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Bicycle Pedestrian Sub‐Committee Dover City Hall Large Conference Room Dover, DE June 18, 2019 *** DRAFT *** Members Present: Others Present: Gerry Pennington, Chris Asay, Carolyn Courtney, Eddie Diaz, John Fiori, Dave Moses, Fran Riddle Jim Galvin, Kirby Hudson, Andy Jakubowitch, Dirk Lee, Councilman Taylor INTRODUCTIONS CALLED TO ORDER: Meeting opened at 5:00 P.M. The Chair welcomed Councilman Taylor and introduced him as the Chair of the Safety Advisory & Transportation Committee. The councilman gave a brief introduction of himself and noted whatever he can do to help this subcommittee he is here and ready to assist. AGENDA Mr. Asay wanted agenda additions, the possibility of reinstating the July meeting. It was reported many meetings are cancelled in July and we typically cannot make a quorum. Mr. Asay wanted to talk about the Senator Bikeway Phase 1 and how he would like to see paint used on the roadway. The Chair asked for a motion to accept with changes, the motion was seconded and passed without objection. MINUTES The Chair opened the floor to accept the May minutes. Ms. Riddle noted she just wanted to make sure that we keep to the first Tuesday of each month. If we have to change the date, then we do, but I very much want to be sure we meet on the first Tuesday. After a quick discussion, Mr. Asay took a statement by Mr. Moses that the minutes are very precise however they get the jist of the conversation. Mr. Asay then seconded the motion which was passed without objection. OLD BUSINESS PEDESTRIAN ISSUES Mr. Asay was disappointed Mr. Lewesnksi was not in attendance as he was expected to give an update on any pedestrian issues. Mr. Asay did comment that he was at an MPO Public Advisory Committee meeting and had scene a presentation by a Mr. Pappas the Chairman of new DelDOT sidewalk committee. He can make progress on sidewalks. He is the reason we are getting a sidewalk in front of the church on S. Little Creek Road. He did say at this time they are not taking action on the south side gap of this road. It sounds like this will happen this year. Mr. Galvin added he is the Deputy Director of Maintenance and Operations at DelDOT. Ms. Riddle thanked Mr. Asay for his work on this project. DOVER TREASURE HUNT Ms. Riddle just wanted to remind everyone about the partnership between this subcommittee, Open Streets – RCD and the part the effects us is the treasure hunt, a guided walk out of the park and back. They will go to The Green with a guides with scripted text. Plan is to take people in small groups. We plan to have water stops along the way. We will some volunteers and I will be looking to this group to assist with the walk. We need guides and volunteers just to walk so that we have a crowd. Between the hours of 10 am – 2 pm, we will do 3 guided walks. August 31 is the date. The Mayor’s Kayak event will be taking place at the same time.

