington.

15 And we had someone killed at the

16 corner of North Washington and Linden Street.

17 And somebody mentioned 2018 someone was killed

18 at Lackawanna and Wyoming Avenue. You know,

19 all corners with lights and, you know, there is

20 never going to be a perfect solution that, you

21 know, we have to say.

22 And, you know, do people run stop

23 signs, yeah, they absolutely do. Do they run

24 red lights, yes, they absolutely do. I like

25 the idea of slowing. I believe that it will
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 1 slow traffic down. I won't be going through

 2 town once those stop signs are put up downtown

 3 to get to Clarks Summit. I will tell you that.

 4 I'll go around 81 and do what we

 5 have to do. That's why on highways, they have

 6 loops around cities, you know, whatever, if

 7 it's 84 -- not 84, but down around Washington,

 8 DC, they have loops that go around so that they

 9 are not flying through the downtown areas. So

10 that's what I believe. That's all. Thank you.

11 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. King.

12 MR. KING: Appreciate it.

13 MR. SMURL: Sorry, Mr. Schuster.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: No, it's all right.

15 All right. I will -- I'll speak -- Mr. Pocius

16 came in and he asked several questions. Mr.

17 Voldenberg, I believe you are going to take a

18 look at the video and get those -- extrapolate

19 those questions out of what he had said and

20 take a look at it.

21 Mr. King asked about bump outs and

22 whether our fire trucks and larger vehicles

23 could make those turns. I did ask that

24 question last week to Mr. Judge. And he said

25 that they base those designs off of the turning
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 1 radius on some of our fire department trucks.

 2 But I would like to see what the answer comes

 3 back as.

 4 Sometimes it comes back different.

 5 Today there was a hearing for 1405 Cherry

 6 Street. I do know that the individual, the

 7 Defendant didn't show up for the hearing today.

 8 So can we just ask the Law Department what are

 9 the city's next steps when it comes to this?

10 Maybe it was shut down by the zoning

11 board back in April. They're continuing to

12 operate. But if we could see what is the city

13 going to do as its next steps regarding this

14 business.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: I will, sir.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you. I also

17 got a message on the way over here about seeing

18 if we could get the street sweeper over to the

19 16 and 1700 block of Wyoming Avenue. I do

20 believe there's some construction and road work

21 being done over there.

22 MR. VOLDENBERG: I'll request that.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

24 I'll just touch on this. Leslie Collins was

25 here tonight. She gave us two, you know, two
 82

 1 things, aging infrastructure and challenging

 2 roadways or traffic patterns downtown.

 3 I do agree with a lot of this

 4 proposal, especially aging infrastructure. A

 5 lot of these business -- and I do agree with

 6 these businesses. I'm not disagreeing with

 7 these businesses. There is aging

 8 infrastructure around their business.

 9 And they -- I mean, it's time to

10 improve it. So on that aspect of this, I do

11 agree with it. I could reach out to the

12 Business Administrator. I could meet with her

13 and see who else on this team is willing to

14 meet coming up.

15 What I asked last week is just for

16 us to slow this down, get input. There's been

17 several times that we moved forward with

18 things. And we haven't got all the input. And

19 we get feedback from the citizenry after it's

20 passed. I could think of at least three things

21 that we've done this with.

22 In the last week or so I've knocked

23 on many doors. I spoke to many residents. And

24 I've only had one that's been in agreement

25 other than some that came tonight and spoke
 83

 1 tonight and some of the letters that we got.

 2 And some of those letters we got, I

 3 know these individuals. And I know why they

 4 would be for this project. And again, it's

 5 aging infrastructure. Looking at courthouse

 6 square, I don't like the removal of those

 7 street lights in and around that area.

 8 When it comes to courthouse square,

 9 there's only businesses on one side of the

10 road. If there was businesses on both sides of

11 the road where cars could park and come at

12 businesses from different angles, I'm in

13 agreement with this. But at this point in time

14 it's only the courthouse that's there.

15 And at this point, there is parking

16 on both sides of the road. So there are access

17 to all of these businesses. So let's see where

18 this goes. Again tonight, I'll ask that we

19 just pump the brakes on this and make sure

20 we're getting all the input that we need.

21 A lot of the people and even

22 businesses on this list that I spoke to in the

23 last few days were unaware of this project was

24 even happening. So the word still isn't out

25 that this is occurring and many people are
 84

 1 unaware of it. That's all for tonight, Mr.

 2 Smurl.

 3 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Schuster.

 4 Dr. Rothchild, do you have any motions or

 5 comments?

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: Just a couple with

 7 regard to the walkability study and the

 8 legislation tonight that we're considering and

 9 based off of a lot of comments that we've

10 received, I know there was a question about

11 whether or not Council members have walked

12 downtown.

13 I walk downtown all the time. I

14 frequent a lot of businesses downtown,

15 restaurants, coffee shops. I love coming

16 downtown. And I even with getting the list of

17 intersections that would have potential

18 changes, since then I've driven and walked

19 downtown through many of those intersections to

20 just picture it for myself as to what it would

21 look and feel like with those changes.

22 And I know that there are many of

23 those intersections that I could see changing

24 to stop signs from the signals that don't have

25 as much traffic and that I personally would
 85

 1 still feel safe and in crossing if there are

 2 stop signs.

 3 I think a lot of people act like

 4 they've never crossed an intersection with a

 5 four way stop before either by driving or

 6 walking. And I know I do it all the time. I

 7 have even in my neighborhood. And I live near,

 8 like, nearby a pretty busy intersection with a

 9 four way stop.

10 And I've crossed there with my dogs,

11 with my children. And I've even asked my four

12 year old if she knows how to cross an

13 intersection with a four way stop and she was

14 able to articulate to me what you would do when

15 you get to that -- to that intersection and

16 stopping making sure any vehicles that are

17 coming are also stopping before you cross.

18 And even, you know, us frequently,

19 like, giving the waive off to the driver so you

20 know that they say see and making eye contact.

21 Things like that are important and most of us

22 have learned that when you are a pedestrian and

23 walking.

24 And I have been to other cities too

25 where in the city there are intersections that
 86

 1 are four way stop. Philadelphia being one of

 2 them where I've walked around quite a bit and

 3 haven't really come into those issues.

 4 So I, you know, I do see it as being

 5 a change for people. But I also think in our

 6 minds it's -- and the way that it's been

 7 portrayed it's as if all of downtown is going

 8 to be changing from lights to four way stops

 9 which is not the case.

10 It's just at these intersections

11 where they found that it's warranted. So, you

12 know, I think it's worth a shot. It's

13 something that we've been told we can reverse

14 if there are intersections that we find should

15 not be a four way stop and should, in fact, be

16 a signal.

17 And that might be maybe there's

18 traffic backing up somewhere along the line

19 they need to still keep the signal there. So,

20 I mean, I do feel more comfortable with that

21 being an option and not necessarily being

22 permanent. And that's all that I have to add

23 to that for now. Thank you.

24 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Dr.

25 Rothchild. Mr. McAndrew, do you have any
 87

 1 motions or comments?

 2 MR. MCANDREW: Yeah, I might as well

 3 speak to caucus tonight and what occurred.

 4 First of all, before that, I'm thrilled that

 5 Mr. Pocius came here, right, okay, he said he's

 6 speaking as a citizen or resident. But he was

 7 also the former City Engineer.

 8 So I take that as a second opinion.

 9 Why not? We relied on his expertise in the

10 past. I'm thrilled he chimed in, you know, and

11 he brings a different perspective that he's not

12 in favor of changing the traffic lights to four

13 way stops. So I appreciate his expertise and

14 opinion, helps reenforce mine. I'm thrilled he

15 was here.

16 Also, so this is the second caucus

17 that the engineer and some administration came

18 tonight. And I'm still confused. First of

19 all, I said, okay, they admitted they only had

20 two meetings, which is fine. And, you know,

21 Council was invited.

22 Well, we get invited to a lot of

23 meetings and studies where these groups

24 present. But most of the time they are during

25 the day when we're working. Let's face it. Or
 88

 1 I get invited to the meeting a day before or an

 2 hour before.

 3 So it's not fair to say you were

 4 invited. There was only two in the past two

 5 years where I would have brought up these

 6 concerns. But in addition, so the past two

 7 weeks, you know, like stated tonight, okay, we

 8 have to change the stop signs. It's safer.

 9 It's safer.

10 Data says that it's safer and all

11 the research we did states that it's safer.

12 But we're going to do a trial. But in the same

13 breath prior to that statement, the City

14 Engineer says, well, you know, if you want to

15 change this -- if you vote against this, this

16 might not pass because we have to go back to

17 PennDOT with the permits.

18 And it's all permit related. And

19 it's based on years of information versus

20 criteria that's different now. So I'm finding

21 it hard to believe that there is wiggle room

22 for some of the businesses and associations

23 that are supposedly in contact that they could

24 address their concerns moving forward.

25 It doesn't look like that to me.
 89

 1 Like I said earlier, the decisions were made

 2 two years ago. I don't see the wiggle room

 3 because in one breath they say we'll take in

 4 consideration, there's ongoing discussion. But

 5 you want to make some changes, it affects the

 6 criteria and the permits that took so long to

 7 get we might not be able to get.

 8 So I'm still confused with all this.

 9 I don't like being confused. Or I don't want

10 to say misled, but the information every week

11 changes a little bit. And so I'll speak more

12 to on the question, but that's where I stand

13 with this. And I still -- they haven't changed

14 my mind yet or convinced me otherwise.

15 In addition to that, I just want to

16 report out. So September 2nd I got a response

17 from the city administration. This is

18 regarding Meridian Avenue and Luzerne Street

19 and Railroad Avenue and Luzerne Street about

20 the turning lanes being repainted.

21 So -- and so I finally got an answer

22 that makes sense. So parts of Luzerne Street

23 are on the 2025 pave list. However, the

24 section at Luzerne and Railroad is not on the

25 paving list.
 90

 1 So now they are going to take a look

 2 at it and pave the crosswalks. They're going

 3 to prioritize this because I brought this up,

 4 like, three or four times. But they said

 5 previous attempts to complete this work, I

 6 didn't know they were even going to attempt to

 7 complete because I didn't get a response, you

 8 know, they state that it was interrupted by

 9 weather.

10 So I hope before, you know, we get

11 the obvious weather coming that this gets

12 completed. So I'm taking them on their word

13 for that. And that is all I have.

14 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. McAndrew.

15 Earlier tonight Chief Judge was saying how it

16 speeds up response time. But it wasn't -- what

17 he was speaking about if going through downtown

18 if you had to go, say, to somewhere across from

19 the courthouse, a restaurant on Adams Avenue,

20 when the fire department goes out they have to

21 turn left, go up Mulberry, turn left on

22 Washington, go down another block, turn right

23 on Biden, then go up another block and turn

24 left on Adams.

25 You go six blocks to get to a block
 91

 1 that you're a block and a half away if the

 2 roads are two ways. That's what he was

 3 talking about speeding up, not changing traffic

 4 lights and stuff. And that is what that was

 5 all about. So I wanted to straighten that out.

 6 Also, today PennDOT was back up at

 7 the Harrison Avenue bridge. And they did seal

 8 all of the cracks -- all of the surface cracks

 9 that were visible. They also did it last year.

10 They said they would continue doing it as long

11 as they were cracking.

12 And also, our budget, administration

13 said the budget is completed -- almost

14 complete. And we should have it by the end of

15 the month. My last meeting with the budget is

16 actually tomorrow afternoon with the

17 administration.

18 So I hope that it's -- it stays at

19 no tax increase and that we get it by the 30th.

20 That's it, Mr. Voldenberg.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-B. FOR

22 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - REAPPOINTMENT OF

23 MICHAEL HANLEY AS A MEMBER OF THE SCRANTON

24 HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD FOR A TERM TO EXPIRE

25 SEPTEMBER 27, 2030.
 92

 1 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 2 entertain a motion that Item 5-B be introduced

 3 into its proper committee.

 4 MR. KING: So moved.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 6 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 7 those in favor of introduction signify by

 8 saying aye.

 9 MR. KING: Aye.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

12 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

13 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

14 have it and so moved.

15 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-C. FOR

16 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - ACCEPTING A

17 DONATION PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF SCRANTON FIRE

18 DEPARTMENT FROM WAYNE AND KATHRYN BECK IN THE

19 AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

20 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

21 entertain a motion that Item 5-C be introduced

22 into its proper committee.

23 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

24 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

25 MR. SMURL: On the question? All
 93

 1 those in favor of introduction signify by

 2 saying aye.

 3 MR. KING: Aye.

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

 6 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

 7 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 8 have it and so moved.

 9 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-D. FOR

10 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

11 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

12 EXECUTE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION BY THE

13 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF

14 THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF

15 PENNSYLVANIA ACTING THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH

16 FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR A LOCAL SHARE ACCOUNT

17 (STATEWIDE) GRANT, FOR UP TO $314,768.00 TO BE

18 USED TOWARDS THE ROUTE 307/MOOSIC STREET SCENIC

19 LOOKOUT RENOVATION PROJECT.

20 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

21 entertain a motion that Item 5-D be introduced

22 into its proper committee.

23 MR. KING: So moved.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

25 MR. SMURL: On the question?
 94

 1 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I'm

 2 glad to see us acting quickly on this and

 3 putting in this grant application. And I hope

 4 the city is successful in receiving it because

 5 I think we all want to see the Lookout be fixed

 6 up and renovated. I think we need this money

 7 to help us get there. So I'll be voting in

 8 favor of this.

 9 MR. SMURL: Thank you. All those in

10 favor of introduction signify by saying aye.

11 MR. KING: Aye.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

14 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

15 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

16 have it and so moved.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-E. FOR

18 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

19 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

20 EXECUTE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION BY THE

21 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF

22 THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF

23 PENNSYLVANIA ACTING THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH

24 FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR A LOCAL SHARE ACCOUNT

25 (STATEWIDE) GRANT, FOR UP TO $1,000,000.00 TO
 95

 1 BE USED TOWARDS THE LACKAWANNA AVENUE

 2 STREETSCAPE PROJECT.

 3 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 4 entertain a motion that Item 5-E be introduced

 5 into its proper committee.

 6 MR. KING: So moved.

 7 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 8 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 9 those in favor of introduction signify by

10 saying aye.

11 MR. KING: Aye.

12 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

13 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

14 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

15 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

16 have it and so moved.

17 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-F. FOR

18 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE

19 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

20 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH BASELINE

21 CONTRACTING, INC. FOR THE WEST SIDE GATEWAY

22 STREETSCAPE PROJECT.

23 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

24 entertain a motion that Item 5-F be introduced

25 into its proper committee.
 96

 1 MR. MCANDREW: So moved.

 2 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

 3 MR. SMURL: On the question?

 4 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, can

 5 we check with the administration, I believe

 6 state funding was given to us some time back

 7 about the area near North Main Avenue and

 8 Euclid Avenue.

 9 I have been told that state funding

10 was given for gateway signs in that area. And

11 just looking to see where that's at.

12 MR. VOLDENBERG: I believe there

13 was. I'll follow up and ask tomorrow.

14 MR. SCHUSTER: Thank you very much.

15 MR. SMURL: Anyone else? Thank you.

16 All those in favor of introduction signify by

17 saying aye.

18 MR. KING: Aye.

19 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

21 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

22 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

23 have it and so moved.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: 5-G. FOR

25 INTRODUCTION - A RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE
 97

 1 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

 2 EXECUTE AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH LEEWARD

 3 CONSTRUCTION INC. TO PERFORM FAWNWOOD PHASE 1

 4 STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS (CONTRACT 2) SERVICES.

 5 MR. SMURL: At this time I'll

 6 entertain a motion that Item 5-G be introduced

 7 into its proper committee.

 8 MR. KING: So moved.

 9 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

10 MR. SCHUSTER: Second.

11 MR. SMURL: On the question?

12 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question,

13 it's great to see that Keyser Valley stormwater

14 projects are beginning, same thing with East

15 Mountain. But these projects are much needed

16 for quite some time now. So it's good to see

17 that Keyser Valley is starting to get some

18 stormwater improvements.

19 MR. SMURL: Thank you, Mr. Schuster.

20 All those in favor of introduction signify by

21 saying aye.

22 MR. KING: Aye.

23 MR. SCHUSTER: Aye.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

25 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.
 98

 1 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed? The ayes

 2 have it and so moved.

 3 MR. VOLDENBERG: SIXTH ORDER.

 4 6-A. READING BY TITLE - FILE OF THE

 5 COUNCIL NO. 97, 2025 - AN ORDINANCE -

 6 INSTALLING ALL-WAY STOPS IN CERTAIN DOWNTOWN

 7 INTERSECTIONS FOR ADDED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

 8 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

 9 title of Item 6-A. What is your pleasure?

10 MR. KING: Mr. Chairman, I move that

11 Item 6-A pass reading by title.

12 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

13 MR. SMURL: On the question?

14 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, this

15 is installing of the all way stops. As I said,

16 I spoke to many people over the last few days.

17 I hope that this could slow up somewhat. I'm

18 going to vote no to 6-A tonight rather than

19 make that motion to table and we'll get it to

20 Seventh Order and we'll see where we go from

21 there.

22 But I would like to get some more

23 input from the city businesses. I'd like to

24 get some more input from individuals in the

25 city. But I mean, that WBRE survey came out,
 99

 1 85 percent are saying no. And the numbers I'm

 2 getting in person from individuals that I know

 3 and constituents that I represent are also

 4 saying they don't like it.

 5 As I said earlier, two pathways

 6 here, aging and infrastructure. I'm all for

 7 improving aging infrastructure downtown. Those

 8 challenging traffic patterns, some of that I

 9 beg to differ. And some of these stop signs

10 moving to all four way stops I'm in agreement

11 with.

12 Near CYC up on Vine, I'm in

13 agreement with that stop sign. Some of the

14 ones in the more central downtown area I am

15 not.

16 MR. KING: On the question, I wonder

17 how many people in that WBRE study or poll,

18 what have you, actually know or understand the

19 study or understand how much work and time that

20 has gone into this and that there's a 90 day

21 phase to make adjustments if determined, so

22 just wondering that.

