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REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JULY 23, 2012 - 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 CHAPLAIN WALLACE DIXON PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN HUTCHISON 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 - Regular Council Meeting of July 9, 2012 2. Presentation - Community Blueprint Network (Michelle Lee) 3. Violation of the Dangerous Building Ordinance - Property Located at 827 Townsend Boulevard (Pool), Owned by Jennifer E. Brown (Tabled on June 25, 2012 for 30 Days and, If at the End of That Time Sufficient Progress Has Not Been Made, as Determined by the Inspections Department, That Staff Proceed with the Demolition) 4. Public Hearing - Violation of the Dangerous Building Ordinance A. 345 and 347 Northdown Drive (Owned by Chesapeake Holdings WV VI, LLC) B. 357, 361, 365, and 408 Northdown Drive (Owned by Chesapeake Holdings WV VI, LLC) * 5. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee Report - July 9, 2012 A. Review and Recommendation - Filling Critical Positions a-1. Police Clerk II - Police Department (Committee Recommended Approval of the Request to Fill the Police Clerk II Position, as Recommended by Staff) a-2. 911 Dispatcher - Police Department (Committee Recommended Approval of the Request to Fill the 911 Dispatcher Position, as Recommended by Staff)

Council Agenda - July 23, 2012 Page 2 * 5. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee Report - July 9, 2012 (Continued) B. Requisite Legal Work for Proposed Rent Justification Ordinance (Lynn, Leary, and Bonar) (Committee Recommended the Authorization of 10 Hours of Legal Work to Investigate a Proposed Rent Justification Ordinance) C. Proposed Policy for Requesting Legal Work/Opinions (Committee Recommended That Requests for Legal Work Performed by the City Solicitor or Deputy City Solicitor from Council Directly Be Handled on a Case-by-Case Basis in the Future) D. Value Study of Positions (Hutchison) (Committee Recommended That Once the Salary and Benefits Compensation Comparison Committee Report and Minority Recruitment Report Are Received and All Labor Negotiations Have Been Completed, the City Manager Submit a Date for a Workshop with the Purpose of Identifying Issues and Concerns Pertaining to Personnel Costs) 6. Joint Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee and Election Board Report - July 11, 2012 A. Results of NAACP Review of Proposed Council District Boundaries (Election Board Recommended Acceptance of the City's Method of Calculation Using Mixed Races) B. Review of Revised Proposed Reapportionment of Council District Boundaries (Election Board Recommended Acceptance of the Map Amendment Moving Residents from the 4th District to the 2nd District) (Election Board Recommended Acceptance of the Revised Proposed Reapportionment of the Council District Boundaries) (Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee Recommended Acceptance of the Proposed Reapportionment of the Council District Boundaries, as Recommended by the Election Board)(It is recommended that a Public Hearing/First Reading be set for Monday, August 13, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. and that a Public Hearing/Final Reading be set for Monday, August 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.) 7. Evaluation of Bids - System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Equipment Technology Upgrade 8. Amendment to EDIS Contract - City Hall Fire Sprinkler System 9. Rezoning Request/First Reading of Proposed Ordinance #2012-19 Recommended for referral to the Planning Commission on August 20, 2012 and that a Public Hearing be set for September 10, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. A. Property located at 870-872 Forest Street (on the south side of Forest Street east of Gibbs Drive), consisting of 0.747+/- acres, owned by Bennie L. Smith. This property is currently zoned C-PO (Commercial/Professional Office Development District) and subject to COZ-1 (Corridor Overlay Zone) and the proposed zoning is C-1A (Limited Commercial) and subject to COZ-1 (Corridor Overlay Zone). (TAX PARCEL: ED-05-076.12-01-08.00-000, FOURTH COUNCIL DISTRICT; PLANNING REFERENCE: Z-12-02) 10. Council Members Announcements /tm S:\AGENDAS-MINUTES-PACKETS\Council-Agendas\2012\07-23-2012.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.