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Mr. Fiori reported not too much to add. The Senator Bikeway Project has begun construction with the railroad track part of the project. The pathway will be next. US13 is still moving forward and under construction, all is on schedule. The Senator Bikeway, again the project was awarded, waiting for start date. Mr. Bennie Smith now had some concerns he brought to DelDOT and the city. We met with him to get the concerns, which were not being able to park in front his property for services. We explained based on our first meeting, he agreed to use a driveway that was on property he already owned and had signed easements. We had a set of drawing down by Century Engineering to show that would look like. I was told this will not hold up the award of the contract. Mr. Galvin asked if anyone touched base with the city for site plan issues? Mr. Diaz noted it would only be an issue if the parking was on private property and impervious surface. Any thing on public property we do not need approval. Brief discussion on what is existing verses what could be changed. With discussion it was noted the police have agreed to enforce the no parking along this area. EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP Mr. Fiori noted the North Dover Bike rodeo went great with approximately 88 students participating. It would have been nice to have more volunteers from this body to assists with these kinds of events. Mr. Fiori noted he will reach out the Capital for next school year to get more schools involved. We are going to do a bike rodeo or two with our summer camps. Ms. Riddle noted a bike rodeo at the Open Streets event on August 13. Volunteers are needed for that as well. Mr. Fiori planned to attend that one. The August 31, Open Streets event is the Mayor’s event/Treasure Hunt walk and we are not planning a bike rodeo for this date. Mr. Moses said PAL was doing cycling programs. Maybe we could ask him to attend another meeting to find out what they are doing to included with any future applications we put in, this could be helpful. The Chair offered to reach out to Officer Smith, however Mr. Moses said he would do it. BIKE MONTH EVENTS FOR MAY Ms. Courtney noted Bike to Work Day went well. Approximately 30 riders came thru. Councilman Cole and Mayor Christiansen attended and assisted with the Fix It Station unveiling. The Ride of Silence also went well with approximately 40 riders with the escort from Dover Police and Kent County EMS. The youngest rider was 8 years old and it turned out really well. SENATOR BIKEWAY Mr. Asay noted he and the Chair has met with DelDOT (Anthony Aglio and Jeff Niezgoda) officials over the Senator Bikeway heading east over the railroad tracks as they had not seen them before and that was added to Phase 1. The plan to go down Cecil Street and the ally way behind State Street has sharrows. I am questioning the use of sharrows. It seems to be we are confused about why we are using sharrows. I feel we are doing it for several different reasons, it is inconsistent and I don’t know they mean. We have sharrows on Loockerman Street, Division Street with parking on both sides and we have sharrows on North Street which has no parking. Those sharrows indicate to cars that bikes can ride there. I feel this is saying this is the preferred path especially those that want a low stress ride. Since we are putting sharrows on Cecil Street which is the preferred path for low stress and so on, I am unhappy with that and so I asked Mr. Aglio if he could just leave those off. It would seem like there should be something in the DelDOT specifications about sharrows. Mr. Aglio came up with the idea instead of green paint instead of white paint as there are areas where we will be using green paint on areas of the pathway. My suggestion, is that we use green paint for the crossing of Cecil Street over State Street as there are no crosswalks here, this is a busy intersection. I made this suggestion and recommend that we do this on Hazel Street where cyclist cross Hazel at the alley to alert drivers cyclists may be crossing. We did not come up with a solution to Washington Street. Getting back to the point, does anyone have any comments about sharrows on Cecil and the alley way? Mr. Moses asked about other signage other than what’s on the asphalt? Mr. Asay stated directions signs will be on the path. My request is to put signage on top of the street blade signs with Senator Bikeway

signs, DelDOT was not in favor of this. I recommend this committee recommend to the City that they make Cecil and West Streets and Cecil and Queen Streets a four way stop at each of those intersections. I feel this would be traffic calming. Ms. Riddle noted for walking if you get used to four way stops, then you think it’s there when it’s not. Mr. Moses noted Pennsylvania Avenue is now a four way stop that help. Mr. Galvin noted the state relies on the MUTC for traffic control devices, he recommended that the subcommittee look at that and then make recommendations. Mr. Asay motioned moved to recommend to the city to eliminate sharrows from all parts of the Senator Bikeway due to the misunderstanding he has with the purpose of sharrows. Ms. Courtney noted that we answer to the Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee and that this recommendation must go thru them not directly to the state as we do not have that authority. The Senator Bikeway is state project not a city project. Mr. Asay agreed. Ms. Riddle seconded. Mr. Moses noted he feels eliminating anything these denotes this as a bike path, but to say we should not have them all is probably not good. The Chair agreed with Mr. Moses. Mr. Asay noted the especially did not like having sharrows on roads like North Street as they are not good routes to ride on. Mr. Moses saying having the sharrows give notice. Mr. Jakubowitch noted he rides and his opinion over the last 25 years are that all roads are bike roads, nothing stops me from riding them. I find comfort on Loockerman because of the sharrows and enforce my right to be there and it’s nice to point right down and have that marking there as I have every right to be there and share the road. It adds comfort and enforces the riders right. The chair notes many cyclists want the sharrows to bring awareness to the motorists as this has been noted with groups his has ridden with frequently. Mr. Fiori noted the sharrows are not to be used as the “preferred” route, it show the cyclists has the right to be in the road. It gives them the right and not saying it’s the preferred route. Mr. Asay is looking for at least a counter proposal? I just wanted to bring up my concern. Mr. Moses sharrows are not enough, we need signage, too. The more sharrows and signage the better. The Chair called for the motion to be voted on. Mr. Asay then withdrew his motion. Mr. Moses and Mr. Asay would work together and come up with another proposal. Mr. Galvin it is actually DelDOT and consultants that are designing. They may be obliged to abide by the MUTC. You will need to talk through that as well. New Business Planned Developments along Route 8 and the Senator Mr. Diaz reported that Mr. Asay asked me to talk about a couple of projects that have been brought the Dover Planning Commission. Potential development at the north east corner of Saulsbury Road and Rt8 and a project under construction along Forest Avenue across from the Modern Maturity Center. The short answer is that neither of these project will have an impact. The first project, is just a rezoning for commercial zoning improvements that happened in November / December 2018. We do not have a real proposal for this intersection yet. There is only speculation that an office center may go there. It will redevelopment of the block potentially, it did include the Subway. When we receive the proposal we will look to see where the entrances will be and room across the frontage for the bikeway to go through. The project across from the Modern Maturity Center is a commercial retail building with multiple tenants. They now look like they are doing only one building on this site. Mr. Asay noted DelDOT is putting in a road here, right? Mr. Diaz, yes as part of a DelDOT transportation plan, this is a connector road for Forest Avenue and Commerce Way. This is probably going to be a low stress route compared to Saulsbury Road. Proposal – Paris to Pittsburgh Ms. Riddle reviewed the packet material presented with the Paris To Pittsburgh information. Wesley College and Restoring Central Dover are sponsors. This grew out Peace Week held in September from an activity to prevent violence in Wilmington has grown to a statewide series of events. It focuses on peace in a broad sense. This event is film documentary talking about climate and effects on lower income places and small places. The positive side is what communities are doing to combat climate change. It occurred to me that this subcommittee might be logical a co‐