23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Also, the way that

24 poll was phrased made it seem like all lights,

25 traffic lights were being removed downtown. So
 100

 1 it really --

 2 MR. KING: Which isn't the case.

 3 DR. ROTHCHILD: -- clearly explain

 4 the scope of the changes.

 5 MR. SCHUSTER: That's not the case.

 6 I knew that was going to be brought up tonight.

 7 I knew someone of my -- individuals up here

 8 were going to say that tonight. You know, here

 9 we go time and time again rush things through.

10 What I'm hearing from the public out in the

11 public most people are unaware of it.

12 And again, as we said with that

13 poll, most people are unaware of the whole

14 plan. And we're also getting last minute

15 legislation again. It's coming out at the last

16 minute saying there's a time constraint on it

17 and it must go through.

18 I mean, mistakes that we made time

19 and time again that I'm trying to avoid.

20 MR. MCANDREW: Okay, so on the

21 question, is the investment worth it? I like

22 most of the plan. We need the sidewalks. We

23 need the paving. We need new storm drains. We

24 need some of the facade. We need -- I would

25 love to see the lights around the Radison and
 101

 1 that fixed.

 2 I'm in favor for most of it. But

 3 that doesn't mean I have to like all of it. So

 4 since last week I've had the opportunity to

 5 speak to residents, retired and current police

 6 officers and retired and current State

 7 Policemen, none of them thought the change --

 8 the changing of traffic lights to four way stop

 9 was a good idea, none of them.

10 I took my own poll. And what they

11 would like to see is more of the investment

12 made into the neighborhoods. And I know the

13 administration will say we're doing some here

14 and some there. But I think they would like to

15 see more of this money being spent downtown

16 into their neighborhoods because this will be

17 very costly to change these lights to four way

18 blinking stops with another light blinking on

19 top of it.

20 It's going to cost a lot of money

21 and a lot money to maintain. So I agree with

22 that. So and like most, I also saw the results

23 of the WBRE/WIU28-22 InstaPoll. I don't know.

24 It's a poll. Maybe the --you know, and I

25 thought well, maybe they're not all residents.
 102

 1 And it doesn't matter because they might be

 2 customers that come downtown just as much as

 3 the residents.

 4 So I value their opinion. And so

 5 they took the time to fill out -- fill it out.

 6 Did they know the whole plan, the thousand page

 7 plan? I don't even know it. So but I value

 8 their opinion. People use polls all the time.

 9 Every election they rely on them and they're

10 constantly taking them. So there is some value

11 to it. So I put some value to it.

12 And, you know, I sit at this seat at

13 the pleasure of the taxpayers and the residents

14 that I represent. I don't report to anyone in

15 City Hall. But I do report to all of you,

16 meaning the residents. And guess what, I'm

17 listening. So once again, you know, my

18 position is replacing lights with stop signs is

19 not just inconvenient but I really believe it's

20 dangerous.

21 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I

22 just want to add that if this legislation was

23 to be voted down, then as was reiterated to us

24 tonight and explained that they would need to

25 go back to the state where they already
 103

 1 submitted plans for the permit and that process

 2 could be lengthy and could jeopardize the use

 3 of ARPA funds for these projects, so not only

 4 jeopardizing the changes from the signals to

 5 four way stops, but then also the other things

 6 included in this plan that may not be possible

 7 without those funds, so just wanted to mention

 8 that that was another reason that I'll be

 9 voting for this piece.

10 MR. MCANDREW: I'd like to also add,

11 but, guess what, they're going to spend the

12 money. If these lights got voted down, that

13 money is going to be spent on everything else.

14 They say there's a little wiggle room. Like I

15 said, I don't know if I believe it or not.

16 But, okay, we know the money has to

17 be spent by '26. We get it. They're going to

18 spend it. So I don't think that is just on the

19 whole project or affects the sense of urgency.

20 MR. SMURL: Thank you. All those in

21 favor signify by saying aye.

22 MR. KING: Aye.

23 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

24 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed?

25 MR. SCHUSTER: No.
 104

 1 MR. MCANDREW: No.

 2 MR. SMURL: The ayes have it and so

 3 moved.

 4 MR. VOLDENBERG: 6-B. READING BY

 5 TITLE - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 98, 2025 - AN

 6 ORDINANCE - AUTHORIZING THE CONVERSION OF

 7 CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE DOWNTOWN FROM ONE-WAY

 8 STREETS TO TWO-WAY STREETS AND FROM TWO-WAY TO

 9 ONE-WAY STREETS AS OUTLINED AND SPECIFIED

10 HEREIN.

11 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

12 title of Item 6-B. What is your pleasure?

13 MR. KING: Mr. Chairman, I move that

14 Item 6-B pass reading by title.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

16 MR. SMURL: On the question?

17 MR. SCHUSTER: On the question, I

18 brought it up earlier in the meeting around the

19 courthouse, there's only businesses on one side

20 of the street. And there is parking on both

21 sides. As I stated before, at this point in

22 time what I'm hearing from the residents is

23 that the residents don't like it.

24 Those individuals that are saying

25 they do like it are businesses that do need
 105

 1 some improvements with their aging

 2 infrastructure. And I will agree with them.

 3 Is this worth it to the business?

 4 Have we talked to all of them and do they

 5 agree? And the list that we got from them

 6 about the businesses was slightly misleading

 7 because it made us believe that all of these

 8 businesses were in agreement with this plan. I

 9 don't know how many of them are or aren't.

10 MR. SMURL: All those in favor?

11 MR. MCANDREW: Also, the same people

12 that I spoke to regarding the four way stops

13 felt the same way about the changing the one

14 ways to two ways. And I again, have the same

15 questions regarding the merchants that were

16 contacted, not contacted, maybe once, maybe

17 phone call, maybe e-mail.

18 They sent us -- because it was

19 requested last week we got in our packet,

20 they're all highlighted. I don't know what the

21 highlighted means. Were they contacted two

22 years ago? Some of them have told us that we

23 don't even know what's going on because there

24 was only really one information session they

25 might have been invited to.
 106

 1 And then Scranton Tomorrow -- well,

 2 then the Business Administrator said, oh, yeah,

 3 we, you know, we had Scranton Tomorrow take

 4 care of that. And then Leslie Collins said,

 5 well, we did a piece of it. We were tasked

 6 with some -- not really tasked, but we did some

 7 of it. So it's unclear to -- I was led to

 8 believe that the ones that were highlighted

 9 were in favor of everything.

10 That's not the truth. So I don't

11 know why we got that. And, you know, once I

12 saw it just highlighted business owners and no

13 rationale or no explanation of, like, each one

14 how they felt, okay, some are getting --

15 Downtown Deli. That's something visible that

16 should have been taken care of already.

17 So maybe they were waiting on this

18 project, which is fine. So, you know, standing

19 water is dangerous no matter what. That's not

20 something that would have to voice their

21 concerns and beg to be part of the program or

22 this project. It should have been taken care

23 of already or, you know, benefit of the doubt

24 they were going to take care of it when they

25 did the overall project.
 107

 1 MR. KING: On the question, I'm not

 2 aware of any business owner that has come here

 3 to City Hall to -- City Council meeting to

 4 express their concerns about not wanting this.

 5 So I find that compelling.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: On the question, I

 7 don't -- I don't expect that even if they did

 8 ask every business on that are you in agreement

 9 with this piece of legislation, are you in

10 agreement with this one and like so forth if

11 100 percent of them would be in agreement with

12 every piece and that's okay that we could have

13 differences on this and I appreciate the

14 discussion.

15 I also appreciate and respect the

16 responses that we've received from the

17 administration, those have spent so many -- so

18 much time studying this and planning it out to

19 make sure that it does work the best that it

20 can.

21 And Miss Cipriani did clarify and

22 respond to Councilman McAndrew's questions

23 tonight. And she said that it's been over the

24 last year. She said it was her staff who

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 1 to these places of businesses and spoke with

 2 them about the potential changes.

 3 And I don't know if he's calling her

 4 a liar because you keep --

 5 MR. MCANDREW: Come on.

 6 DR. ROTHCHILD: -- saying that what

 7 she said wasn't actually true or at least from

 8 your account.

 9 MR. MCANDREW: First of all, I

10 didn't call her a liar.

11 DR. ROTHCHILD: You're saying

12 supposedly over the last two years and I don't

13 know if it was an e-mail or what. She

14 clarified tonight --

15 MR. MCANDREW: She said some.

16 DR. ROTHCHILD: She said so --

17 MR. MCANDREW: Some were called, but

18 not all of them. I spoke to ones that they

19 said they weren't.

20 DR. ROTHCHILD: I think they've made

21 attempts to call all of these.

22 MR. MCANDREW: Come on. All right,

23 whatever.

24 DR. ROTHCHILD: I'm saying what her

25 explanation tonight and her response for your
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 1 questions was not valid.

 2 MR. MCANDREW: I didn't say it

 3 wasn't valid. It wasn't clear enough for me.

 4 I like clarity.

 5 DR. ROTHCHILD: All right. I

 6 thought it was -- I thought it was clear. And

 7 we have the list. And they have highlighted

 8 the majority of them that they were able to get

 9 in touch with and speak with about these

10 changes. So I appreciate that work being done.

11 And that's good enough for me.

12 MR. SMURL: Thank you. All those in

13 favor signify by saying aye.

14 MR. KING: Aye.

15 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

16 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed?

17 MR. SCHUSTER: No.

18 MR. MCANDREW: No.

19 MR. SMURL: They ayes have it and so

20 moved.

21 MR. VOLDENBERG: 6-C. READING BY

22 TITLE - FILE OF THE COUNCIL NO. 99, 2025 - AN

23 ORDINANCE - ESTABLISHING "NO PARKING" ZONES FOR

24 PORTIONS OF CERTAIN ROADWAYS TO CONFORM TO

25 STATE REGULATIONS AND TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN
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 1 SAFETY.

 2 MR. SMURL: You've heard reading by

 3 title of Item 6-C. What is your pleasure?

 4 MR. MCANDREW: Mr. Chairman, I move

 5 that Item 6-C pass reading by title.

 6 MR. KING: Second.

 7 MR. SMURL: On the question? All

 8 those in favor signify by saying aye.

 9 MR. KING: Aye.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Aye.

11 MR. MCANDREW: Aye.

12 MR. SMURL: Aye. Opposed?

13 MR. SCHUSTER: No.

14 MR. SMURL: I'm sorry. The ayes

15 have it and so moved.

16 MR. VOLDENBERG: SEVENTH ORDER.

17 7-A. FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE

18 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY - FOR ADOPTION -

19 RESOLUTION NO. 271, 2025 - AUTHORIZING THE

20 MAYOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO

21 EXECUTE AND SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION BY THE

22 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF

23 THE CITY OF SCRANTON TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF

24 PENNSYLVANIA ACTING THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH

25 FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR A LOCAL SHARE ACCOUNT
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 1 (STATEWIDE) GRANT, FOR UP TO $198,170.00 TO BE

 2 USED TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A MODULAR VEHICLE

 3 BARRIER TRAILER SYSTEM.

 4 MR. SMURL: What is the

 5 recommendation of the Chairperson for the

 6 Committee on Public Safety?

 7 MR. MCANDREW: As Chairperson for

 8 the Committee on Public Safety, I recommend

 9 final passage of Item 7-A.

10 DR. ROTHCHILD: Second.

11 MR. SMURL: On the question? Roll

12 call, please.

13 MS. CARRERA: Mr. King.

14 MR. KING: Yes.

15 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Schuster.

16 MR. SCHUSTER: Yes.

17 MS. CARRERA: Dr. Rothchild.

18 DR. ROTHCHILD: Yes.

19 MS. CARRERA: Mr. McAndrew.

20 MR. MCANDREW: Yes.

21 MS. CARRERA: Mr. Smurl.

22 MR. SMURL: Yes. I hereby declare

23 Item 7-A legally and lawfully adopted.

24 MR. VOLDENBERG: EIGHTH ORDER. No

25 business at this time.
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 1 MR. SMURL: If there's no further

 2 business, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.

