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Council authorizes staff to study converting Mulberry and Wayne properties into parking; fire department to collaborate
Summary
Council authorized staff to evaluate options for converting vacant or blighted properties at Mulberry and Wayne streets into a borough parking lot and to pursue collaboration with the volunteer fire department; staff will return with options next month.
Hollidaysburg Borough Council authorized staff to study the feasibility of converting properties at Mulberry and Wayne streets into a parking lot and to explore a collaboration with the local volunteer fire department.
Councilman Bill (no last name provided in the transcript) moved to authorize staff to investigate the properties and pursue an agreement with the fire department; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The discussion noted the properties include two houses the fire department previously planned to remove to create department parking. Fire department representatives said two of the houses have long been vacant and utilities were disconnected; one property is under an existing article of agreement (lease-to-buy) that complicates reuse.
Assistant Chief Eric Schmidt (Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department) described prior plans for the properties and said the department would consider collaborating on demolition and parking use if the borough provided financial assistance for demolition and paving. Council directed staff to return with alternatives, potential costs, and whether the borough would take ownership or enter another agreement. No demolition or expenditure was approved at the meeting; staff will report back with options at the next council meeting.