sponsor since bike/walking cities are healthier in the long run. There is not fee and really nothing involved form this committee, rather it is really an opportunity for the subcommittee to have their name associated with the film. The film will be shown at Wesley College. We are looking for volunteering participation to attend as well. We have a deadline of July 1 to being listed in the print program after that we could still be listed as a co‐sponsor online. Mr. Moses motioned to support the co‐sponsor request, Mr. Asay seconded and the motion passed without objection. Ms. Riddle noted the date of Thursday, September 26 at 5:30 PM on the Wesley Campus. Announcements Ms. Courtney noted the Bradford Street Sidewalk public workshop coming up June 24 at the Library 5 – 7 pm. Mr. Fiori noted Rob McCleary the chief engineer at DelDOT retiring. Shantae ____ will be his replacement. ADJOURNMENT With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6 pm.

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BYLAWS for the Dover Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee APPROVED May 6, 2014 By‐Laws of the Dover Bicycle / Pedestrian Subcommitte 1

BYLAWS for the Dover Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee ARTICLE I. MISSION The primary purpose of the Dover Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee is to advise the Dover City Council Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee regarding bicycle and pedestrian transportation issues, with the intention that the City Council take action to convey bicycle and pedestrian transportation priorities to the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). A secondary purpose of the Subcommittee is to take appropriate actions consistent with our goal to have a community transportation network that is bicycle and pedestrian friendly. ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Subcommittee Membership The voting membership of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee shall consist of seven (7) individuals, a mix of people who are frequent bicyclists and/or pedestrians. The Chairperson of the Dover City Council Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee (Transportation Committee) shall appoint the members of the Subcommittee, and also designate its Chairperson. When new members are needed, the Subcommittee will submit nominations to the Transportation Committee’s Chairperson. Nonvoting members of the Subcommittee shall be representatives of the Dover Planning and Parks & Recreation Department (including its Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator), the Dover/Kent County MPO and DelDOT (Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinators). Voting members are required to regularly attend meetings. Members who will be absent are requested to notify the Chairperson in advance. If a member is absent for three meetings, the Chairperson will contact that member. If the member cannot fulfill the meeting requirement, he or she may be asked to resign. A voting member may also be recommended for removal from membership on the Subcommittee, for reasons of conduct or performance, on the recommendation of the Chairperson and with the affirmative vote of a quorum of the Subcommittee, and subject to approval by the Transportation Chairperson. If a Subcommittee member is removed, their position will be filled through the regular process as identified above. Bicycle & Pedestrian Subcommittee BYLAWS / May 6, 2014 Page 2