 3 MR. MCANDREW: Motion to adjourn.

 4 MR. SMURL: Thank you. This meeting

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 109:22 aspect [1] - 82:10 awful [1] - 39:18 behalf [2] - 22:16, brakes [3] - 69:7,
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 92:18, 93:11, 93:12, 24:25 94:10, 95:10, 96:17, behoove [1] - 14:25 breakdown [1] - 74:7
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 94:21, 95:19, 95:20, assed [1] - 29:12 109:13, 110:8 best [7] - 15:2, 48:11, breaking [1] - 57:21
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 104:9, 109:25, assessment [2] - 92:11, 92:12, 92:13, 107:19, 113:6 89:3
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 97:1, 110:20 ballot [2] - 24:19, 44:6
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 Authority [4] - 28:7, 34:18, 35:4, 38:11,
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 74:17, 74:18, 74:19, 79:18, 81:19, 89:18, 36:25 73:1 82:5, 82:8, 105:3,
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 82:12, 106:2 111:19, 111:21 77:3, 78:19, 84:18, 42:17, 44:9, 49:7, 24:24, 27:2, 27:10,
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 9:10, 50:6, 50:17, cars [8] - 8:16, 33:21, 100:4, 103:4, 108:2, 60:16, 66:20, 67:19, 43:23, 49:24, 62:21,
 51:24, 52:1, 52:3, 50:10, 50:22, 50:25, 109:10 71:13, 71:21, 72:22, 62:23, 70:8, 70:11,
 54:3, 54:9, 54:23, 51:1, 79:1, 83:11 changing [10] - 17:22, 73:1, 73:20, 74:3, 70:12, 82:14, 84:15,
 55:2, 55:5, 55:6, case [5] - 67:21, 70:2, 19:19, 57:9, 76:25, 74:5, 74:9, 75:15, 85:17, 90:11, 100:15
 55:17, 55:23, 55:25, 86:9, 100:2, 100:5 84:23, 86:8, 87:12, 75:20, 81:12, 85:25, comment [3] - 39:23,
 56:5, 62:12, 64:18, catch [3] - 6:12, 59:7, 91:3, 101:8, 105:13 89:17, 94:4, 98:23, 43:2, 77:22
 67:19, 77:1, 82:6, 69:3 Channel [1] - 18:17 98:25 comments [9] - 4:23,
 82:7, 83:9, 83:10, caucus [6] - 6:14, character [3] - 74:1, CITY [13] - 1:1, 2:8, 6:17, 10:5, 11:5,
 83:12, 83:17, 83:22, 15:14, 51:23, 53:11, 74:3, 77:14 2:9, 4:16, 92:17, 77:21, 79:7, 84:5,
 84:14, 88:22, 98:23, 87:3, 87:16 charged [5] - 44:7, 93:11, 93:14, 94:19, 84:9, 87:1
 104:19, 104:25, caused [2] - 75:7, 45:7, 51:25, 74:13, 94:22, 95:19, 97:1, COMMISSION [3] -
 105:6, 105:8, 108:1 75:10 74:24 110:20, 110:23 3:22, 3:25, 4:13
BUSINESSES [1] - CBG [1] - 7:15 charity [1] - 67:24 city's [4] - 16:7, 29:14, Commissioner [3] -
 4:21 cement [1] - 20:23 Charlie [1] - 24:19 49:3, 81:9 14:21, 15:5, 24:2
busy [1] - 85:8 centaurian [1] - 23:14 cheats [1] - 30:18 clarified [1] - 108:14 commissioner [3] -
button [3] - 9:23, Center [1] - 35:11 check [6] - 15:1, clarify [2] - 43:5, 24:6, 24:9
 33:20, 33:21 center [1] - 68:7 15:23, 70:8, 70:15, 107:21 commissioners [3] -
buttons [1] - 9:24 centered [1] - 62:2 70:16, 96:5 clarity [1] - 109:4 22:15, 25:5, 57:5
buy [2] - 63:23, 70:25 central [1] - 99:14 Cherry [1] - 81:5 Clarks [1] - 80:3 committee [6] - 92:3,
BY [7] - 93:12, 94:20, centric [1] - 61:21 Chief [14] - 15:10, clean [1] - 47:13 92:22, 93:22, 95:5,
 98:4, 104:4, 109:21, CEO [1] - 48:2 17:21, 25:22, 30:9, clear [7] - 22:8, 48:16, 95:25, 97:7
 110:17, 110:21 certain [3] - 54:1, 65:12, 65:20, 65:23, 55:19, 72:15, 76:16, COMMITTEE [1] -
 61:7, 61:8 65:24, 66:16, 66:24, 109:3, 109:6 110:18
 C CERTAIN [3] - 98:6, 73:8, 77:24, 90:15 clearly [1] - 100:3 Committee [2] -
 104:7, 109:24 child [2] - 34:21, 41:11 CLERK [2] - 2:8, 2:9 111:6, 111:8
cabinet [1] - 41:17 certainly [2] - 44:10, children [8] - 27:2, close [3] - 14:8, 14:9, common [1] - 21:17
calcium [1] - 21:1 53:8 35:7, 35:23, 36:20, 58:4 Commonwealth [1] -
calm [1] - 69:1 certificate [1] - 113:22 69:18, 70:2, 70:4, closed [2] - 7:19, 49:18
calmed [1] - 50:19 certification [1] - 85:11 11:23 COMMONWEALTH
calmer [1] - 69:16 22:14 Childrens [1] - 36:22 clown [2] - 21:15, [6] - 93:14, 93:15,
calming [2] - 51:18, certify [1] - 113:3 chimed [1] - 87:10 31:10 94:22, 94:23,
 52:18 certifying [1] - 113:25 choose [1] - 73:25 Code [2] - 42:5, 65:18 110:23, 110:24
campaign [3] - 44:22, chair [1] - 15:3 CHOP [1] - 35:5 code [4] - 57:6, 64:24, community [7] - 3:7,
 47:14, 47:17 Chair [1] - 75:17 Chris [2] - 27:24, 28:1 65:13, 66:11 22:17, 24:15, 25:2,
candidate [2] - 44:4, Chairman [2] - 98:10, church [2] - 41:24, coffee [1] - 84:15 48:17, 63:25, 72:20
 46:24 110:4 61:25 Cognetti [3] - 31:24, COMMUNITY [3] -
candidates [2] - chairman [1] - 104:13 Cipriani [1] - 107:21 74:4, 74:23 93:13, 94:21, 110:22
 14:20, 46:6 Chairperson [2] - cities [2] - 80:6, 85:24 Cognetti's [1] - 29:23 companies [1] - 17:6
cannot [1] - 18:6 111:5, 111:7 CITIZEN [1] - 5:25 collect [2] - 29:1, company [5] - 19:21,
capable [1] - 26:5 chairs [1] - 75:23 citizen [3] - 6:4, 24:7, 67:25 19:22, 20:1, 20:8,
Cappellini [3] - 22:21, challenge [1] - 54:13 87:6 collecting [1] - 44:5 28:16
 22:22, 24:3 challenges [2] - 50:7, citizenry [1] - 82:19 COLLECTIONS [1] - compared [2] - 48:22,
car [10] - 22:5, 33:15, 51:13 citizens [6] - 67:17, 4:18 76:19
 33:16, 61:21, 62:15, challenging [4] - 67:18, 67:22, 74:4, college [1] - 27:4 compelling [1] - 107:5
 63:16, 63:17, 63:20, 76:6, 77:11 College [3] - 6:8, complaining [1] -
 49:23, 50:4, 82:1,
 63:21, 68:2 citizens' [1] - 71:1 36:13, 49:9 30:19
 99:8
Care [1] - 39:16 City [9] - 7:14, 12:2, Collins [5] - 47:25, complete [6] - 29:13,
 CHAMBERS [1] - 1:12
care [8] - 19:4, 25:7, 13:16, 48:5, 87:7, 48:2, 53:19, 81:24, 30:16, 76:22, 90:5,
 chance [5] - 43:21,
 28:3, 32:12, 106:4, 88:13, 102:15, 107:3 106:4 90:7, 91:14
 59:8, 69:10, 69:12,
 106:16, 106:22, city [51] - 6:22, 7:17, COLLINS [3] - 48:1, completed [2] - 90:12,
 71:11
 106:24 9:17, 11:10, 17:10, 53:22, 55:3 91:13
 change [11] - 7:21,
carpet [1] - 39:10 17:17, 18:15, 22:19, collision [1] - 34:19 completely [2] - 28:7,
 10:6, 11:24, 21:18,
Carrera [2] - 12:17, 33:4, 75:8, 86:5, 25:13, 25:19, 26:1, colonel [1] - 23:22 30:11
 73:19 88:8, 88:15, 101:7, 26:8, 26:13, 26:15, Colts [1] - 37:21 compliance [1] -
CARRERA [11] - 2:9, 101:17 26:23, 27:6, 27:9, comfortable [1] - 72:10
 3:9, 3:11, 3:13, 3:15, changed [3] - 23:9, 27:19, 27:25, 28:2, 86:20 complicated [1] - 26:8
 3:17, 111:13, 65:11, 89:13 28:4, 30:1, 31:11, coming [23] - 19:10, complied [1] - 72:3
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comply [1] - 72:4 CONTRACT [3] - country [2] - 23:19, customers [1] - 102:2 department [9] - 22:1,
COMPOSITE [1] - 4:2 95:20, 97:2, 97:4 61:20 cut [1] - 70:13 25:23, 57:7, 57:8,
computer [1] - 41:17 contracted [1] - 48:9 counts [2] - 17:24, cuz [1] - 42:7 73:6, 75:9, 76:1,
con [1] - 31:11 CONTRACTING [1] - 17:25 CYC [1] - 99:12 81:1, 90:20
concern [4] - 8:19, 95:21 COUNTY [1] - 4:12 cyclists [1] - 76:15 Department [4] -
 9:13, 12:4, 52:9 Control [1] - 7:24 County [3] - 14:21, 49:14, 72:6, 77:15,
concerned [2] - 16:24, control [4] - 8:2, 8:7, 15:4, 57:2 D 81:8
 22:23 8:9, 113:24 county [8] - 14:22, departments [1] - 75:1
concerning [2] - 71:9, controlled [1] - 76:21 16:23, 65:3, 66:9, daily [5] - 50:10, depth [3] - 48:25,
 77:24 CONTROLLER'S [1] - 66:10, 66:13, 66:15, 50:23, 50:24, 51:4, 49:10, 52:14
concerns [11] - 52:3, 4:4 66:17 75:20 design [2] - 48:13,
 52:16, 53:14, 54:3, conversation [2] - couple [7] - 7:22, damage [1] - 79:2 48:18
 55:7, 71:14, 71:25, 49:3, 51:24 16:5, 18:12, 24:7, damn [2] - 21:12, 25:2 designated [1] - 76:16
 88:6, 88:24, 106:21, conversations [6] - 38:20, 40:22, 84:6 dangerous [3] - 51:10, designed [1] - 61:23
 107:4 51:1, 52:2, 52:15, course [1] - 45:18 102:20, 106:19 designing [1] - 62:17
Concordia [1] - 36:16 52:22, 53:4, 53:24 court [1] - 24:18 data [1] - 88:10 designs [1] - 80:25
concrete [1] - 31:13 CONVERSION [1] - Court [2] - 1:24, date [1] - 45:24 desperately [1] - 43:2
condo [1] - 62:9 104:6 113:11 dated [1] - 44:16 destroy [1] - 68:22
conduct [1] - 26:13 convinced [1] - 89:14 courthouse [6] - 63:2, daughter [3] - 35:24, detailed [1] - 52:6
conflict [1] - 51:10 coordination [1] - 83:5, 83:8, 83:14, 37:21, 38:6 details [1] - 51:13
CONFORM [1] - 38:25 90:19, 104:19 DaVinci's [1] - 54:20 determined [1] - 99:21
 109:24 copies [1] - 13:20 cover [1] - 68:8 days [11] - 13:9, 16:5, detriment [1] - 26:20
confused [3] - 87:18, copy [6] - 12:17, Covid [1] - 58:9 24:8, 45:6, 59:4, developers [1] - 50:6
 89:8, 89:9 13:11, 13:12, 13:18, COYNE [1] - 67:5 77:12, 78:7, 78:9, DEVELOPMENT [4] -
Congressmen [1] - 13:24, 113:5 Coyne [1] - 67:5 78:20, 83:23, 98:16 4:13, 93:13, 94:21,
 39:12 Corcoran [1] - 60:8 cracking [1] - 91:11 DC [1] - 80:8 110:22
conjunction [1] - corner [5] - 33:9, cracks [3] - 57:20, deal [6] - 46:4, 46:6, Devices [1] - 7:24
 49:14 41:22, 52:17, 79:13, 91:8 55:24, 62:10, 62:22, diagonal [3] - 10:8,
connectivity [1] - 60:5 79:16 crashes [1] - 76:18 73:12 10:13, 10:18
consider [2] - 30:16, corners [2] - 23:25, crazy [3] - 16:2, 57:12 deaths [1] - 19:11 Dickson [11] - 33:8,
 66:5 79:19 Cream [1] - 35:9 debate [6] - 14:20, 33:13, 33:14, 34:10,
CONSIDERATION [1] correct [5] - 17:3, created [1] - 21:23 15:2, 19:15, 58:12, 34:20, 35:2, 35:4,
 - 110:17 43:19, 47:5, 55:3, creates [1] - 51:9 59:11, 73:23 35:7, 35:18, 37:7,
consideration [1] - 113:6 credit [1] - 41:23 debating [1] - 58:12 38:6
 89:4 CORRESPONDENC credits [1] - 39:18 decided [2] - 24:17, dictator [2] - 39:7,
considered [1] - 71:18 E [1] - 4:15 crime [2] - 74:9, 74:14 28:13 39:10
considering [2] - corroded [1] - 20:24 criteria [2] - 88:20, deciding [1] - 67:14 dictators [1] - 22:18
 72:22, 84:8 corruption [1] - 44:11 89:6 decision [2] - 56:3, differ [1] - 99:9
constantly [1] - cost [4] - 28:3, 55:13, criticize [1] - 37:5 56:16 differences [1] -
 102:10 76:12, 101:20 criticizing [1] - 36:18 decisions [2] - 26:6, 107:13
constituents [2] - costing [1] - 31:13 cross [12] - 33:14, 89:1 different [9] - 7:5,
 71:17, 99:3 costly [1] - 101:17 33:15, 33:16, 51:7, declare [1] - 111:22 36:4, 57:16, 61:22,
constitutional [1] - COUNCIL [6] - 1:1, 69:19, 69:21, 69:25, decorations [1] - 5:17 76:8, 81:4, 83:12,
 58:24 1:12, 2:10, 98:5, 70:3, 76:17, 85:12, Defendant [1] - 81:7 87:11, 88:20
constraint [1] - 100:16 104:5, 109:22 85:17 define [1] - 74:1 digging [1] - 20:13
CONSTRUCTION [1] - Council [28] - 4:25, crossed [2] - 85:4, definitely [1] - 48:19 dine [1] - 5:4
 97:3 6:13, 17:17, 18:25, 85:10 degree [1] - 66:19 dipping [1] - 65:17
construction [1] - 20:7, 25:11, 25:14, crossing [6] - 33:19, Delaware [3] - 9:18, direct [1] - 113:24
 81:20 27:12, 29:18, 29:21, 34:22, 51:6, 69:22, 32:13, 34:20 directly [1] - 14:23
contact [3] - 46:14, 32:6, 34:9, 40:8, 70:19, 85:1 Deli [4] - 52:15, 54:10, director [1] - 14:1
 85:20, 88:23 40:13, 40:15, 42:25, crossings [1] - 9:16 54:17, 106:15 disagree [1] - 54:16
contacted [7] - 46:13, 44:3, 48:1, 60:2, crosswalks [1] - 90:2 deliveries [1] - 9:10 disagreeing [1] - 82:6
 47:7, 47:9, 47:11, 64:13, 71:3, 71:11, cultural [1] - 59:2 delivery [3] - 9:8, 35:9 discretion [2] - 65:13,
 105:16, 105:21 73:20, 74:6, 77:16, curb [1] - 70:20 Democrat [2] - 25:6, 66:21
contained [1] - 113:4 84:11, 87:21, 107:3 curbed [1] - 9:1 31:22 discuss [1] - 55:6
continue [1] - 91:10 Councilman [1] - curbing [1] - 8:21 democratic [1] - 71:16 discussed [3] - 54:2,
continued [2] - 49:2, 107:22 curbs [1] - 54:21 Democrats [1] - 39:13 54:7, 71:12
 49:10 count [1] - 34:15 current [4] - 38:14, departed [1] - 72:18 discussion [6] -
continuing [1] - 81:11 counterintuitive [3] - 77:7, 101:5, 101:6 DEPARTMENT [1] - 48:16, 48:25, 65:9,
contract [1] - 14:13 61:5, 61:9, 61:10 cusp [1] - 70:24 92:18 75:18, 89:4, 107:14
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discussions [4] - 33:20, 48:5, 49:11, engineer [3] - 6:23, expert [1] - 61:11
 E
 27:13, 49:6, 53:2, 50:1, 50:5, 50:12, 71:13, 87:17 expertise [2] - 87:9,
 57:13 50:15, 50:17, 51:16, e-mail [5] - 12:6, 41:5, engineering [2] - 6:21, 87:13
disgrace [2] - 23:11, 54:22, 55:18, 55:25, 42:10, 105:17, 78:10 EXPIRE [1] - 91:24
 29:13 60:5, 60:7, 60:9, 108:13 engineers [2] - 49:13, explain [1] - 100:3
disgusting [2] - 40:5, 60:13, 60:21, 60:22, early [2] - 5:6, 9:11 53:12 explained [1] - 102:24
 40:6 61:15, 62:6, 62:12, easements [1] - 11:3 engines [1] - 22:2 explanation [2] -
Dispense [1] - 3:18 62:18, 62:22, 63:12, easier [3] - 13:15, enhanced [1] - 30:17 106:13, 108:25
disregard [1] - 71:16 63:14, 71:7, 73:25, 63:3, 68:14 ensure [1] - 71:18 express [1] - 107:4
District [3] - 35:22, 76:10, 77:6, 80:2, East [1] - 97:14 ENTER [2] - 95:20, extended [1] - 63:5
 35:24, 36:19 80:9, 82:2, 84:12, ECONOMIC [3] - 97:2 extensive [1] - 7:1
district [5] - 24:22, 84:13, 84:14, 84:16, 93:13, 94:21, 110:22 entertain [7] - 92:2, extensively [1] - 9:17
 37:2, 49:11, 50:1, 84:19, 86:7, 90:17, educated [2] - 27:3, 92:21, 93:21, 95:4, extra [3] - 55:14, 56:9,
 50:10 99:7, 99:14, 99:25, 36:25 95:24, 97:6, 112:2 76:4
districts [2] - 37:4, 101:15, 102:2 education [3] - 27:2, episode [1] - 29:20 extrapolate [1] - 80:18
 63:14 DOWNTOWN [2] - 27:5, 37:1 equipment [1] - 22:2 eye [2] - 65:14, 85:20
DJ [1] - 5:17 98:6, 104:7 effect [1] - 73:4 erected [1] - 7:9
doctor [1] - 36:7 Downtown [4] - 52:15,
 54:10, 54:17, 106:15
 EIGHTH [1] - 111:24 error [1] - 47:20 F
dog [1] - 70:25 either [4] - 24:13, especially [9] - 3:7,
dogs [1] - 85:10 DPW [6] - 5:12, 5:13, 25:24, 33:7, 85:5 9:7, 14:22, 56:21, facade [1] - 100:24
Doherty [2] - 27:24, 5:17, 14:1, 14:12, elastic [1] - 57:9 58:9, 62:6, 63:8, face [4] - 74:3, 76:4,
 28:1 40:20 elderly [1] - 58:8 70:3, 82:4 77:9, 87:25
dollars [6] - 11:11, DR [47] - 3:14, 10:16, elected [3] - 26:24, ESQ [1] - 2:10 Facebook [1] - 74:7
 11:12, 25:14, 30:17, 12:5, 12:10, 12:13, 72:18, 73:22 ESTABLISHING [1] - fact [2] - 50:16, 86:15
 31:13, 32:3 12:16, 13:4, 65:4, 109:23 factors [1] - 65:17
 election [6] - 40:1,
DOLLARS [1] - 92:19 65:7, 65:22, 66:2, ethics [3] - 72:1, Fahey [4] - 60:1, 60:3,
 44:3, 45:9, 45:14,
Donald [1] - 59:5 66:4, 66:8, 66:14, 72:16, 72:23 61:1, 64:11
 70:24, 102:9
DONATION [1] - 92:17 66:17, 66:25, 67:2, Euclid [1] - 96:8 FAHEY [2] - 60:2, 61:2
 elections [2] - 30:4,
 84:6, 92:5, 92:11,
done [17] - 14:7, 30:7 EVALUATION [1] - fail [1] - 30:5
 93:5, 93:24, 94:1,
 18:23, 26:9, 30:4, elements [3] - 50:2, 4:14 failed [1] - 71:24
 94:13, 95:7, 95:13,
 32:20, 34:6, 35:15, 51:21, 54:1 evan [1] - 34:7 fails [1] - 77:5
 96:2, 96:20, 97:9,
 39:1, 40:4, 40:10, eliminates [1] - 22:6 Evan [2] - 34:10, 38:5 failure [3] - 31:24,
 97:24, 98:12, 99:23,
 46:16, 51:2, 68:20, Ellman [2] - 29:17, Evans [1] - 60:17 31:25, 77:14
 100:3, 102:21,
 78:10, 81:21, 82:21, 32:4 evening [17] - 17:16, fair [3] - 44:10, 56:14,
 103:23, 104:15,
 109:10 ELLMAN [1] - 29:18 25:11, 29:18, 32:6, 88:3
 107:6, 108:6,
door [1] - 35:11 emailer [1] - 12:12 34:9, 40:15, 42:24, falling [2] - 41:12,
 108:11, 108:16,
doors [2] - 76:4, 82:23 emergency [3] - 48:1, 48:4, 53:11, 57:20
 108:20, 108:24,
Doris [1] - 67:3 15:18, 16:1, 17:19 60:2, 64:14, 71:3, false [4] - 45:10,
 109:5, 109:15,
Dorothy [1] - 19:19 emerging [1] - 51:14 73:20, 77:8, 77:15, 45:15, 45:18, 47:20
 110:10, 111:10,
doubt [1] - 106:23 employee [2] - 25:2, 78:1 families [1] - 5:18
 111:18
down [41] - 6:16, 8:3, 25:8 eventually [1] - 20:5 family [3] - 63:16,
 dR [1] - 65:24
 8:22, 9:19, 10:8, enamored [1] - 63:19 everywhere [1] - 63:21, 63:24
 Dr [5] - 3:13, 10:20,
 10:9, 10:15, 12:2, encourage [1] - 64:9 33:23 fan [1] - 10:13
 84:4, 86:24, 111:17
 13:12, 13:18, 15:21, encouraged [1] - 50:7 evidence [1] - 113:4 fantastic [1] - 5:18
 draft [2] - 13:8, 16:21
 15:23, 15:25, 18:6, encroaching [1] - 8:25 EVs [1] - 30:12 far [5] - 11:15, 22:23,
 drains [1] - 100:23
 20:24, 21:4, 21:14, end [6] - 47:14, 51:23, exam [1] - 13:14 38:11, 39:3, 60:5
 drive [3] - 31:6, 78:21,
 22:10, 27:23, 34:5, 64:20, 64:21, 78:21, except [3] - 6:5, 30:4, fast [3] - 20:25, 37:13,
 78:22
 36:9, 38:12, 40:20, 91:14 30:17 64:15
 driven [1] - 84:18
 41:23, 43:18, 45:25, ended [1] - 40:18 exception [1] - 10:17 faster [2] - 18:3, 79:1
 driver [1] - 85:19
 50:22, 57:20, 60:12, ending [1] - 74:8 excuse [1] - 11:20 fatal [1] - 76:19
 63:15, 68:16, 70:11, driver's [1] - 70:6
 ENDING [1] - 4:5 EXECUTE [5] - 93:12, favor [15] - 60:4,
 73:11, 77:1, 80:1, drivers [1] - 76:21
 ends [1] - 65:18 94:20, 95:20, 97:2, 87:12, 92:7, 93:1,
 80:7, 81:10, 82:16, driving [3] - 30:15,
 enforce [1] - 57:8 110:21 94:8, 94:10, 95:9,
 90:22, 102:23, 64:18, 85:5
 Enforcement [1] - existing [1] - 51:13 96:16, 97:20, 101:2,
 103:12 drop [1] - 9:2
 42:5 expanded [1] - 11:15 103:21, 105:10,
downstairs [1] - 76:5 due [1] - 72:18
 enforcement [4] - expect [3] - 53:9, 106:9, 109:13, 110:8
downtown [55] - 7:15, Dunmore [1] - 57:1
 46:14, 46:17, 47:8, 68:17, 107:7 favorable [1] - 31:20
 9:9, 11:14, 16:2, during [3] - 15:13,
 57:7 expected [1] - 65:16 FAWNWOOD [1] -
 18:14, 26:11, 29:24, 58:9, 87:24
 Engineer [3] - 7:14, expenses [1] - 46:25 97:3
 30:18, 32:8, 32:9, experience [1] - 8:20 federal [5] - 7:15,
 87:7, 88:14
 6

