PHOTO PROVIDED Mount Nittany Medical Center presented the above plans to Bellefonte Borough Council for a new clinic in the municipality.

BELLEFONTE — Mt. Nittany Health is planning a new two-story, 40,000-square-foot medical office building in Bellefonte, consolidating several existing clinics and services into a single location.

At a recent borough council meeting, Mark Saville, senior project manager with HRG Engineering, presented a preliminary sketch of the development and sought feedback as the project moves toward formal review.

If approved, the office will include a walk-in express care clinic and imaging services. Saville said the primary and pediatric care clinics, lab and Children’s Advocacy Center at 129 Medical Park Lane in Bellefonte will also be relocated to the new East Bishop Street location to better serve the community.

“We’re looking forward to bringing more of these services back into Bellefonte at this location,” he added.

The new development will go up next door to the health system’s Bellefonte corporate offices at 945 E. Bishop Street. Saville confirmed that the plan is for the new facility to connect — not eliminate — the nearby administrative office via a planned parking lot between them.

The build will also include a solid, six-foot-tall privacy fence along the property boundaries to limit visibility of the backside of the building from the neighborhood on the northern side of the property.

Councilwoman Claudia Wilson asked HRG’s representative whether the building’s mechanical elements would include noise reduction for nearby residents.

Saville responded, “At this point, we are not anticipating a noise factor associated with the transformer.”

Developers are currently completing a traffic impact analysis with the borough consultant and PennDOT to ensure the project meets minimum requirements and does not snarl traffic on the busy road.

“We are looking to make a land development plan for formal review and comment coming up here in a month or so,” Saville said, closing out his presentation.

With a recent flurry of land development and planning activity in the borough, council also used the meeting to appoint a civil engineer of record.

Council voted unanimously to retain Franson Engineering and Surveying for any necessary civil engineering services. Fees for those services would be paid by development applicants to the borough, which would hold the funds in escrow.

Don Franson, of Franson Engineering, also serves as the borough’s engineer of record for stormwater engineering reviews. He is registered as a Professional Engineer and Professional Land Surveyor in Pennsylvania and serves as township engineer for nearby College Township.