Section 2. Voting Voting of the Subcommittee shall require the presence of a quorum of the Subcommittee members, which shall be defined as four (4) voting members. No action of the Subcommittee will be effective or binding unless adopted by the affirmative votes of a majority of the members present at the Subcommittee meeting. Section 3. Time and Place of Meetings All meetings of the Subcommittee shall be scheduled and held in accordance with the Delaware Freedom of Information Act. Regular Meeting. The regular meetings of the Subcommittee will be held on the first Tuesday of every month at Dover City Hall, or at such other place as shall be designated by the Chairperson. Special Meetings. The Chairperson of the Subcommittee may call special meetings, providing at least seven (7) days’ notice. The Chairperson must call a special meeting at the request of not less than three (3) voting members of the Subcommittee. Section 4. Conduct of Meetings The agenda for all meetings will be made available at least seven (7) days in advance of the meeting. Actions of the Subcommittee may be by roll call vote or general call, as determined by the current Chairperson. Meetings of the Subcommittee shall be conducted in accordance with the most current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised. ARTICLE III. MISCELLANEOUS Amendment or Repeal of Bylaws These Bylaws may be amended at any meeting of the Council by a majority vote of a quorum of the Council membership provided that: a) written notice of the proposed amendment has been provided to each member at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting at which it is to be voted upon, and b) the matter appears on the published agenda for the meeting. The Bylaws adopted this date, May 6, 2014. Bicycle & Pedestrian Subcommittee BYLAWS / May 6, 2014 Page 3

From: McDowell, Traci To: City Clerks Office Subject: FW: Creation of a Community Certificate Honors Program Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 8:48:10 AM From: FRED Neil <fredneilbooks@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 2:19 PM To: Hare, Bill <bill.hare@dover.de.us> Cc: Cole, Scott <scott.cole@dover.de.us>; Slavin, Tim <tim.slavin@dover.de.us>; McDowell, Traci <tmcdowell@dover.de.us>; Mitchell, Donna <DMitchell@dover.de.us> Subject: Creation of a Community Certificate Honors Program Mr. President, I did not include other members of the Council to avoid a potential FIOA violation. I would like for the City Council to establish a Community Certificate of Honor Program for Home Owner Associations (HOAs) to recognize exceptional and/or longtime service to the HOA. The individual(s) to be honored would be selected by the HOA or could be nominated by members of the Council based on their knowledge. The HOA would send the nomination to the City Clerk with the name, and a description of how long the individual has served, what outstanding service they provide(d). Preferably, the individual can only be honored once.. The purpose of the Honors program is to encourage participation in HOA activities as well as those who have provided long service. HOAs come in different forms: Common Interest Communities legal necessary for the operation of their

communities Volunteer Civic Association Leased Land HOAs but are not the community property owner. All HOAs would have the privilege to nominate individuals. Since we will not know what response we will have from the HOAs, I would not establish a deadline but would send out yearly reminders in the Electric Bills that the Honors program is available. That will allow honorees throughout the year. This inspiration comes because I have two individuals from my community I wish to honor for the long service to the Wild Meadows HOA. Both Seniors have wobbly health conditions. One created in excess of 500 weekly email news letters and countless bulletins when needed and served on the Board for many years. The second recently lost his wife, and is losing his sight. He served as the Chair of the Neighborhood Watch since its inception, and filled in at the community entrance when the hired Security Guards felt the call of nature, during NASCAR and Firefly events. Traci, with her experience, may have thoughts on how best to establish this Honors program. Whether the Honors program becomes reality or not, I will request Certificates for them while they are still with us, Fred

CITY OF DOVER ORDINANCE #2019-17 1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN 2 COUNCIL MET: 3 4 That Appendix C – Downtown Redevelopment of the Dover Code be amended by inserting the text 5 indicated in bold, blue, italics and deleting the text indicated in red strikeout as follows: 6 7 APPENDIX C - DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT[1] 8 Footnotes: 9 --- (1) --- 10 Editor's note— An ordinance adopted Nov. 26, 1990, amended the Code by adding App. C, Arts. I— 11 VII, which is included in its entirety with no substantive changes made by the editor. Notation of 12 subsequent amendments shall follow the affected sections in a parenthetical history note. Obvious 13 misspellings and punctuation errors have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, 14 headings and catchlines have been made uniform and the same system of capitalization, citation to state 15 statutes, and expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code of Ordinances has been used. 16 Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets. ARTICLE I. - INTENT The city council has deemed it to be in the best interests of the residents of the city and in furtherance of their health, safety and welfare to promote the redevelopment of downtown Dover. In order to promote the redevelopment, [the] council has determined that incentives in the forms of tax abatements, impact fee waivers and building permit caps should be offered. ARTICLE II. - DEFINITIONS[2] The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Footnotes: --- (2) --- Editor's note— Ord. No. 2014-01, adopted Feb. 10, 2014, repealed the former App. C, Art. II, §§ 1—4, and enacted a new Art. II as set out herein. The former Art. II pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. of 5-26-1992; Ord. of 3-13-1995; Ord. of 4-14-1997; Ord. of 1-10-2000; Ord. of 4-28-2008(3). Section 1. - Beneficiary of the incentives. The beneficiary of the incentives shall include the person or artificial entity that receives the incentive and the owner of one-half or greater interest in an artificial entity that receives the incentive. ( Ord. No. 2014-01, 2-10-2014 )