  11:12, 11:13, 39:5 49:1, 96:13 fund [2] - 16:17, 17:6 grounded [1] - 49:21 104:11, 110:2
feedback [2] - 71:1, followed [1] - 46:10 funded [1] - 17:5 group [3] - 26:24, hearing [8] - 15:12,
  82:19 following [1] - 49:1 funding [3] - 36:7, 67:13, 67:15 41:2, 67:16, 76:6,
fell [1] - 40:17 follows [2] - 44:20, 96:6, 96:9 groups [1] - 87:23 81:5, 81:7, 100:10,
felt [2] - 105:13, 74:1 funds [3] - 17:10, grow [1] - 55:25 104:22
  106:14 followup [1] - 42:19 103:3, 103:7 growing [2] - 57:25, heart [1] - 75:21
few [5] - 19:20, 34:5, food [1] - 35:6 future [5] - 60:16, 69:24 heinous [1] - 29:24
  71:22, 83:23, 98:16 fooling [1] - 59:16 64:5, 75:19, 77:11, growth [3] - 62:19, HELD [6] - 1:4, 3:22,
FIFTH [1] - 77:18 foot [1] - 9:4 77:13 62:23, 63:10 3:25, 4:3, 4:7, 4:10
figure [4] - 21:5, 26:7, FOR [22] - 1:1, 4:4, guess [8] - 19:21, held [2] - 16:20, 48:14
  42:15, 78:9 4:9, 4:21, 91:21, G 19:23, 20:12, 31:15, hell [6] - 19:16, 21:3,
file [1] - 41:17 91:24, 92:15, 93:9, 45:4, 59:3, 102:16, 22:11, 23:6, 23:8,
FILE [3] - 98:4, 104:5, 93:16, 93:17, 94:17, gain [1] - 54:25 103:11 24:4
  109:22 94:24, 94:25, 95:17, games [1] - 24:14 Guide [1] - 7:24 hello [1] - 55:12
filed [2] - 4:25, 24:20 95:21, 96:24, 98:7, garage [3] - 43:14, guidelines [1] - 73:4 help [3] - 18:2, 55:25,
filing [2] - 24:12, 109:23, 110:17, 43:17, 43:21 Gus [2] - 60:1, 60:3 94:7
  47:20 110:18, 110:25, garages [1] - 28:4 guy [1] - 24:2 helped [2] - 60:23,
fill [3] - 15:2, 102:5 111:1 gas [3] - 19:21, 30:10, guys [1] - 28:19 61:12
final [1] - 111:9 force [1] - 65:8 78:25 helpful [1] - 14:1
finally [1] - 89:21 foregoing [1] - 113:22 GATEWAY [1] - 95:21 H helping [1] - 58:5
financial [2] - 71:25, forged [1] - 44:5 gateway [1] - 96:10 helps [1] - 87:14
  72:13 forget [1] - 11:19 Gaughan [2] - 22:21, half [7] - 5:9, 5:10, hereby [2] - 111:22,
FINANCING [3] - forgot [1] - 56:22 24:5 29:12, 35:17, 63:23, 113:3
  93:16, 94:24, 110:25 form [1] - 77:7 Geisinger [1] - 43:12 79:11, 91:1 HEREIN [1] - 104:10
fine [3] - 52:6, 87:20, former [3] - 27:21, general [1] - 44:8 halfway [1] - 63:22 hiding [1] - 72:14
  106:18 71:13, 87:7 generally [1] - 76:15 Hall [5] - 13:17, 14:19, high [2] - 50:11, 60:15
FIRE [1] - 92:17 forth [1] - 107:10 George [1] - 58:20 15:8, 102:15, 107:3 higher [3] - 24:17,
fire [11] - 8:24, 17:19, forum [3] - 48:9, GERALD [1] - 2:2 Halloween [2] - 69:18, 63:14, 66:22
  17:24, 22:1, 25:22, 48:14, 49:6 GILBRIDE [1] - 2:10 70:3 highlighted [6] - 7:25,
  57:7, 77:25, 78:5, forums [1] - 49:8 given [2] - 96:6, 96:10 hand [5] - 19:8, 21:20, 105:20, 105:21,
  80:22, 81:1, 90:20 forward [3] - 26:17, glad [2] - 6:19, 94:2 21:23, 34:15, 70:6 106:8, 106:12, 109:7
Fire [6] - 17:21, 65:12, 82:17, 88:24 Globe [2] - 60:11 handicap [3] - 8:22, highways [1] - 80:5
  65:20, 65:23, 66:16, four [22] - 34:19, God [1] - 77:14 20:22, 22:9 Hillary [1] - 23:15
  66:24 37:19, 68:5, 68:11, Google [1] - 74:11 handicapped [1] - Hilltop [1] - 27:21
FIREFIGHTERS [1] - 69:19, 69:21, 69:23, government [10] - 34:23 hire [3] - 28:15, 28:17,
  3:22 75:23, 85:5, 85:9, 25:25, 26:1, 36:7, handle [1] - 72:25 29:4
fires [1] - 18:2 85:11, 85:13, 86:1, 39:5, 39:6, 56:14, handling [1] - 77:25 history [1] - 29:14
first [9] - 6:1, 6:3, 86:8, 86:15, 87:12, 56:20, 56:21, 56:23, handout [1] - 73:19 hit [3] - 5:19, 64:19,
  10:23, 20:20, 34:11, 90:4, 99:10, 101:8, 58:24 hands [3] - 18:11, 69:8
  61:5, 87:4, 87:18, 101:17, 103:5, grad [1] - 36:10 19:5, 28:10 hitting [3] - 35:1,
  108:9 105:12 graduated [4] - 35:23, HANLEY [1] - 91:23 78:25
firstly [1] - 29:21 four-way [5] - 34:19, 36:11, 36:13, 36:17 harass [1] - 66:7 HODOWANITZ [7] -
fishbowl [1] - 58:17 37:19, 69:19, 69:21, grandchildren [1] - hard [4] - 30:8, 32:20, 13:6, 13:25, 14:3,
five [6] - 19:15, 55:14, 69:23 75:21 35:25, 88:21 14:8, 14:11, 16:13,
  74:22, 75:2, 75:14, FOURTH [1] - 5:24 GRANT [6] - 93:12, Harris [2] - 23:13, 16:18
  75:17 FOX [4] - 40:15, 41:22, 93:17, 94:20, 94:25, 23:14 Hodowanitz [2] - 13:5,
fix [5] - 10:1, 28:14, 42:1, 42:7 110:21, 111:1 Harrison [1] - 91:7 13:6
  31:24, 41:9, 41:10 Frank [2] - 13:10, 37:5 grant [2] - 25:14, 94:3 Hazzouri [1] - 27:14 hold [1] - 72:21
fixed [5] - 10:3, 54:19, FRANK [1] - 2:8 great [4] - 27:24, head [2] - 25:22, 70:13 Holmes [3] - 13:12,
  54:21, 94:5, 101:1 frequent [1] - 84:14 36:11, 50:14, 97:13 headquarters [1] - 13:21, 13:24
fixing [1] - 10:25 frequently [1] - 85:18 greater [2] - 77:5, 79:1 5:16 home [3] - 35:25,
flag [5] - 22:25, 23:1, FROM [5] - 4:15, 4:20, greatly [1] - 51:12 health [3] - 35:25, 58:7, 63:23
  23:2 92:18, 104:7, 104:8 Green [3] - 33:7, 39:20, 57:14 homeowner [1] -
flashing [1] - 9:15 front [4] - 30:25, 33:10, 33:25 healthcare [1] - 57:24 17:18
flaw [1] - 74:3 34:13, 54:19, 74:6 green [7] - 15:21, hear [4] - 15:3, 21:25, homes [1] - 34:18
flawed [1] - 26:4 fronts [1] - 54:8 20:2, 38:20, 38:23, 50:5, 55:21 honesty [1] - 73:21
flying [1] - 80:9 full [1] - 8:21 51:9, 69:25 heard [13] - 7:21, 13:7, Honor [1] - 36:12
focuses [1] - 51:15 fully [2] - 54:18, 113:4 grew [3] - 31:2, 36:20, 15:13, 20:20, 31:19, hope [5] - 11:5, 90:10,
folks [1] - 58:7 functioning [1] - 36:24 38:3, 50:17, 51:15, 91:18, 94:3, 98:17
follow [4] - 42:5, 46:7, 26:25 grief [1] - 14:3 71:18, 77:8, 98:8, hopefully [4] - 14:18,
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 43:3, 53:17, 67:20 54:25, 97:18, 105:1 intentions [1] - 29:24 79:8, 80:12, 92:4,
 J
hopes [1] - 54:3 improving [2] - 51:19, interest [3] - 48:18, 92:9, 93:3, 93:23,
hoping [3] - 41:13, 99:7 49:3, 72:20 January [1] - 18:25 94:11, 95:6, 95:11,
 52:5, 59:9 IN [2] - 92:18, 98:6 interested [1] - 61:3 Jeff [9] - 44:16, 46:1, 96:18, 97:8, 97:22,
Horvath [2] - 44:17, in-depth [2] - 48:25, interesting [1] - 15:9 48:10, 48:21, 49:2, 98:10, 99:16, 100:2,
 46:2 49:10 interim [1] - 8:8 49:6, 49:7, 60:18, 103:22, 104:13,
hospital [6] - 27:1, INC [2] - 95:21, 97:3 interrupted [1] - 90:8 61:16 107:1, 109:14,
 43:3, 43:5, 43:7, incident [1] - 21:20 intersection [11] - 9:2, jeopardize [1] - 103:2 110:6, 110:9, 111:14
 43:10, 43:12 incidents [1] - 75:10 31:1, 68:1, 68:4, jeopardizing [1] - king [8] - 3:9, 23:4,
Hospital [1] - 36:3 included [2] - 54:4, 68:7, 76:13, 76:21, 103:4 23:8, 23:20, 29:21,
hospitals [2] - 25:2, 103:6 85:4, 85:8, 85:13, JESSICA [1] - 2:4 69:3, 79:5, 80:21
 36:4 including [2] - 22:1, 85:15 Joan [6] - 13:5, 13:6, kings [6] - 22:20, 39:4,
hosted [1] - 48:8 25:4 intersections [12] - 16:10, 17:1, 17:18, 39:7, 58:19, 58:20,
hotel [1] - 10:23 inconvenient [1] - 8:15, 73:25, 76:9, 18:12 58:21
hour [4] - 34:12, 102:19 76:25, 77:4, 78:12, job [4] - 5:18, 51:3, kissing [1] - 23:16
 35:17, 37:14, 88:2 incorrectly [1] - 47:16 84:17, 84:19, 84:23, 56:18, 57:3 knee [1] - 40:18
house [1] - 34:13 increase [1] - 91:19 85:25, 86:10, 86:14 Joe [3] - 23:7, 23:15, knees [1] - 28:1
Housing [3] - 57:2, Independent [1] - INTERSECTIONS [1] - 60:8 knocked [1] - 82:22
 57:6, 58:1 35:11 98:7 john [1] - 66:1 known [2] - 6:14,
HOUSING [1] - 91:24 independent [3] - interview [1] - 14:6 John [7] - 6:1, 6:2, 45:17
hum [1] - 65:22 31:22, 44:15, 46:9 interviews [2] - 14:6, 18:5, 27:11, 37:25, knows [9] - 23:9,
HUNDRED [1] - 92:19 indicator [1] - 48:16 14:10 38:1, 65:24 28:17, 29:4, 29:5,
Hunger [1] - 35:5 individual [4] - 44:7, INTO [2] - 95:20, 97:2 joke [1] - 20:21 29:6, 31:17, 39:14,
hurry [1] - 73:12 72:21, 75:12, 81:6 introduced [6] - 92:2, jotted [1] - 6:16 42:11, 85:12
 individuals [6] - 75:1, 92:21, 93:21, 95:4, Judge [8] - 15:11, Kollra [1] - 3:7
 95:24, 97:6 KOLOSKY [11] -
 I 83:3, 98:24, 99:2, 17:21, 65:24, 65:25,
 100:7, 104:24 INTRODUCTION [6] - 66:1, 77:24, 80:24, 64:14, 65:6, 65:20,
Ice [1] - 35:9 inexpensive [1] - 9:20 91:22, 92:16, 93:10, 90:15 65:23, 66:1, 66:3,
idea [10] - 18:18, information [6] - 94:18, 95:18, 96:25 judge [1] - 24:21 66:6, 66:12, 66:15,
  18:21, 18:22, 25:16, 42:19, 52:11, 73:3, introduction [6] - judiciary [1] - 59:14 66:23, 67:1
  25:18, 37:19, 38:12, 88:19, 89:10, 105:24 92:7, 93:1, 94:10, justice [2] - 75:3, Krysten [1] - 32:5
  70:23, 79:25, 101:9 informed [1] - 27:15 95:9, 96:16, 97:20 75:10
ideas [1] - 26:4 infrastructure [12] - investigation [1] - justified [1] - 8:7 L
idiot [1] - 21:22 49:23, 50:3, 54:12, 46:16
idiots [2] - 23:5, 23:18 investigations [1] - lack [2] - 44:11, 47:16
 54:14, 55:1, 82:1, K LACKAWANNA [2] -
illegal [1] - 30:11 82:4, 82:8, 83:5, 72:19
illegally [1] - 24:20 99:6, 99:7, 105:2 investment [2] - KATHRYN [1] - 92:18 4:12, 95:1
imagine [2] - 32:22, injuries [1] - 19:10 100:21, 101:11 KATHY [1] - 2:9 Lackawanna [7] - 6:8,
  33:22 input [6] - 71:17, invited [5] - 87:21, Kay [3] - 13:12, 13:21, 38:12, 38:17, 49:9,
imbiciles [1] - 23:25 82:16, 82:18, 83:20, 87:22, 88:1, 88:4, 13:23 57:2, 59:17, 79:18
immediately [1] - 73:9 98:23, 98:24 105:25 keep [4] - 24:20, lady [2] - 32:12, 32:13
impact [4] - 14:24, insight [1] - 61:10 involved [3] - 7:15, 33:18, 86:19, 108:4 LAND [1] - 4:13
  75:6, 77:1 insightful [1] - 60:17 27:22, 59:15 keeps [1] - 65:14 lane [4] - 21:16, 31:4,
impacted [2] - 75:13, insights [1] - 60:20 involving [1] - 43:20 kept [1] - 24:19 70:7, 70:13
  75:24 inspected [1] - 30:12 issue [5] - 26:8, 44:1, Keyser [2] - 97:13, lanes [5] - 9:4, 19:7,
impacting [1] - 16:23 installation [1] - 8:10 51:17, 71:6, 73:1 97:17 21:14, 89:20
impasse [1] - 17:11 installed [1] - 8:9 issues [8] - 21:24, kick [1] - 24:25 larceny [1] - 74:19
impedes [1] - 52:10 INSTALLING [1] - 98:6 48:12, 50:8, 51:15, kids [6] - 34:22, 34:25, Larch [1] - 11:20
implement [1] - 73:9 installing [2] - 9:14, 61:3, 61:4, 61:14, 36:10, 37:8 large [2] - 8:23, 28:15
implemented [2] - 98:15 86:3 killed [5] - 19:6, 30:25, larger [2] - 9:7, 80:22
  78:8, 78:19 instances [1] - 8:1 Item [14] - 92:2, 92:21, 79:12, 79:15, 79:17 last [33] - 6:13, 7:7,
importance [1] - 72:22 InstaPoll [1] - 101:23 93:21, 95:4, 95:24, kind [4] - 60:20, 61:8, 15:12, 15:13, 17:3,
important [6] - 29:13, instead [1] - 22:18 97:6, 98:9, 98:11, 75:6, 79:3 17:8, 17:21, 18:16,
  50:2, 50:16, 71:1, 104:12, 104:14, kinds [1] - 61:13 24:5, 24:16, 28:11,
 insurance [2] - 17:5,
  73:11, 85:21 110:3, 110:5, 111:9, King [5] - 35:21, 31:23, 36:5, 39:25,
 39:21
improve [1] - 82:10 111:23 58:20, 77:20, 80:11, 40:1, 64:25, 65:8,
 insured [1] - 30:12
 items [1] - 4:24 111:13 71:4, 73:23, 75:17,
IMPROVE [1] - 109:25 integrity [3] - 44:11,
 KING [30] - 2:6, 3:10, 80:24, 82:15, 82:22,
IMPROVEMENTS [1] - 72:23, 73:21
 14:5, 14:9, 41:20, 83:23, 91:9, 91:15,
  97:4 intelligent [1] - 27:15
 41:25, 77:22, 78:3, 98:16, 100:14,
improvements [3] - intention [1] - 46:5
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  100:15, 101:4, lifetime [1] - 67:21 21:25, 26:3, 27:20, 45:22, 45:23 measures [1] - 51:18
  105:19, 107:24, ligament [1] - 40:19 27:25, 33:24, 38:9, Margavitch [1] - 42:14 meatballs [1] - 5:9
  108:12 light [15] - 21:12, 39:1, 40:20, 41:16, MARGAVITCH [13] - Med [1] - 36:17
late [3] - 10:23, 10:24, 33:10, 38:23, 51:9, 42:15, 60:6, 60:15, 42:24, 43:9, 43:13, media [1] - 57:13
  51:22 52:23, 69:3, 69:4, 60:19, 70:7, 70:10, 43:17, 43:20, 43:25, meet [3] - 31:18,
