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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA FEBRUARY 11, 2013 - 7:30 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 15 LOOCKERMAN PLAZA DOVER, DELAWARE OPEN FORUM - 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO OFFICIAL MEETING (7:15 P.M.) The “Open Forum” segment is provided to extend the opportunity to the general public to share their questions, thoughts, comments, concerns, and complaints. Discussion of any item appearing on the agenda as a public hearing is prohibited during the Open Forum as an opportunity will be provided during consideration of that item. Citizen comments are limited to three (3) minutes. Council is prohibited from taking action since they are not in official session; however, they may schedule such items as regular agenda items and act upon them in the future. INVOCATION BY COUNCILMAN DIXON PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN ANDERSON AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS * CONSENT AGENDA Those items on the Council Agenda which are considered routine and non-controversial shall be marked with an asterisk (*) and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Council. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of Council so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered a separate item. * 1. Adoption of Minutes A. Special Council Meeting - Financial Workshop of January 7, 2013 B. Regular Council Meeting of January 28, 2013 2. Public Hearing - Proposed Resolution No. 2013-03 Approving (Paper) Alley Abandonment - 971 and 975 Forest Street * 3. Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee Report - January 30, 2013 A. Safety Concerns - New Dover High School Pedestrian/Vehicular Traffic (Committee Recommended that Staff Gather Information from the Capital School District, Including the Number of People Going in and out of the School and the Total Number of Students Walking and Driving, as well as Information from the Police Chief Pertaining to Traffic Patterns, Accidents, and Safety Information, and That this Information Be Compiled, Perhaps Including Input from State Officials, and Presented to the Delaware Department of Transportation with a Request for Further Review and Consideration of a Traffic Signal at the East Entrance of the New Dover High School)

Council Agenda - February 11, 2013 Page 2 * 3. Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee Report - January 30, 2013 (Continued) B. Request for Waiver of Appendix A - Subdivisions, Article VI - Subdivision - General Requirements and Design Standards, Section E - Lots (5) - Requirement for Lot Frontage on a Public Street - 1151-1155 Walker Road, LLC (SB-13-01) (Committee Recommended Approval of the Request for a Waiver of the Lot Frontage Requirement on a Public Street for Minor Subdivision Plan SB-13-01, Lands of 1151-1155 Walker Road, LLC) C. Briefing on Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Projects (Committee Action Not Required) D. Briefing on Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Projects (Committee Action Not Required) E. Update on the Creation of Bicycle/Pedestrian Subcommittee (Committee Action Not Required) * 4. Monthly Reports - December 2012 A. Budget B. Chief of Police (October, November, and December) C. City Assessor D. City Manager E. City Planner F. Dover Fire Department G. Economic Development Office * 5. Quarterly Review of Capital Investment Plan (CIP) (October, November, and December) 6. Evaluation of Bids A. Engineering Agreement - Horsepond Substation B. Engineering Agreement - Horsepond Substation Transmission Line C. 2013 Street and Alley Program * 7. Amendment to Resolution No. 2009-03 Creation of Dover Library Foundation 8. Annexation/Rezoning Request - First Reading of Proposed Ordinance #2013-05 (Recommended for Referral to the Utility Committee on February 25, 2013, the Planning Commission on March 18, 2013, and that a Public Hearing Be Set for April 22, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.) A. Property located at 1174 South Governors Avenue, containing .17+/- acres (8,250 s. f.), owned by Sipple’s Used Cars, Inc. The present zoning classification is BG - General Business (Kent County zoning classification) and the proposed zoning classification is C-2A - Limited Central Commercial (City of Dover zoning classification) (Tax Parcel: ED-00-086.05-01-12.00-000; Planning Reference: AX-13-01) 9. Council Members Announcements /tm S:\AGENDAS-MINUTES-PACKETS\Council-Agendas\2013\02-11-2013.wpd THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.