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 2 Section 2. - Downtown Dover Partnership. (a) The Downtown Dover Partnership shall be established and duly incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (8 Del. C §101 et seq.) for the purpose of fostering redevelopment within the target area. ( Ord. No. 2014-01, 2-10-2014 ) (b) Certification of incorporation. The city solicitor, as incorporator of the company, shall prepare and cause, or amend, the certificate of incorporation to be filed with the secretary of State of Delaware, which certificate shall include those requirements set forth in 22 Del. C. § 1504, as amended. (c) Membership of company and board of directors. The management company shall be a corporation comprised of not less than five members or directors respectively who either own a commercial property within the district, or are the designee of such owner. (d) Company reports. The management company shall file with the finance department and with the city clerk a monthly financial report and shall also provide an operating report monthly. The City of Dover shall annually review the performance of the management company and shall prepare for public inspection a report which certifies that the management company is in compliance with its enabling ordinance, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and the provisions of this appendix and 22 Del. C. ch. 15 (22 Del. C. § 1501 et seq.); the management company is fiscally sound; and the management company has not discriminated against any person based upon race, sex, national origin, religion, age or disability. ( Ord. No. 2014-14, 6-9-2014 ) Section 3. - Eligible project. Eligible project shall mean a new construction or renovation which: (a) Is located within the target area; and (b) The fair market value of the materials to be used in and the labor to be performed on the project exceeds the sum of $15,000.00; and (c) Is for commercial, office, or a residential use; and (d) Conforms to the intent of this ordinance. In order for a residential use to be an eligible project, the object of the construction or renovation must be a dwelling unit as defined in article 12 of the City of Dover zoning ordinance [appendix B]. Construction or renovation of accessory buildings as defined in article 12 of the City of Dover zoning ordinance [appendix B] shall not be eligible for development incentives. Construction or renovation which constitutes ordinary replacement or routine maintenance shall not qualify as an eligible project.

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 3 ( Ord. No. 2014-01, 2-10-2014 ) Section 4. - Target area. Target area shall mean that part of the city more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point at the intersection of the centerlines of Cecil and North State Streets, then continuing on the centerline of North State Street in a southerly direction to the intersection of the centerline of State Street and an extension of the centerline of Delaware Avenue, then continuing on the centerline and an extension of the centerline of Delaware Avenue in an easterly direction to the point of intersection of an extension of the centerline of Delaware Avenue and the St. Jones River, then following the centerline of the St. Jones River in a southerly direction to the point of intersection of the centerline of the St. Jones River and the southerly property line of lands now or formerly of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, being the site of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, then proceeding in a westerly direction along said property line to the easterly right-of-way line of South State Street (U.S. Route 13-A), then crossing the right-of-way line of South State Street in a westerly direction and joining the centerline of Hope Street and proceeding in a westerly direction to the centerlines of Hope Street and South Governors Avenue, then proceeding in a southerly direction along the centerline of South Governors Avenue to the point of intersection of the centerlines of South Governors Avenue and Dover Street, then proceeding in a westerly direction along the centerline of Dover Street to the point of intersection of the centerlines of Dover Street and Westview Terrace, then continuing in a northerly direction on the centerline of Westview Terrace to the point of intersection of the centerline of Westview Terrace and New Burton Road, then proceeding in a northeasterly direction on the centerline of New Burton Road to the point of intersection of New Burton Road and West Street, then continuing in a northerly direction along the westerly right-of- way line of West Street to the point of intersection of the westerly side of the right-of-way of West Street and the northerly property line of lands now or formerly of Dover Rent-All, Inc., then continuing in a westerly direction along said property line to the point of intersection of said property line and the lands of Conrail Railroad, then proceeding in a northerly direction along the easterly right-of-way line of Conrail Railroad in a northerly direction to the point of intersection of the centerline of West North Street and then westerly along the centerline of West North Street to Clarence Street and north along the center line of Clarence Street to Slaughter Street, and west along the center line of Slaughter Street to Cherry Street and north along the center line of Cherry Street to the intersection with the center line of Lincoln Street to a point of intersection with an extension of the westerly property line of lands now or of late of Michael Nash, being the site of the former Diamond Ice Company, then proceeding in a northerly direction along the westerly property line of the Nash property and in a line extending to the intersection of the southerly property line of lands now or of late Paul T. and Aiko Moore, and then northwesterly and then northerly along the southern and western property line of the Moore property and extending north to an intersection with the centerline of Lincoln Street, and then easterly along the centerline of Lincoln Street to a point of intersection of an extension of the westerly property line of lands now or formerly of Frank Moore et al., and then northerly along the western property of Frank Moore et al. and extending to a point of intersection with the centerline of Forest