lateral [2] - 73:2, 73:6 69:10, 69:15, 69:19, 70:15, 70:16, 70:17, 45:4, 45:13, 45:19, 82:12, 82:14
law [4] - 35:18, 46:14, 69:23, 70:12, 73:24, 75:11, 80:18, 80:20, 45:22, 46:20, 47:6, MEETING [5] - 3:22,
  46:17, 47:8 76:9, 101:18 84:21, 88:25, 90:1 47:12 3:25, 4:3, 4:7, 4:10
Law [2] - 72:6, 81:8 lights [39] - 15:20, looked [2] - 6:22, Maria [2] - 1:24, meeting [14] - 6:7,
lawfully [1] - 111:23 18:7, 18:19, 21:10, 10:11 113:10 6:11, 6:13, 12:19,
laws [4] - 45:9, 45:14, 22:3, 31:3, 31:4, looking [16] - 8:20, Mark [1] - 42:13 42:25, 43:6, 56:18,
  57:8 32:24, 38:13, 38:14, 22:22, 24:18, 40:23, MARK [1] - 2:3 65:8, 67:10, 88:1,
lawsuits [2] - 59:12, 38:16, 38:19, 38:25, 46:14, 49:22, 62:7, Marxism [1] - 59:2 91:15, 104:18,
  59:13 54:17, 61:7, 64:17, 63:8, 64:7, 64:17, matter [5] - 23:21, 107:3, 112:4
lead [1] - 25:6 68:25, 71:7, 76:12, 64:19, 70:11, 70:19, 26:21, 31:21, 102:1, meetings [4] - 67:7,
leading [1] - 23:15 76:13, 76:14, 76:18, 75:15, 83:5, 96:11 106:19 67:11, 87:20, 87:23
League [1] - 58:14 78:14, 78:23, 79:10, LOOKOUT [1] - 93:19 MAYOR [5] - 93:11, MEMBER [1] - 91:23
learn [1] - 37:4 79:19, 79:24, 83:7, Lookout [4] - 28:12, 94:19, 95:19, 97:1, member [1] - 27:12
learned [1] - 85:22 86:8, 87:12, 91:4, 28:25, 29:14, 94:5 110:20 members [7] - 4:25,
least [3] - 69:10, 99:24, 99:25, looks [1] - 20:5 Mayor [8] - 19:2, 5:10, 71:22, 71:23,
  82:20, 108:7 100:25, 101:8, loophole [2] - 46:8, 24:16, 25:15, 25:24, 72:10, 74:6, 84:11
leave [4] - 41:4, 42:9, 101:17, 102:18, 47:19 40:9, 56:19, 59:10, Memorial [1] - 13:11
  67:24 103:12 loops [2] - 80:6, 80:8 67:6 Memphis [1] - 31:2
leaves [1] - 78:14 likely [1] - 76:19 loosely [1] - 31:16 mayor [2] - 27:19, men [1] - 3:5
leaving [1] - 29:21 Linden [2] - 50:24, loss [1] - 10:9 27:21 mention [5] - 14:21,
led [1] - 106:7 79:16 lost [5] - 18:9, 27:18, Mayor's [1] - 67:13 51:22, 51:25, 79:8,
Lee [2] - 25:10, 25:12 line [2] - 20:2, 86:18 58:16 mayoral [1] - 73:23 103:7
LEEWARD [1] - 97:2 lines [3] - 19:22, 20:2, louder [1] - 47:15 MCANDREW [30] - mentioned [4] - 64:25,
left [9] - 12:3, 59:7, 20:14 lousy [1] - 30:18 2:3, 3:16, 5:2, 12:20, 65:12, 78:1, 79:17
  68:8, 70:7, 70:8, list [10] - 53:20, 55:4, love [2] - 84:15, 37:15, 87:2, 92:12, merchants [1] -
  70:10, 90:21, 90:24 72:8, 83:22, 84:16, 100:25 92:23, 93:6, 94:14, 105:15
leg [2] - 41:12, 57:24 89:23, 89:25, 105:5, low [1] - 62:7 95:14, 96:1, 96:21, merely [1] - 50:11
Legal [1] - 59:18 109:7 lunacy [1] - 30:16 97:25, 100:20, Meridian [1] - 89:18
legalities [1] - 29:22 listen [3] - 67:22, luncheon [1] - 5:5 103:10, 104:1, merit [1] - 25:19
 67:23, 70:25 Luzerne [4] - 89:18, 105:11, 108:5, message [2] - 41:4,
legally [1] - 111:23
 listened [1] - 22:23 89:19, 89:22, 89:24 108:9, 108:15, 81:17
legislation [6] - 39:13,
 listening [3] - 11:4, 108:17, 108:22, met [1] - 8:16
  39:15, 84:8, 100:15,
  102:22, 107:9 53:11, 102:17 M 109:2, 109:18, meter [2] - 57:16, 77:3
lengthy [1] - 103:2 LITTLE [10] - 55:12, 110:4, 110:11, MICHAEL [1] - 91:23
 55:21, 56:4, 56:8, mad [1] - 69:5 111:7, 111:20, 112:3 might [10] - 6:23, 30:6,
Les [2] - 17:15, 17:17
 56:11, 56:13, 56:17, mail [5] - 12:6, 41:5, McAndrew [8] - 3:15, 39:17, 72:25, 86:17,
Lesh [1] - 29:19
 59:20, 59:23, 59:25 42:10, 105:17, 5:22, 34:12, 37:9, 87:2, 88:16, 89:7,
Leslie [4] - 47:25,
 live [11] - 5:17, 15:1, 108:13 75:19, 86:25, 90:14, 102:1, 105:25
  48:2, 81:24, 106:4
 18:14, 34:10, 61:17, Main [2] - 5:8, 96:7 111:19 Mike [1] - 73:20
less [2] - 68:13, 76:18
 61:19, 62:9, 62:14, maintain [1] - 101:21 McAndrew's [1] - mile [1] - 34:12
letter [1] - 20:7
 63:13, 85:7 maintenance [2] - 107:22
LETTERS [1] - 4:20 miles [1] - 37:14
 liveable [1] - 60:22 7:10, 62:8 McCool [2] - 1:24,
letters [3] - 55:5, 83:1, million [7] - 11:11,
 lived [2] - 18:15, 57:15 majority [2] - 27:4, 113:10
  83:2 11:12, 25:21, 30:17,
 lives [3] - 18:8, 18:9, 109:8 mean [18] - 10:3, 31:13, 32:2, 77:3
level [1] - 61:8
 61:20 malice [1] - 46:5 16:14, 22:10, 32:25, millions [1] - 25:13
liar [2] - 108:4, 108:10
 living [2] - 58:1, 58:17 man [1] - 39:8 33:19, 33:24, 35:19,
libraries [1] - 13:13 mind [3] - 71:10,
 Living [1] - 35:11 managed [2] - 26:14, 41:14, 41:15, 47:13,
Library [2] - 13:11, 71:19, 89:14
 LOCAL [4] - 4:20, 26:15 54:11, 56:25, 79:10,
  36:22 minds [1] - 86:6
 93:16, 94:24, 110:25 MANCINI [1] - 73:18 82:9, 86:20, 98:25,
library [4] - 13:16, mine [1] - 87:14
 Local [1] - 5:13 Mancini [1] - 73:21 100:18, 101:3
  13:20, 36:20, 36:24 Minooka [2] - 6:3,
 LOCATION [1] - 1:10 manner [3] - 50:19, meaning [1] - 102:16
licensed [1] - 30:13 67:5
 logic [1] - 63:5 50:21, 76:8 means [6] - 14:15,
lie [2] - 74:5, 74:23 minute [4] - 31:5,
 long-term [1] - 15:3 Manor [1] - 58:6 20:13, 49:17, 60:14,
life [2] - 10:1, 10:2 55:14, 100:14,
 look [30] - 8:18, 9:6, map [1] - 42:15 105:21, 113:23
lifelong [1] - 22:19 100:16
 9:12, 16:4, 21:18, March [3] - 44:16, measure [1] - 8:8
 minutes [6] - 3:19,
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 19:15, 55:14, 56:9, 93:23, 94:16, 95:6, 90:14, 91:21, 92:1, multiway [1] - 8:7 next [10] - 11:17,
 69:11, 75:14 95:16, 96:1, 96:23, 92:4, 92:6, 92:9, MUNICIPAL [2] - 4:7, 14:15, 16:5, 35:11,
MINUTES [4] - 3:21, 97:8, 98:2, 104:3, 92:10, 92:12, 92:13, 4:10 38:24, 43:25, 59:21,
 3:24, 4:2, 4:6 109:20, 110:15 92:15, 92:20, 92:23, municipal [3] - 56:21, 59:23, 81:9, 81:13
misleading [1] - 105:6 movement [2] - 15:16, 92:24, 92:25, 93:3, 56:22, 56:25 night [3] - 14:18,
misled [1] - 89:10 15:18 93:4, 93:6, 93:7, Municipal [1] - 7:24 43:12, 68:18
Miss [3] - 12:17, movements [1] - 9:7 93:9, 93:20, 93:23, municipalities [2] - NO [5] - 98:5, 104:5,
 53:19, 107:21 moves [1] - 68:5 93:25, 94:9, 94:11, 7:8, 22:4 109:22, 109:23,
mistakes [1] - 100:18 moving [5] - 62:5, 94:12, 94:14, 94:15, murders [1] - 74:14 110:19
mixes [1] - 28:20 62:13, 68:15, 88:24, 94:17, 95:3, 95:6, must [2] - 69:4, nobody [13] - 14:4,
MMO [1] - 16:7 99:10 95:8, 95:11, 95:12, 100:17 23:9, 31:3, 31:5,
MMOs [1] - 16:12 MR [264] - 3:10, 3:12, 95:14, 95:15, 95:17, MUTCD [2] - 7:23, 8:6 31:6, 31:19, 31:22,
MODULAR [1] - 111:2 3:16, 3:18, 3:20, 95:23, 96:1, 96:3, 37:13, 37:20, 39:10,
 4:23, 5:2, 5:22, 5:24, 96:4, 96:12, 96:14, 40:23, 41:5, 42:11
mom [1] - 36:21
 96:15, 96:18, 96:19,
 N
moment [1] - 3:4 6:1, 6:2, 10:19, 11:7, NON [2] - 4:6, 4:9
money [26] - 11:12, 11:10, 12:8, 12:12, 96:21, 96:22, 96:24, name [4] - 11:8, 34:10, NON-UNIFORM [2] -
 11:13, 16:6, 16:8, 12:14, 12:18, 12:20, 97:5, 97:8, 97:10, 38:16, 42:10 4:6, 4:9
 16:16, 16:19, 25:14, 12:21, 12:22, 12:25, 97:11, 97:12, 97:19, Nancy [3] - 13:12, none [2] - 101:7,
 25:16, 25:20, 26:19, 13:2, 13:5, 13:22, 97:22, 97:23, 97:25, 13:21, 13:23 101:9
 28:3, 29:3, 31:11, 14:2, 14:5, 14:9, 98:1, 98:3, 98:8, narrow [1] - 35:14 nonmembers [1] -
 39:19, 41:9, 41:10, 16:10, 16:15, 17:1, 98:10, 98:13, 98:14, narrowing [2] - 21:9 5:10
 45:6, 64:1, 67:25, 17:2, 17:4, 17:7, 99:16, 100:2, 100:5, national [2] - 48:11, nonsense [3] - 30:2,
 94:6, 101:15, 17:12, 17:14, 17:15, 100:20, 103:10, 61:11 30:10, 32:3
 101:20, 101:21, 17:16, 20:17, 20:19, 103:20, 103:22, Nay [2] - 27:1, 68:17 North [4] - 5:8, 79:13,
 103:12, 103:13, 25:9, 25:11, 29:16, 103:24, 103:25, near [4] - 19:24, 85:7, 79:16, 96:7
 103:16 29:18, 32:4, 34:7, 104:1, 104:2, 104:4, 96:7, 99:12 Northeast [1] - 59:18
month [1] - 91:15 37:15, 37:17, 37:25, 104:11, 104:13, nearby [1] - 85:8 nose [1] - 72:11
 38:1, 40:14, 40:15, 104:16, 104:17, noted [1] - 53:1
MONTH [1] - 4:5 necessarily [4] -
 41:20, 41:22, 41:25, 105:10, 105:11,
monthly [1] - 5:5 62:15, 63:13, 64:5, notes [2] - 6:16, 113:5
 42:1, 42:2, 42:4, 107:1, 108:5, 108:9,
Montreal [1] - 36:16 86:21 nothing [4] - 30:17,
 42:13, 42:18, 42:20, 108:15, 108:17,
Moosic [1] - 11:21 need [31] - 12:25, 35:20, 41:2, 57:3
 42:21, 42:23, 42:24, 108:22, 109:2,
Morgan [3] - 25:10, 26:23, 26:24, 27:5, nothing's [1] - 40:10
 43:7, 43:9, 43:11, 109:12, 109:14,
 25:12, 29:16 27:16, 28:6, 28:15, notice [1] - 77:2
 43:13, 43:16, 43:17, 109:16, 109:17,
MORGAN [1] - 25:11 28:17, 28:19, 29:2, notified [1] - 16:11
 43:19, 43:20, 43:22, 109:18, 109:19,
morning [1] - 9:10 43:2, 54:18, 59:8, November [1] - 39:25
 43:25, 45:2, 45:4, 109:21, 110:2,
mortar [1] - 29:6 62:20, 70:2, 70:24, number [6] - 27:23,
 45:11, 45:13, 45:17, 110:4, 110:6, 110:7,
mortar's [1] - 28:20 71:20, 72:12, 75:23, 41:3, 42:10, 66:19,
 45:19, 45:21, 45:22, 110:9, 110:11,
mortgage [1] - 63:22 76:13, 78:19, 83:20, 72:2
 46:18, 46:20, 47:5, 110:12, 110:13,
most [15] - 9:3, 9:24, 86:19, 94:6, 100:22, numbers [7] - 74:21,
 47:6, 47:10, 47:12, 110:14, 110:16,
 32:9, 32:14, 44:4, 100:23, 100:24, 74:23, 75:5, 75:11,
 47:24, 53:18, 53:19, 111:4, 111:7,
 48:18, 61:19, 61:20, 102:24, 104:25 75:16, 76:7, 99:1
 54:6, 55:9, 55:11, 111:11, 111:14,
 85:21, 87:24, needed [2] - 61:25, numerous [2] - 49:6,
 55:12, 55:16, 55:21, 111:16, 111:20,
 100:11, 100:13, 97:15 51:5
 55:22, 56:4, 56:6, 111:22, 111:24,
 100:22, 101:2, needless [1] - 31:25
 56:8, 56:10, 56:11, 112:1, 112:3, 112:4
 101:22 needlessly [1] - 31:14 O
 56:12, 56:13, 56:15, MS [31] - 3:9, 3:11,
Motion [1] - 112:3 needs [7] - 40:17,
 56:17, 59:19, 59:20, 3:13, 3:15, 3:17,
motion [8] - 92:2, 41:11, 54:20, 60:16, obligate [2] - 30:1,
 59:22, 59:23, 59:24, 13:6, 13:25, 14:3,
 92:21, 93:21, 95:4, 62:18, 65:11, 66:22 32:2
 60:1, 60:2, 60:25, 14:8, 14:11, 32:6,
 95:24, 97:6, 98:19, neighborhood [4] - observe [1] - 50:22
 61:2, 64:11, 67:3, 34:9, 37:18, 48:1,
 112:2 26:12, 61:23, 62:2, obvious [1] - 90:11
 67:5, 71:2, 71:3, 55:3, 64:14, 65:6,
MOTIONS [1] - 77:19 85:7 obviously [3] - 38:18,
 72:5, 72:7, 72:9, 65:20, 65:23, 66:1,
motions [4] - 77:21, neighborhoods [5] - 51:9, 67:13
 73:7, 73:10, 73:15, 66:3, 66:6, 66:12,
 79:6, 84:4, 87:1 63:6, 63:11, 63:12, occasions [1] - 51:6
 73:17, 73:18, 77:17, 66:15, 66:23, 67:1,
motor [1] - 74:19 101:12, 101:16 occurred [1] - 87:3
 77:18, 77:20, 77:22, 111:13, 111:15,
Mountain [1] - 97:15 never [4] - 10:13, occurrence [2] -
 78:2, 78:3, 79:5, 111:17, 111:19,
move [3] - 98:10, 32:15, 79:20, 85:4 50:24, 51:4
 79:8, 80:11, 80:12, 111:21
 104:13, 110:4 new [8] - 14:1, 18:25, occurring [1] - 83:25
 80:13, 80:14, 81:15, Mulberry [4] - 38:13,
moved [18] - 31:3, 38:15, 43:23, 62:4, October [4] - 1:7, 5:7,
 81:16, 81:22, 81:23, 38:18, 79:13, 90:21
 31:5, 82:17, 92:4, 62:23, 63:22, 100:23 5:12, 15:7
 84:3, 86:24, 87:2, multiple [4] - 51:1,
 92:14, 92:23, 93:8, newer [1] - 48:13 OCTOBER [2] - 4:10,
 55:17, 55:23, 56:4
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 4:16 open [2] - 65:10, overdue [1] - 60:6 18:10, 19:3, 27:6, 25:1, 25:7, 26:2,
OF [30] - 1:1, 3:21, 65:13 overturn [1] - 24:18 73:5, 73:13, 88:16, 27:14, 29:9, 29:25,
 3:24, 4:2, 4:6, 4:18, opens [1] - 65:19 overzealous [1] - 98:11, 104:14, 110:5 30:15, 31:7, 31:18,
 4:20, 91:22, 91:23, operate [1] - 81:12 44:23 passage [1] - 111:9 32:10, 32:14, 34:16,
 92:17, 92:19, 93:13, opinion [5] - 32:7, own [7] - 7:13, 16:21, passed [3] - 3:6, 36:18, 37:3, 37:22,
 93:14, 94:21, 94:22, 87:8, 87:14, 102:4, 66:18, 66:20, 66:21, 21:22, 82:20 39:1, 39:19, 44:22,
