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The General Obligation Note for $10 million has four main purposes:
To refund the boroughâs General Obligation Bonds, Series of 2016
Design and construct improvements to the boroughâs parking garages and other facilities
Acquire and improve an existing building for municipal purposes
Pay related expenses
The council also passed four consent items, including closing downtown streets for State College Area High School Graduation and allocating three construction projects to various companies.
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About a dozen members of the advocacy group formed in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Osaze Osagie lay on the plaza outside the State College Municipal Building Friday afternoon as part of a “die-in” protest that called for the resignation of three borough officials.
It marked the start of what the 3/20 Coalition says will be “10 Days of Action,” leading up to the second anniversary of Osagie’s death.
On March 20, 2019, one of three State College officers who responded to Osagie’s Old Boalsburg Road apartment to serve a mental health warrant shot and killed the 29-year-old after he charged at them with a knife in a basement narrow hallway.
State College’s 3/20 Coalition, a local advocacy group, is hosting 10
“days of action” to honor the two-year anniversary of Osaze Osagie’s death. The event will take place beginning Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 21.
The first event of the series is a peaceful “die-in” at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 12 at the State College Municipal Building. The purpose of the die-in is to demand the resignation of three borough officials, Mayor Ron Filippelli, Borough Manager Tom Fountaine, and Police Chief John Gardner.
“In the two years since Osaze’s murder, these three officials have used their positions of public trust to hide key information about the facts of the investigation, including the identity of the officers involved and details regarding their fitness for duty,” 3/20 Coalition said in a release. “Public demands for transparency and accountability have been met with either hostility or obstinate silence.”
State College resident Divine Lipscomb announced that he is seeking election to borough council this year.
“For our communities to be a place where everyone can thrive, we cannot let the richest 1% and the politicians they pay for continue to exploit divisions among us based on what we look like, where we come from, or how much money we have,” Lipscomb said in a statement.
Lipscomb, an adult learner Penn State student who works in advocacy for supporting the reentry of formerly incarcerated individuals, added that he believes it is important for residents who live below the poverty line to have representation on council.