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 4 Street, then easterly along the centerline of Forest Street to a point of intersection with an extension of the westerly property of the lands now or formerly of the Salvation Army, and then northerly and easterly along the western and north property line of the Salvation Army property to the point of intersection with lands now or of late Conrail Railroad, then northerly along the westerly property line of Conrail Railroad and extending to a point of intersection with the centerline of West Division Street, and then easterly along the centerline of East Division Street to the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line of Conrail Railroad, and then northerly along the easterly right-of-way line of Conrail Railroad to the intersection of the right-of-way of Conrail Railroad and the northerly property line of lands now or of late of Southern States Cooperative, Inc., then proceeding in an easterly direction a distance of 52.76 feet to the northeasterly corner of the lands now or of late of Southern States Cooperative, Inc., then proceeding in a southerly direction along the easterly property line of lands now or of late of Southern States Cooperative, Inc., to the point of intersection of said property and the centerline of Mary Street, then proceeding in an easterly direction along the centerline of Mary Street to the point of beginning, being the point of intersection of the centerline of Mary Street and North Governors Avenue, south along the centerline of North Governors Avenue to the intersection of North Governors Avenue and Cecil Street, and west along the center line of Cecil Street through the Wesley College Campus to the point of intersection of Cecil Street and North State Street. High Priority Target Area shall mean that part of the city more particularly described as bounded by the street center lines as follows: From the intersection of the centerlines of North Governors Avenue and Mary Street south to the intersection of the centerlines of North Governors Avenue and Fulton Street, east to the intersections of the center lines of Fulton Street and North State Street, south to the intersection of the center lines of South State Street and Loockerman Street, east 202 feet and then south 172 feet and then west 36 feet and south 73 feet, and west along the right-of- way of North Street for 136 feet, and then south 45 feet along the center line of State Street and then east 73 feet along the south right-of-way of North Street and then south 71 feet, and then west 11 feet and south six feet and west 20 feet and south 135 feet and west 8 feet and then south 22 feet, then west following the centerline of The Green to the south intersection of the center lines of South State Street and The Green, south to West Water Street and south 218 feet and west 205 feet and southwest 41 feet and west 246 feet and north 102 feet and west 103 feet and northwest 3 feet and west 40 feet and southwest 9 feet and west 44 feet and north to the intersection of South Governors Avenue and the centerline of West Water Street and west to the intersection of the center lines of West Water Street and South Queen Street, south along the center line of South Queen Street 541.11 feet and then west to the center line of South West Street, and north to the intersection of the center lines of West North Street and South West Street, and west to the intersection of the center lines of West North Street and Clarence Street and north to the intersection of the center lines of Clarence Street and Slaughter Street, and west along the center line of Slaughter Street to Cherry Street and north along the center line of Cherry Street to the intersection with the center line of Lincoln Street, and east along the center line of Lincoln Street to the intersection of the center lines of Forest Street and South West Street, and north along the center line of South West Street to the intersection of the center lines of West Street and West Division Street, and west to the east property line of the Norfolk Southern railroad track, and north along this