 98:4, 104:5, 104:6, 102:8 67:15, 101:10 passes [3] - 46:23, 47:11, 47:22, 58:10,
 104:7, 109:22, opinions [1] - 26:4 owned [6] - 7:8, 25:3, 47:2, 77:6 59:8, 59:9, 59:16,
 109:24, 110:22, opportunities [1] - 25:8, 40:25, 42:16, passthrough [1] - 60:12, 61:17, 62:13,
 110:23, 111:2 51:14 42:17 50:12 63:7, 64:5, 64:6,
OFFICE [3] - 93:13, opportunity [4] - owner [1] - 107:2 past [12] - 11:16, 38:3, 69:2, 70:19, 70:20,
 94:21, 110:22 25:13, 26:18, 78:18, owners [1] - 106:12 38:9, 39:24, 43:1, 78:23, 79:22, 83:21,
office [2] - 39:8, 50:23 101:4 owns [4] - 40:25, 52:9, 53:2, 66:8, 83:25, 85:3, 86:5,
officers [3] - 51:2, Opposed [9] - 92:13, 41:18, 42:11, 42:16 66:18, 87:10, 88:4, 98:16, 99:17,
 73:12, 101:6 93:7, 94:15, 95:15, 88:6 100:11, 100:13,
Official [2] - 1:24, pasta [1] - 5:9 102:8, 105:11
 96:22, 98:1, 103:24, P
 113:11 109:16, 110:12 pathetic [1] - 34:17 per [1] - 54:24
official [1] - 73:22 opposite [3] - 33:13, p.m [3] - 5:8, 14:19, pathways [1] - 99:5 percent [6] - 17:6,
officials [1] - 26:24 70:10, 70:20 15:8 patterns [5] - 49:24, 18:20, 18:21, 74:22,
OFFICIALS [5] - oppressor [3] - 59:3, pack [1] - 67:24 50:4, 54:13, 82:2, 99:1, 107:11
 93:11, 94:19, 95:19, 59:5 packet [1] - 105:19 99:8 perfect [2] - 47:24,
 97:1, 110:20 option [5] - 68:2, 68:3, page [3] - 73:18, 74:7, PAUCRS [1] - 74:12 79:20
often [1] - 50:6 69:18, 70:23, 86:21 102:6 pave [2] - 89:23, 90:2 PERFORM [1] - 97:3
old [4] - 30:14, 32:15, options [2] - 68:4, pages [2] - 6:25, 7:23 paving [2] - 89:25, period [3] - 24:9,
 58:7, 85:12 68:7 paid [2] - 14:16, 59:6 100:23 32:17, 53:7
oldest [1] - 76:2 Order [2] - 4:24, 98:20 paige [1] - 74:4 pay [3] - 14:14, 30:20, permanent [1] - 86:22
ON [2] - 4:16, 110:18 ORDER [6] - 3:20, Paige [3] - 74:23, 34:16 permit [3] - 7:9, 88:18,
once [9] - 22:17, 25:3, 5:24, 77:18, 98:3, 75:4, 75:6 paying [1] - 30:10 103:1
 68:16, 77:4, 78:8, 110:16, 111:24 paint [1] - 31:13 payment [2] - 63:20, permits [2] - 88:17,
 80:2, 102:17, orders [1] - 11:24 painted [2] - 19:22, 63:21 89:6
 105:16, 106:11 ORDINANCE [3] - 20:2 PAYROLL [1] - 4:17 person [8] - 28:20,
ONE [3] - 92:19, 98:5, 104:6, 109:23 painting [1] - 20:14 Pearn [1] - 15:8 40:11, 46:23, 47:2,
 104:7, 104:9 ORDINANCES [1] - paints [1] - 20:1 pedestrian [6] - 51:10, 57:18, 66:6, 72:24,
one [52] - 5:19, 7:1, 4:22 pairing [1] - 49:19 51:16, 51:18, 68:10, 99:2
 10:1, 10:17, 11:19, organization [1] - pal [1] - 47:25 68:12, 85:22 personally [2] - 84:25,
 11:25, 15:10, 15:12, 25:25 paper [2] - 13:10, PEDESTRIAN [2] - 107:25
 15:14, 16:4, 16:22, organized [1] - 60:10 13:18 98:7, 109:25 perspective [3] -
 17:22, 18:3, 20:2, Osaka [1] - 54:19 pardon [1] - 59:22 pedestrians [5] - 9:14, 49:25, 50:9, 87:11
 20:4, 22:8, 23:12, OTHER [5] - 93:11, park [1] - 83:11 51:6, 60:23, 70:17, petition [5] - 44:5,
 26:25, 27:23, 28:11, 94:19, 95:19, 97:1, Park [2] - 27:1, 68:17 76:15 46:13, 46:23, 47:3,
 34:15, 34:17, 34:18, 110:20 parking [14] - 5:12, pelosi [1] - 23:14 47:7
 35:3, 37:12, 40:11, otherwise [1] - 89:14 10:8, 10:9, 10:14, Penn [6] - 10:6, 10:9, petitions [1] - 46:22
 43:11, 43:18, 44:4, ought [2] - 15:9, 40:3 10:18, 28:4, 28:8, 36:13, 36:17, 52:17, PHASE [1] - 97:3
 45:23, 50:22, 50:25, out-of-state [1] - 17:5 43:14, 43:17, 43:21, 59:18 phase [1] - 99:21
 52:19, 58:23, 61:16, outcome [1] - 72:9 53:3, 57:16, 83:15, PennDOT [4] - 6:24, philadelphia [1] - 86:1
 64:15, 65:17, 68:2, outcomes [1] - 48:23 104:20 11:11, 88:17, 91:6 phone [6] - 41:3,
 72:21, 75:7, 78:6, outdated [2] - 49:22, PARKING [1] - 109:23 Pennsylvania [1] - 42:10, 52:24,
 82:24, 83:9, 86:1, 50:3 Parking [1] - 28:6 49:14 105:17, 107:25
 89:3, 104:19, OUTLINED [1] - 104:9 part [4] - 56:25, 63:18, PENNSYLVANIA [3] - phrased [1] - 99:24
 105:13, 105:24, 77:4, 106:21 93:15, 94:23, 110:24 physically [1] - 107:25
 outreach [3] - 51:24,
 106:13, 107:10 PARTICIPATION [1] - PENSION [5] - 3:22, pick [1] - 75:1
 52:1, 53:25
one-third [1] - 58:23 5:25 3:25, 4:3, 4:7, 4:10 picture [1] - 84:20
 outs [7] - 8:21, 8:25,
one-way [2] - 35:3, particular [1] - 61:15 pensions [1] - 16:7 piece [5] - 49:16,
 52:10, 52:12, 54:21,
 52:19 77:24, 80:21 particularly [1] - 38:17 people [67] - 9:24, 103:9, 106:5, 107:9,
ONE-WAY [2] - 104:7, outsider [2] - 75:8, parties [2] - 44:14, 10:4, 13:9, 13:13, 107:12
 104:9 77:12 47:19 13:17, 14:18, 14:25, piggyback [1] - 17:18
ones [4] - 5:3, 99:14, outstanding [1] - parts [2] - 32:20, 18:14, 18:17, 18:20, place [9] - 19:1, 26:12,
 106:8, 108:18 75:25 89:22 18:22, 19:4, 19:6, 28:23, 31:7, 62:14,
ongoing [1] - 89:4 oval [1] - 39:8 party [1] - 25:6 19:13, 21:10, 22:9, 63:24, 64:2, 76:4,
oops [1] - 68:19 overall [1] - 106:25 pass [10] - 16:1, 22:17, 23:10, 24:14, 77:10
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places [8] - 54:19, 62:17, 64:3 106:21 21:19, 37:6, 94:3 52:6, 54:24, 58:21,
 61:18, 61:19, 61:20, PORTIONS [2] - programs [2] - 27:6, 60:23, 61:12, 61:21,
 63:8, 63:19, 64:7, 104:7, 109:24 73:2 Q 61:23, 62:3, 62:13,
 108:1 portrayed [1] - 86:7 progress [2] - 14:12 62:22, 64:6, 64:8,
plan [28] - 49:4, 49:17, posed [1] - 48:21 project [20] - 6:8, 7:19, qualified [1] - 15:2 79:9, 86:3, 100:1,
 49:20, 50:8, 51:12, position [5] - 62:4, 11:22, 12:4, 25:19, QUARTERLY [1] - 102:19, 105:24,
 52:5, 52:7, 52:12, 62:19, 70:6, 72:21, 26:17, 27:21, 27:22, 4:17 106:6
 52:25, 53:7, 53:16, 102:18 28:15, 28:16, 28:19, queen [1] - 23:8 REAPPOINTMENT [1]
 54:2, 54:4, 54:7, possibility [1] - 30:6 28:21, 43:23, 48:6, questions [12] - 11:6, - 91:22
 54:16, 64:10, 68:15, possible [6] - 30:2, 83:4, 83:23, 103:19, 12:6, 19:14, 44:19, reason [6] - 13:18,
 76:11, 77:5, 77:6, 68:5, 68:8, 68:11, 106:18, 106:22, 48:21, 69:1, 71:14, 30:3, 42:21, 60:9,
 78:12, 78:18, 68:12, 103:6 106:25 80:16, 80:19, 63:18, 103:8
 100:14, 100:22, possibly [2] - 9:21, PROJECT [4] - 4:22, 105:15, 107:22, reasons [1] - 25:21
 102:6, 102:7, 103:6, 26:7 93:19, 95:2, 95:22 109:1 reassemble [1] - 29:2
 105:8 posted [1] - 74:7 projects [3] - 97:14, quick [5] - 5:2, 6:17, reassessed [1] - 30:21
planner [2] - 48:9, potential [3] - 62:23, 97:15, 103:3 10:5, 21:11, 69:8 reassessment [2] -
 48:10 84:17, 108:2 proper [6] - 92:3, quickly [6] - 8:9, 53:5, 14:23, 30:20
PLANNING [1] - 4:12 practices [3] - 48:12, 92:22, 93:22, 95:5, 64:23, 79:9, 94:2 received [7] - 4:25,
planning [1] - 107:18 48:22, 49:21 95:25, 97:7 quite [4] - 36:25, 74:2, 11:11, 16:16, 52:24,
plans [1] - 103:1 predetermine [1] - properly [2] - 27:3, 86:2, 97:16 84:10, 107:16
plastic [1] - 57:9 71:15 38:14 quoted [2] - 44:19 RECEIVED [1] - 4:15
play [1] - 68:24 prefer [1] - 13:18 proposal [1] - 82:4 quoting [1] - 8:6 receiving [1] - 94:4
pleasant [1] - 34:4 premiums [1] - 39:21 proposed [1] - 52:13 recent [3] - 44:3, 52:4,
pleasure [4] - 98:9, PREPARATION [1] - protest [1] - 22:21 R 52:16
 102:13, 104:12, 4:18 protesters [1] - 59:6 recently [2] - 43:1,
 110:3 prepared [2] - 62:20, proud [1] - 36:10 races [1] - 35:17 72:17
Pledge [1] - 3:1 62:22 provide [2] - 13:22, racing [1] - 69:3 recommend [1] -
Pocius [8] - 6:1, 6:2, present [3] - 3:12, 76:16 Radison [1] - 100:25 111:8
 11:7, 18:5, 27:11, 3:16, 87:24 provided [2] - 74:9, Radison's [1] - 11:1 recommendation [1] -
 71:12, 80:15, 87:5 presentation [1] - 7:2 77:10 radius [3] - 21:2, 111:5
POCIUS [8] - 6:2, PRESENTED [1] - providing [1] - 16:21 21:10, 81:1 record [1] - 10:22
 10:19, 11:10, 12:8, 92:17 PUBLIC [1] - 110:18 Railroad [2] - 89:19, records [1] - 67:12
 12:12, 12:14, 12:22, president [4] - 23:3, public [14] - 6:7, 6:11, 89:24 Recovery [2] - 67:6,
 13:2 23:4, 23:7, 23:22 14:17, 27:2, 28:2, raises [2] - 14:14, 67:8
point [6] - 33:6, 45:19, PRESIDENT [2] - 2:2, 37:1, 37:4, 38:4, 71:25 red [12] - 15:21, 21:10,
 70:14, 83:13, 83:15, 2:3 48:8, 49:8, 71:10, raising [1] - 65:6 21:12, 22:3, 31:3,
 104:21 President [2] - 23:20, 72:23, 100:10, rally [1] - 39:4 31:5, 38:24, 39:10,
pointing [2] - 20:3, 48:2 100:11 ramrodding [1] - 30:1 64:16, 69:19, 79:10,
 20:4 press [1] - 33:20 Public [3] - 75:18, ran [1] - 23:18 79:24
points [2] - 8:22, 9:19 pretty [3] - 7:1, 20:9, 111:6, 111:8 rapes [2] - 74:15, 75:2 reeducate [1] - 70:2
polenta [1] - 5:9 85:8 pull [5] - 12:18, 12:21, rates [1] - 50:11 reenforce [1] - 87:14
police [7] - 22:5, 51:2, previous [2] - 44:4, 13:1, 69:8, 69:9 rather [2] - 61:7, 98:18 reflected [1] - 14:15
 57:7, 73:2, 73:6, 90:5 pulled [1] - 40:18 rationale [1] - 106:13 reflection [1] - 3:4
 75:9, 101:5 primary [1] - 44:6 pump [1] - 83:19 reach [2] - 54:5, 82:11 refresh [1] - 60:6
POLICE [1] - 3:24 prime [1] - 13:19 punch [1] - 35:1 read [2] - 44:15, 75:4 regard [2] - 15:9, 84:7
Police [2] - 25:22, prioritize [1] - 90:3 PURCHASE [1] - READING [3] - 98:4, regarding [11] - 45:16,
 77:15 private [1] - 24:7 111:2 104:4, 109:21 52:12, 52:25, 53:3,
Policemen [1] - 101:7 privately [1] - 40:25 purposes [1] - 15:14 reading [8] - 3:19, 71:6, 71:22, 73:1,
political [1] - 40:4 Pro [1] - 59:17 push [3] - 9:23, 9:24, 58:17, 98:8, 98:11, 81:13, 89:18,
poll [6] - 18:17, 99:17, problem [2] - 31:9, 32:18 104:11, 104:14, 105:12, 105:15
 99:24, 100:13, 59:14 put [18] - 8:14, 10:14, 110:2, 110:5 REGARDING [1] -
 101:10, 101:24 proceedings [1] - 12:8, 18:7, 19:7, ready [4] - 13:8, 13:19, 4:17
polls [1] - 102:8 113:3 20:24, 21:1, 21:13, 27:3, 69:17 Registry [1] - 58:23
pony [1] - 70:25 process [3] - 71:16, 29:6, 32:24, 34:12, real [3] - 20:25, 53:4, REGULATIONS [1] -
poor [1] - 30:24 76:2, 103:1 34:14, 37:11, 37:12, 53:5 109:25
poorly [2] - 26:14, processed [1] - 76:3 62:19, 67:6, 80:2, reality [1] - 58:18 rehab [1] - 11:13
 26:15 profanity [1] - 40:6 102:11 really [28] - 25:18, reiterated [1] - 102:23
Poplar [3] - 5:15, professional [2] - Putin [1] - 39:10 26:21, 26:23, 38:9, related [1] - 88:18
 11:16, 11:17 49:13, 49:20 puts [1] - 78:16 47:13, 48:11, 49:16, relatively [1] - 9:20
populations [3] - 62:5, program [2] - 73:6, putting [4] - 18:4, 49:20, 50:13, 50:20, relay [1] - 52:11
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relayed [1] - 52:3 required [2] - 62:14, right-hand [4] - 19:8, run [8] - 27:8, 27:19, 97:12, 97:23, 98:14,
relevant [2] - 49:4, 71:24 21:20, 21:23, 70:6 31:7, 44:8, 57:2, 100:5, 103:25,
 51:21 research [2] - 36:8, Rik [2] - 55:11, 55:12 76:22, 79:22, 79:23 104:17, 109:17,
relied [1] - 87:9 88:11 rip [1] - 68:22 running [3] - 24:10, 110:13, 111:16
rely [1] - 102:9 residence [1] - 63:24 risk [4] - 76:20, 77:1, 24:16, 56:18 Schuster [5] - 79:6,
remain [3] - 3:3, residency [1] - 36:3 77:5, 77:11 runoff [1] - 52:17 80:13, 84:3, 97:19,
 74:24, 76:14 resident [5] - 6:2, risks [1] - 77:9 rush [2] - 73:12, 100:9 111:15
remainder [1] - 75:14 17:17, 22:20, 71:5, Ritz [1] - 52:8 rushing [1] - 69:15 schuster [1] - 3:11
remaining [1] - 10:17 87:6 road [14] - 15:21, Schuster's [1] - 19:14
remedial [1] - 27:5 residents [11] - 26:21, 19:20, 19:24, 20:3, S scope [1] - 100:4
remember [8] - 6:9, 67:20, 73:20, 82:23, 21:9, 32:19, 34:2, Scranton [44] - 5:12,
 15:12, 17:21, 29:20, 101:5, 101:25, 34:14, 35:2, 35:15, Sacco [1] - 15:4 5:13, 6:3, 7:13,
 30:24, 45:2, 45:21, 102:3, 102:13, 81:20, 83:10, 83:11, sadly [1] - 67:21 11:14, 12:2, 13:7,
 69:24 102:16, 104:22, 83:16 safe [7] - 60:22, 64:8, 14:20, 14:24, 15:1,
removal [3] - 30:10, 104:23 roads [3] - 30:12, 74:5, 74:21, 76:5, 20:19, 21:21, 26:14,
 73:24, 83:6 resignation [1] - 24:12 64:19, 91:2 76:7, 85:1 35:22, 35:24, 36:11,
remove [1] - 24:12 RESOLUTION [7] - roadways [1] - 82:2 safeguard [1] - 9:21 36:19, 38:1, 48:3,
removed [3] - 68:18, 91:22, 92:16, 93:10, ROADWAYS [1] - safer [17] - 61:6, 63:4, 48:4, 48:8, 48:15,
 72:14, 99:25 94:18, 95:18, 96:25, 109:24 63:9, 68:10, 69:1, 48:23, 49:25, 53:21,
removing [2] - 7:4, 110:19 robbed [1] - 45:5 69:16, 69:22, 70:1, 53:23, 55:12, 55:18,
 76:8 resources [1] - 66:11 robberies [1] - 74:16 75:16, 76:15, 78:15, 55:23, 57:1, 57:6,
renovated [1] - 94:6 respect [3] - 23:2, robbery [1] - 45:7 78:16, 79:10, 88:8, 58:1, 59:8, 60:4,
RENOVATION [1] - 47:17, 107:15 Robert [1] - 3:7 88:9, 88:10, 88:11 60:19, 61:22, 62:5,
 93:19 respond [1] - 107:22 rogue [1] - 24:19 SAFETY [3] - 98:7, 71:4, 73:20, 73:21,
renown [1] - 60:18 responds [2] - 62:18, Roll [1] - 111:11 110:1, 110:18 77:15, 106:1, 106:3
renowned [1] - 48:10 64:2 roll [1] - 3:8 Safety [3] - 75:18, SCRANTON [8] - 1:1,
rent [1] - 63:14 response [7] - 15:25, rolls [1] - 39:9 111:6, 111:8 3:21, 3:24, 91:23,
repainted [1] - 89:20 53:13, 78:5, 89:16, ron [1] - 29:17 safety [5] - 51:17, 92:17, 93:14, 94:22,
 90:7, 90:16, 108:25 57:14, 70:4, 76:8, 110:23
replace [5] - 11:13, room [5] - 32:11,
 responses [1] - 77:8 Scranton's [3] - 48:5,
 18:7, 18:18, 68:19, 48:15, 88:21, 89:2,
 77:3 107:16 103:14 salt [1] - 20:25 57:3, 69:17
replacing [2] - 76:9, responsible [1] - 7:10 ROTHCHILD [49] - sat [2] - 23:4, 25:23 scrapped [1] - 19:17
 102:18 rest [1] - 76:11 2:4, 3:14, 10:16, Saturday [4] - 5:11, screaming [2] - 22:24,
REPORT [2] - 4:4, restaurant [1] - 90:19 12:5, 12:10, 12:13, 39:3, 39:24, 40:2 24:3
 4:14 restaurants [1] - 84:15 12:16, 13:4, 65:4, save [1] - 17:23 se [1] - 54:24
report [5] - 7:1, 18:5, restructuring [1] - 65:7, 65:22, 65:24, saving [1] - 64:1 seal [1] - 91:7
 89:16, 102:14, 75:9 66:2, 66:4, 66:8, saw [6] - 22:6, 22:20, search [1] - 74:12
 102:15 results [1] - 101:22 66:14, 66:17, 66:25, 37:21, 54:1, 101:22, seat [2] - 72:18,
Reporter [2] - 1:24, retired [2] - 101:5, 67:2, 84:6, 92:5, 106:12 102:12
 113:11 101:6 92:11, 93:5, 93:24, scared [1] - 22:10 seats [1] - 72:15
reporter [1] - 113:25 retirees [1] - 62:7 94:1, 94:13, 95:7, SCENIC [1] - 93:18 Second [4] - 92:5,
represent [5] - 55:22, retroactively [1] - 95:13, 96:2, 96:20, scholarships [1] - 92:24, 93:24, 104:15
 56:7, 67:18, 99:3, 14:16 97:9, 97:24, 98:12, 36:15 second [12] - 13:12,
 102:14 return [2] - 30:7, 42:22 99:23, 100:3, school [7] - 34:14, 17:23, 17:25, 87:8,
representation [1] - returned [1] - 45:6 102:21, 103:23, 34:19, 34:25, 35:9, 87:16, 95:7, 96:2,
 71:20 reverse [2] - 8:12, 104:15, 107:6, 37:2, 37:4, 62:1 97:9, 97:10, 98:12,
representatives [1] - 86:13 108:6, 108:11, School [5] - 35:22, 110:6, 111:10
 25:23 review [2] - 52:6, 108:16, 108:20, 35:24, 36:11, 36:17, section [2] - 6:3,
represented [2] - 53:16 108:24, 109:5, 36:19 89:24
 59:16, 64:6 REVIEWED [1] - 4:14 109:15, 110:10, schools [3] - 34:17, see [45] - 6:15, 8:23,
representing [3] - 6:5, Ribbon [1] - 35:8 111:10, 111:18 36:12, 59:1 10:11, 12:22, 15:2,
 26:1, 55:17 rid [2] - 28:8, 39:17 Rothchild [5] - 3:13, Schreyer's [1] - 36:12 16:10, 20:8, 24:1,
represents [1] - 56:1 Ridge [3] - 33:7, 10:20, 84:4, 86:25, SCHUSTER [31] - 2:5, 24:25, 27:11, 37:1,
 33:10, 34:1 111:17 3:12, 11:7, 12:18, 40:22, 42:5, 42:15,
reproduction [1] -
 Route [1] - 9:18 17:2, 17:7, 17:14, 50:10, 50:18, 51:14,
 113:23 ridges [1] - 20:23
 ROUTE [1] - 93:18 53:19, 54:6, 55:9, 58:21, 60:19, 65:1,
Republican [2] - ridiculous [8] - 18:3,
 RPR [2] - 1:24, 113:10 80:14, 81:16, 81:23, 65:10, 68:24, 70:11,
 31:21, 39:11 18:8, 18:23, 19:12,
 rules [3] - 46:7, 46:10, 92:10, 92:24, 93:4, 75:19, 75:22, 78:19,
request [2] - 37:16, 19:18, 22:6, 35:14,
 47:17 94:12, 95:12, 96:4, 78:22, 81:2, 81:12,
 81:22 35:19
 rumored [1] - 72:18 96:14, 96:19, 97:10, 82:13, 83:17, 84:23,
requested [1] - 105:19 riding [1] - 23:15
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 85:20, 86:4, 89:2, 33:15, 83:9, 104:19 slide [1] - 68:17 social [1] - 58:3 68:14
 94:2, 94:5, 96:11, Side [2] - 5:4, 42:25 slightly [1] - 105:6 solicitor [2] - 27:16, spoken [1] - 24:17
 97:13, 97:16, 98:20, sides [3] - 83:10, slippery [1] - 20:21 27:17 sprained [1] - 40:18
 100:25, 101:11, 83:16, 104:21 slogan [1] - 47:14 SOLICITOR [1] - 2:10 square [2] - 83:6, 83:8
 101:15 sidewalk [4] - 20:22, slope [1] - 22:10 solution [1] - 79:20 staff [2] - 50:8, 107:24
seeing [1] - 81:17 40:16, 41:18, 57:20 slopes [1] - 20:21 solved [1] - 57:14 stakeholders [8] -
seem [1] - 99:24 sidewalks [3] - 41:11, slots [1] - 28:5 someone [5] - 68:19, 48:17, 67:8, 67:10,
sell [1] - 28:6 54:9, 100:22 slow [13] - 8:3, 15:15, 79:12, 79:15, 79:17, 67:12, 67:15, 67:17,
Senators [1] - 39:12 sign [23] - 15:15, 15:18, 15:23, 15:25, 100:7 67:19, 67:23
senators [1] - 25:5 17:20, 18:1, 32:19, 18:6, 34:14, 69:9, sometimes [2] - stalling [1] - 69:6
send [8] - 12:5, 12:10, 33:8, 33:12, 33:17, 69:10, 78:5, 80:1, 40:22, 81:4 stand [5] - 23:10,
 12:24, 13:20, 20:7, 34:12, 34:16, 34:20, 82:16, 98:17 somewhat [1] - 98:17 23:25, 25:1, 33:11,
 40:19, 72:6, 77:23 37:19, 46:24, 46:25, slower [3] - 7:22, somewhere [2] - 89:12
senior [3] - 34:18, 64:12, 69:5, 69:6, 50:21, 79:2 86:18, 90:18 standards [3] - 49:18,
 35:12, 35:13 69:12, 69:20, 69:21, slowing [2] - 36:9, son [4] - 36:2, 36:12, 66:9, 66:18
sense [6] - 21:17, 69:23, 76:21, 76:22, 79:25 37:11, 40:17 standing [3] - 3:3,
 33:5, 78:15, 78:17, 99:13 small [1] - 51:20 soon [3] - 20:9, 30:2, 48:15, 106:18
 89:22, 103:19 sign-in [1] - 64:12 SMURL [103] - 2:2, 43:4 stands [3] - 15:19,
sent [2] - 13:11, signal [6] - 7:13, 7:16, 3:3, 3:18, 4:23, 5:22, Sorry [1] - 60:25 26:10, 58:22
 105:18 8:13, 51:7, 86:16, 6:1, 13:5, 14:2, sorry [9] - 36:18, 37:7, start [5] - 20:6, 35:1,
separate [2] - 16:17, 86:19 16:10, 17:1, 17:15, 43:16, 45:11, 45:24, 35:17, 70:9, 75:18
 56:17 signals [10] - 7:4, 7:7, 20:17, 25:9, 29:16, 47:24, 77:12, 80:13, started [2] - 20:9,
September [1] - 89:16 7:16, 7:20, 8:7, 8:11, 32:4, 34:7, 37:25, 110:14 57:25
SEPTEMBER [8] - 11:14, 11:21, 84:24, 40:14, 42:2, 42:13, sort [11] - 31:15, 60:6, starting [2] - 78:23,
 3:23, 3:25, 4:3, 4:5, 103:4 42:20, 42:23, 43:7, 60:13, 60:15, 61:12, 97:17
 4:7, 4:14, 4:18, signatures [5] - 44:5, 43:11, 43:16, 43:19, 61:24, 62:1, 62:18, STATE [1] - 109:25
 91:25 44:23, 45:16, 46:22, 43:22, 45:2, 45:11, 63:15, 63:19, 64:8 state [13] - 9:18, 16:3,
serious [3] - 47:20, 47:4 45:17, 45:21, 46:18, soul [1] - 30:24 16:9, 17:5, 17:11,
 76:20, 77:1 signed [4] - 16:5, 47:5, 47:10, 47:24, souls [1] - 58:16 25:25, 32:7, 34:2,
service [3] - 3:5, 46:13, 46:15, 47:8 53:18, 55:11, 55:16, sound [1] - 74:21 74:10, 90:8, 96:6,
 14:17, 72:23 significant [2] - 48:20, 55:22, 56:6, 56:10, South [1] - 42:25 96:9, 102:25
SERVICES [1] - 97:4 49:17 56:12, 56:15, 59:19, Spano [1] - 24:19 State [3] - 36:13,
session [1] - 105:24 signify [9] - 92:7, 59:22, 59:24, 60:1, speaker [2] - 38:4 36:17, 101:6
set [3] - 7:3, 58:13, 93:1, 94:10, 95:9, 60:25, 64:11, 67:3, speaking [3] - 43:8, statement [2] - 71:25,
 76:4 96:16, 97:20, 71:2, 72:5, 73:7, 87:6, 90:17 88:13
setting [1] - 20:10 103:21, 109:13, 73:17, 77:17, 77:20, speaks [1] - 47:21 statements [1] - 72:13
Seventh [1] - 98:20 110:8 79:5, 80:11, 80:13, special [2] - 40:17, states [1] - 88:11
SEVENTH [1] - 110:16 signs [37] - 7:21, 8:1, 84:3, 86:24, 90:14, 41:11 States [1] - 23:21
several [4] - 30:23, 8:14, 9:22, 15:15, 92:1, 92:6, 92:13, specifically [3] - 50:6, STATEWIDE [3] -
 38:8, 80:16, 82:17 15:22, 18:4, 18:7, 92:20, 92:25, 93:7, 55:8, 61:24 93:17, 94:25, 111:1
shadow [1] - 74:2 18:19, 21:11, 27:23, 93:20, 93:25, 94:9, SPECIFIED [1] - 104:9 stating [1] - 67:7
shameful [1] - 29:23 32:24, 33:23, 33:25, 94:15, 95:3, 95:8, station [1] - 10:23
 Speck [3] - 48:10,
SHARE [3] - 93:16, 38:11, 61:7, 64:16, 95:15, 95:23, 96:3, statistics [1] - 74:9
 60:18, 61:16
 94:24, 110:25 68:15, 68:25, 69:16, 96:15, 96:22, 97:5, status [2] - 42:9,
 speed [3] - 8:2, 50:11,
share [3] - 44:10, 70:3, 70:22, 71:7, 97:11, 97:19, 98:1, 42:19
 50:13
 48:11, 61:10 76:10, 76:20, 78:4, 98:8, 98:13, 103:20,
 speeding [1] - 91:3 stay [1] - 38:20
 78:13, 78:16, 79:3, 103:24, 104:2,
sheet [1] - 64:12 speeds [1] - 90:16 stays [1] - 91:18
 79:23, 80:2, 84:24, 104:11, 104:16,
shelter [1] - 67:24 spend [10] - 25:13, steel [1] - 41:17
 85:2, 88:8, 96:10, 105:10, 109:12,
Shelter [1] - 65:19 25:15, 25:16, 25:20, steps [2] - 81:9, 81:13
 99:9, 102:18 109:16, 109:19,
shocked [2] - 37:22, 26:18, 26:19, 29:3, sticking [1] - 35:22
 silent [1] - 3:4 110:2, 110:7,
 47:22 36:23, 103:11, still [14] - 7:14, 12:3,
 simple [2] - 21:6, 110:12, 110:14,
shops [1] - 84:15 103:18 16:3, 27:22, 44:8,
 74:17 111:4, 111:11,
shore [1] - 9:19 spent [4] - 101:15, 45:7, 51:4, 63:15,
 sit [2] - 13:18, 102:12 111:22, 112:1, 112:4
shot [1] - 86:12 103:13, 103:17, 83:24, 85:1, 86:19,
 sits [2] - 30:9, 54:10 Smurl [10] - 3:17,
show [2] - 70:25, 81:7 107:17 87:18, 89:8, 89:13
 sitting [2] - 28:5, 39:8 16:15, 42:25, 44:13,
shut [1] - 81:10 spin [1] - 27:9 stone [2] - 7:3, 29:11
 situation [1] - 39:16 44:20, 45:8, 71:4,
sick [1] - 67:16 Spindler [3] - 17:15, stonemason [1] -
 six [2] - 45:6, 90:25 72:3, 84:2, 111:21
SIDE [1] - 95:21 17:17, 20:17 28:18
 SIXTH [1] - 98:3 snow [1] - 65:16
side [8] - 19:8, 19:10, SPINDLER [1] - 17:16 stones [1] - 28:24
 skyrocket [1] - 39:22 so-called [1] - 58:12
 21:23, 29:22, 33:13, splitting [2] - 68:13, stood [2] - 24:5, 31:1
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stop [69] - 7:21, 8:1, 31:16, 38:17, 38:21, survey [1] - 98:25 74:20 together [2] - 12:9,
 8:8, 8:14, 9:22, 50:12, 50:23, 52:19, surveyor [1] - 10:22 theirs [1] - 55:8 29:6
 13:13, 15:15, 15:22, 57:11, 60:10, 61:7, swear [2] - 15:6, 17:8 themselves [1] - 66:11 Tom [2] - 19:14, 67:5
 17:20, 18:1, 18:4, 63:1 sweeper [1] - 81:18 they've [4] - 51:2, Tomorrow [8] - 48:3,
 18:7, 18:19, 21:10, STREETS [3] - 104:8, switch [2] - 44:14, 78:10, 85:4, 108:20 48:8, 49:25, 53:21,
 32:19, 32:24, 33:12, 104:9 46:9 thieves [1] - 68:18 53:23, 55:24, 106:1,
 33:17, 33:23, 33:25, streetscape [5] - switching [2] - 47:19, thinking [2] - 61:2, 106:3
 34:20, 37:19, 38:11, 15:10, 48:5, 71:7, 78:13 61:13 tomorrow [4] - 15:4,
 51:3, 55:20, 61:6, 73:14, 77:5 sworn [1] - 15:4 Third [1] - 4:24 73:16, 91:16, 96:13
 64:16, 68:15, 68:25, STREETSCAPE [3] - SYSTEM [1] - 111:3 third [3] - 15:3, 36:2, Tomorrow's [1] - 48:4
 69:4, 69:5, 69:6, 4:21, 95:2, 95:22 system [4] - 31:2, 58:23 ton [2] - 29:3, 78:22
 69:10, 69:12, 69:13, strive [1] - 75:23 57:23, 57:24 THIRD [1] - 3:20 tonight [27] - 6:4,
 69:16, 69:20, 69:21, structures [1] - 29:11 systems [1] - 57:17 Thomas [3] - 37:25, 6:15, 7:21, 13:7,
 69:23, 70:3, 70:22, stuck [2] - 32:16, 38:1, 40:14 16:25, 20:15, 20:20,
 71:7, 76:10, 76:19, 60:13 21:25, 41:7, 73:23,
 76:20, 76:22, 76:23,
 T THOMAS [3] - 2:5,
 students [1] - 75:20 2:10, 38:1 81:25, 82:25, 83:1,
 78:4, 78:13, 78:16, studies [3] - 26:9, table [2] - 25:24, 98:19 thoroughly [1] - 71:12 83:18, 84:1, 84:8,
 79:2, 79:22, 80:2, 78:10, 87:23 tabled [1] - 18:25 thousand [1] - 102:6 87:3, 87:18, 88:7,
 84:24, 85:2, 85:5, study [16] - 6:21, 6:23, tail [1] - 51:23 three [15] - 19:1, 90:15, 98:18, 100:6,
 85:9, 85:13, 86:1, 9:12, 11:8, 11:9, talks [1] - 7:21 28:19, 29:25, 30:6, 100:8, 102:24,
 86:15, 88:8, 99:9, 18:13, 19:12, 37:16, Tampon [1] - 23:14 36:4, 50:25, 55:14, 107:23, 108:14,
 99:13, 101:8, 102:18 38:10, 60:5, 78:6, tap [2] - 69:6, 69:13 56:8, 57:16, 57:18, 108:25
stopped [1] - 37:23 78:14, 84:7, 99:17, tapering [1] - 8:21 57:22, 68:7, 79:11, tons [1] - 27:2
stopping [4] - 18:1, 99:19 task [1] - 65:8 82:20, 90:4 took [5] - 18:13,
 22:16, 85:16, 85:17 studying [1] - 107:18 tasked [2] - 106:5, thrilled [4] - 27:10, 45:23, 89:6, 101:10,
STOPS [1] - 98:6 stuff [6] - 8:16, 15:5, 106:6 87:4, 87:10, 87:14 102:5
stops [9] - 8:3, 37:20, 21:18, 59:15, 68:22, TAX [1] - 4:18 throat [1] - 9:5 top [1] - 101:19
 86:8, 87:13, 98:15, 91:4 tax [5] - 22:11, 22:14, THROUGH [3] - 93:15, total [4] - 22:22,
 99:10, 101:18, stupid [2] - 10:2, 30:18, 39:18, 91:19 94:23, 110:24 23:11, 68:4
 103:5, 105:12 18:22 throughout [8] - 3:5, totally [2] - 24:1, 58:7
 taxes [3] - 14:23,
Store [2] - 60:11 SUBDIVISION [1] - 26:22, 30:21 7:16, 9:19, 32:9, touch [4] - 41:5,
store [2] - 60:13, 62:1 4:13 taxpayers [1] - 102:13 33:23, 51:15, 52:4, 41:14, 81:24, 109:9
storm [1] - 100:23 subject [1] - 19:19 teaching [2] - 58:25, 52:16 towards [1] - 20:3
stormwater [3] - SUBMIT [3] - 93:12, 59:1 thrown [1] - 28:25 TOWARDS [3] - 93:18,
 54:22, 97:13, 97:18 94:20, 110:21 team [2] - 49:12, 82:13 thumb [1] - 72:11 95:1, 111:2
STORMWATER [1] - submit [1] - 71:24 teams [1] - 49:20 Thursday [5] - 5:3, Towers [1] - 32:13
 97:4 submitted [3] - 42:4, 5:7, 14:18, 15:7, town [4] - 14:4, 33:23,
 tearing [1] - 41:12
straight [4] - 68:2, 45:20, 103:1 73:24 58:19, 80:2
 temperature [1] - 65:5
 68:5, 68:6, 70:13 submitting [3] - 45:9, tied [1] - 25:25 tracks [1] - 41:8
 Temple [3] - 36:3,
straighten [1] - 91:5 45:15, 47:16 Tim [1] - 23:14 tractor [6] - 9:9, 21:3,
 36:15, 36:17
strategies [1] - 48:13 subsidence [3] - Times-Tribune [2] - 21:21, 35:6, 35:8,
 ten [1] - 7:13
Street [16] - 5:15, 19:20, 19:24, 20:3 44:16, 58:18 78:1
 TERM [1] - 91:24
 11:17, 11:21, 19:20, successful [1] - 94:4 tired [1] - 67:16 tractor-tractors [1] -
 term [2] - 15:3, 31:16
 33:7, 33:10, 34:1, sudden [1] - 33:4 TITLE [3] - 98:4, 35:8
 terrible [3] - 38:3,
 38:13, 38:18, 50:24, sued [3] - 22:11, 28:1, 104:5, 109:22 tractor-trailer [2] -
 39:16, 40:12
 79:13, 79:16, 81:6, 28:2 title [7] - 39:7, 98:9, 21:3, 21:21
 THE [38] - 1:1, 3:21,
 89:18, 89:19, 89:22 suit [1] - 24:12 98:11, 104:12, tractor-trailers [3] -
 3:24, 4:2, 4:4, 4:6,
street [17] - 8:23, summer [1] - 36:23 104:14, 110:3, 110:5 9:9, 35:6, 78:1
 4:9, 4:21, 91:23,
 11:18, 15:14, 23:10, Summit [1] - 80:3 TO [22] - 91:24, 92:17, tractors [1] - 35:8
 92:17, 92:18, 93:10,
 23:25, 35:3, 35:5, supervision [1] - 93:11, 93:14, 93:17, traffic [43] - 7:7, 7:15,
 93:12, 93:14, 93:15,
 35:10, 35:12, 35:14, 113:24 94:19, 94:22, 94:25, 7:22, 8:3, 8:6, 8:11,
 93:18, 94:18, 94:20,
 37:14, 38:22, 51:8, supplied [1] - 72:8 95:19, 97:1, 97:3, 11:14, 15:16, 15:20,
 94:22, 94:23, 95:1,
 57:17, 81:18, 83:7, SUPPORT [1] - 4:20 104:8, 109:24, 18:6, 18:7, 18:18,
 95:18, 95:21, 96:25,
 104:20 109:25, 110:20, 21:19, 37:16, 38:10,
 support [4] - 29:23, 98:4, 104:5, 104:6,
STREET [1] - 93:18 110:23, 111:1 49:23, 50:4, 50:18,
 48:4, 53:17, 55:5 104:7, 109:22,
streetlight [1] - 33:25 suppose [1] - 73:7 today [12] - 7:19, 50:21, 51:18, 52:18,
 110:17, 110:19,
streetlights [5] - supposed [1] - 43:22 110:21, 110:23, 19:25, 25:12, 25:24, 54:13, 54:16, 61:8,
 32:21, 33:3, 33:20, 110:24, 111:2 27:11, 28:5, 39:9, 70:8, 70:11, 70:17,
 supposedly [2] -
 54:24, 70:1 77:12, 77:13, 81:5, 70:18, 73:24, 76:9,
 88:23, 108:12 Theater [1] - 52:8
streets [11] - 17:22, 81:7, 91:6 76:12, 76:13, 76:14,
 surface [1] - 91:8 thefts [2] - 74:19,
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  76:18, 80:1, 82:2, 10:5, 10:6, 10:12, 65:7, 65:18, 67:24, Vine [1] - 99:12 walkability [6] - 30:1,
  84:25, 86:18, 87:12, 13:20, 17:22, 19:13, 68:16, 69:8, 69:9, violated [2] - 75:13, 30:10, 48:12, 48:19,
  91:3, 99:8, 99:25, 21:19, 34:17, 34:18, 69:11, 69:24, 71:10, 75:25 51:17, 84:7
  101:8 36:5, 37:22, 40:16, 71:13, 71:19, 73:12, violation [2] - 72:15, walkable [5] - 61:18,
Traffic [1] - 7:24 40:25, 41:15, 42:8, 75:1, 78:12, 80:2, 72:16 61:19, 63:19, 64:2,
tragic [1] - 25:18 42:10, 49:8, 50:2, 81:7, 82:14, 86:18, Virgil [1] - 71:4 64:7
trail [1] - 9:16 50:25, 52:21, 52:23, 88:5, 90:3, 90:16, visibility [1] - 51:20 walked [4] - 19:25,
TRAILER [1] - 111:3 55:6, 57:17, 63:1, 90:21, 90:23, 91:3, visible [2] - 91:9, 84:11, 84:18, 86:2
trailer [6] - 21:3, 68:1, 69:2, 69:11, 91:6, 94:6, 96:13, 106:15 walker [1] - 32:15
  21:21, 23:13, 39:24, 73:18, 77:12, 79:11, 98:17, 99:12, 100:6, visualize [1] - 50:14 walking [2] - 85:6,
  40:1, 40:6 81:25, 87:20, 88:4, 100:7, 104:18 visualized [1] - 50:20 85:23
trailers [4] - 9:9, 88:6, 89:2, 91:2, UP [3] - 93:17, 94:25, Vitamin [1] - 58:5 wall [5] - 10:25, 11:1,
  23:12, 35:6, 78:1 99:5, 105:14, 111:1 voice [4] - 48:4, 59:9, 29:2, 29:6, 29:7
train [2] - 10:22, 62:21 105:21, 108:12 UPDATED [1] - 4:17 106:20 wants [3] - 14:4, 24:2,
transcript [3] - 13:1, TWO [2] - 104:8 updated [2] - 7:16, voicemail [2] - 41:4, 77:9
  113:6, 113:22 two-page [1] - 73:18 48:13 42:9 warrant [1] - 76:2
transpired [1] - 7:18 two-way [1] - 57:17 urban [4] - 48:9, voices [1] - 71:18 warranted [3] - 8:14,
Transportation [1] - TWO-WAY [2] - 104:8 48:10, 48:13, 48:18 voldenberg [1] - 42:2 63:1, 86:11
  49:15 type [2] - 47:8, 71:20 urbanist [1] - 60:19 Voldenberg [7] - warrants [6] - 8:15,
travelling [1] - 50:11 typing [1] - 74:12 urgency [1] - 103:19 37:15, 42:14, 72:5, 74:25, 75:25, 76:1,
treat [1] - 5:14 USED [3] - 93:18, 73:8, 77:23, 80:17, 76:3
treats [1] - 5:20 U 95:1, 111:2 91:20 Washington [4] -
trial [2] - 7:3, 88:12 uses [2] - 32:15, 60:7 VOLDENBERG [31] - 79:14, 79:16, 80:7,
Tribune [2] - 44:16, Ukrainian [1] - 41:24 2:8, 3:20, 5:24, 90:22
  58:18 unaware [4] - 83:23, V 12:21, 12:25, 13:22, waste [1] - 31:12
tried [1] - 26:11 84:1, 100:11, 100:13 16:15, 17:4, 17:12, watch [4] - 6:13, 27:9,
tripping [1] - 57:19 unclear [1] - 106:7 valid [3] - 71:13, 37:17, 42:4, 42:18, 68:11, 68:12
truck [2] - 8:24, 21:6 under [2] - 54:8, 109:1, 109:3 42:21, 72:7, 73:15, watched [2] - 27:12,
trucks [7] - 9:8, 17:19, 113:24 Valley [2] - 97:13, 77:18, 78:2, 81:15, 28:13
  77:25, 78:5, 80:22, undermine [1] - 71:16 97:17 81:22, 91:21, 92:15, watching [2] - 57:15,
  81:1 underprivileged [1] - value [6] - 26:20, 93:9, 94:17, 95:17, 58:3
true [2] - 15:17, 108:7 35:7 51:12, 102:4, 102:7, 96:12, 96:24, 98:3, water [6] - 19:21, 20:1,
truly [1] - 75:22 unfortunately [1] - 102:10, 102:11 104:4, 109:21, 20:7, 52:17, 54:9,
 46:11 various [1] - 27:14 110:16, 111:24 106:19
Trump [2] - 23:19,
  59:5 UNIFORM [2] - 4:6, vast [1] - 27:4 volume [1] - 61:8 WAY [5] - 98:6, 104:7,
trunk [2] - 5:14, 5:20 4:9 vault [1] - 12:1 volumes [2] - 47:21, 104:8, 104:9
truth [1] - 106:10 uniform [1] - 23:3 vaults [3] - 12:3, 54:8, 73:22 Wayne [1] - 60:17
try [7] - 6:17, 12:8, uniforms [1] - 23:21 54:20 vote [7] - 30:5, 31:25, WAYNE [1] - 92:18
  13:16, 33:18, 33:19, union [3] - 36:1, 36:2, VEHICLE [1] - 111:2 59:9, 71:6, 77:13, ways [7] - 10:12,
  33:22, 35:7 41:23 vehicle [5] - 17:20, 88:15, 98:18 15:23, 63:1, 68:2,
trying [9] - 21:4, union's [1] - 14:12 51:11, 51:17, 64:20, voted [6] - 18:20, 91:2, 105:14
  21:19, 22:2, 29:25, unions [1] - 28:2 74:20 43:18, 73:2, 102:23, WBRE [2] - 98:25,
  32:18, 33:11, 33:16, United [1] - 23:20 vehicles [8] - 8:23, 103:12 99:17
  64:3, 100:19 university [1] - 9:16 9:7, 15:18, 16:1, Voters [1] - 58:14 WBRE/WIU28-22 [1] -
Tuesday [1] - 1:7 University [5] - 14:19, 51:8, 79:2, 80:22, voters [1] - 74:5 101:23
turn [17] - 8:25, 19:9, 36:3, 36:14, 36:16, 85:16 votes [1] - 18:10 weather [4] - 20:9,
  21:4, 21:5, 21:20, 48:14 verge [1] - 16:21 voting [2] - 94:7, 65:14, 90:9, 90:11
  22:2, 31:6, 68:3, unless [1] - 113:24 verified [1] - 44:24 103:9 Wednesday [1] - 43:1
  68:5, 68:6, 70:7, unprocessed [1] - verify [1] - 6:22 week [22] - 5:6, 6:14,
  70:9, 78:23, 90:21, 74:24 versus [2] - 51:18, W 7:7, 15:12, 15:13,
  90:22, 90:23 unsheltered [1] - 65:8 88:19 17:3, 17:8, 17:21,
turning [9] - 9:6, 21:2, up [58] - 7:7, 11:20, verus [1] - 50:13 waiting [2] - 37:21, 18:17, 31:23, 35:6,
  33:16, 52:18, 52:19, 15:5, 19:10, 20:13, veteran [1] - 23:3 106:17 38:2, 59:21, 59:23,
  70:15, 70:18, 80:25, 23:23, 24:21, 25:1, vibrant [1] - 60:21 waive [1] - 85:19 64:25, 71:4, 80:24,
  89:20 25:20, 27:1, 31:2, VICE [1] - 2:3 walk [9] - 32:8, 33:21, 82:15, 82:22, 89:10,
turns [7] - 33:21, 68:9, 33:9, 35:7, 35:10, victim [1] - 59:2 34:5, 40:23, 51:6, 101:4, 105:19
  68:11, 68:12, 70:22, 35:22, 36:20, 36:24, victims [1] - 75:2 61:24, 62:11, 70:10, weekend [1] - 44:22
  77:25, 80:23 37:6, 40:18, 41:12, Victor [1] - 5:3 84:13 weeks [11] - 19:21,
twice [2] - 35:6, 49:8 42:5, 47:13, 49:1, video [3] - 28:12, 67:6, WALKABILITY [1] - 34:13, 35:23, 40:16,
two [48] - 5:2, 9:4, 49:18, 58:6, 58:13, 80:18 4:21 41:1, 41:15, 42:8,
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 42:10, 71:23, 77:13, Wyoming [6] - 11:16,
 88:7 21:14, 21:15, 38:22,
weigh [1] - 71:11 79:18, 81:19
welcome [1] - 5:4
WEST [1] - 95:21 X
West [1] - 5:4
wheelchair [2] - Xanthis [3] - 32:5,
 32:16, 32:18 34:8, 34:10
wheelchairs [1] - XANTHIS [3] - 32:6,
 34:24 34:9, 37:18
whole [6] - 8:19,
 19:17, 43:23, Y
 100:13, 102:6,
 103:19 yard [2] - 27:23, 62:10
wife [1] - 6:12 year [9] - 5:19, 36:2,
wiggle [3] - 88:21, 40:2, 58:17, 79:11,
 89:2, 103:14 85:12, 91:9, 107:24
WILLIAM [1] - 2:6 year's [1] - 14:15
willing [1] - 82:13 years [22] - 7:13,
windchill [1] - 65:16 27:10, 28:22, 30:23,
wipe [1] - 28:9 30:24, 32:15, 36:5,
 36:6, 51:16, 55:19,
wish [2] - 29:19, 64:13
 57:15, 57:19, 59:12,
wishes [1] - 56:2
 74:23, 75:2, 75:17,
WITH [2] - 95:20, 97:2
 79:12, 88:5, 88:19,
withdrawal [1] - 44:14
 89:2, 105:22, 108:12
withdrew [1] - 45:25
 yelling [2] - 22:24,
witness [2] - 47:3,
 24:3
 74:2
 yellow [1] - 78:24
witnessed [1] - 51:5
 yesterday [3] - 21:14,
women [1] - 3:5
 34:18, 35:16
Women [1] - 58:14
 yield [1] - 8:1
wonder [2] - 30:20,
 YMCA [1] - 57:1
 99:16
 young [2] - 62:12,
wonderful [1] - 51:2
 63:7
wondering [4] - 43:4,
 younger [1] - 64:6
 44:25, 47:6, 99:22
 yourself [1] - 46:16
word [3] - 75:6, 83:24,
 90:12
words [3] - 33:2, Z
 47:15, 73:25
 zipping [1] - 60:12
wore [1] - 23:3
 ZONES [1] - 109:23
worker [1] - 36:2
 zoning [1] - 81:10
workers [3] - 5:13,
 5:17, 58:3
works [3] - 35:24,
 36:1, 56:20
world [2] - 3:5, 30:3
worried [1] - 34:22
worry [3] - 22:9, 25:7,
 37:7
worse [1] - 32:25
worth [3] - 86:12,
 100:21, 105:3
WPA [1] - 29:8
WPC [1] - 29:8
wrists [2] - 57:18,
 57:21
wrongdoing [1] -
 72:19