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 5 property line to the intersection with the center line of Mary Street, and west to the intersection of the center lines of Mary Street and North Governors Avenue. ( Ord. No. 2014-01, 2-10-2014 ; Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ; Ord. No. 2015-19, 11-9-2015 ) ARTICLE III. - ELIGIBILITY[3] Footnotes: --- (3) --- Editor's note— Ord. No. 2015-04, adopted Feb. 23, 2015 , repealed Art. III, § 1, which pertained to development incentive eligibility and derived from Ord. of 4-28-2003(3); Ord. No. 2014-01, adopted Feb. 10, 2014 . Subsequently, said ordinance renumbered Art. III, §§ 2, 3 as §§ 1, 2. Section 1. - Development incentive ineligibility. An otherwise eligible project shall be ineligible for development incentives if: (a) An application for a building permit for the project was filed prior to the effective date of this ordinance; or (b) Construction or renovation commenced prior to the effective date of this ordinance; or (c) Issuance of the certificate of occupancy and/or the completion and finalization of the building permit occurs before the application for development incentives is received; or (d) The subject property is exempt from City of Dover real estate taxes; or (e) The beneficiary of the incentives is delinquent on any of the obligations listed in section 1-13(b). (Ord. of 1-11-1999; Ord. No. 2014-01, 2-10-2014 ; Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) Section 2. - Revocation of eligibility. The beneficiary of the incentives provided by this Appendix must remain current on all obligations due the city. If, at any time after the incentives have been granted, the beneficiary of the incentives becomes delinquent on any of the obligations listed in section 1-13(b), the city manager shall revoke the eligibility for any portion of the incentives not yet received by the beneficiary. Notice shall be given to such beneficiary in writing. ( Ord. No. 2014-01, 2-10-2014 ; Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) ARTICLE IV. - DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 6 Eligible projects within the Target Area shall be eligible for the following development incentives: Section 1. - Waiver of permit fees. Fees for building, plumbing, mechanical, and fire protection permits shall be waived for eligible projects. (Ord. of 1-10-2000; Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) Section 2. - Waiver of impact fees. Eligible projects shall qualify for city impact fee waiver of the cost of such fees. (Ord. of 1-10-2000; Ord. of 1-28-2008(1); Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) Section 3. - Abatement of property taxes on the value of improvement. Eligible projects shall receive property tax waivers for a period not to exceed ten years so that improvements to the properties made in accordance with the intent of this ordinance will not be taxed for a period of time not to exceed ten years from the date of the making of the improvements. The said ten-year period will commence with the date of issuance of a building permit. Eligible projects within the High Priority Target Area shall also be eligible for the following incentives: • For properties which have transferred on or after March 1, 2015, the property owner shall be eligible for a rebate of the buyer's portion of the real estate transfer tax upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy, provided that a certificate of occupancy is issued for improvements to the property within five years of the payment of the real estate transfer tax. • Businesses that open within or relocate to the high priority target area on or after March 1, 2015, shall be eligible for a waiver of all city business license fees associated with the business for a period of three years. Eligible businesses are still required to obtain the required city business licenses. ( Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) ARTICLE V. - ADMINISTRATION The city manager and his staff shall develop the administrative procedures necessary to implement this ordinance. The city manager and his staff shall promulgate reasonable standards to be used in determining whether an eligible project shall receive development incentives and, if so, which incentives shall be granted. Administrative staff shall review applications for

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 7 development incentives and grant incentives to eligible projects. Applicants shall be notified of the action taken on their applications by mail. ARTICLE VI. - APPEALS Applicants denied development incentives shall have the right to appeal the decision to the city council within 30 days from the date of mailing of the formal notification. Such appeal shall be in writing, signed by the owner of the property in question, and filed with the city clerk. ARTICLE VII. - SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE Section 1. - Severability. Should any section or provision of this ordinance be declared to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the parts so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid. ( Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) 1 Section 2. - Effective date. 2 This ordinance shall be effective as of January 1, 1991. 3 ( Ord. No. 2015-04, 2-23-2015 ) 4 5 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 6 7 That Appendix D – Downtown Dover Business Improvement District of the Dover Code be amended by 8 deleting it in its entirety, as follows: 9 10 APPENDIX D - DOWNTOWN DOVER BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT[1] 11 Footnotes: 12 --- (1) --- 13 Editor's note— An ordinance adopted June 26, 1995, added app. D, arts. I—III, which is included in its 14 entirety with no substantive changes made by the editor. Subsequent amendments shall follow the 15 affected sections in a parenthetical history note. Obvious misspellings and punctuation errors have been 16 corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, headings and catchlines have been made uniform and 17 the same system of capitalization, citation to state statutes, and expression of numbers in text as appears 18 in the Code of Ordinances has been used. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets. ARTICLE I. - FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 8 The mayor and council of the City of Dover, acting pursuant to the provisions of 22 Del. C. ch. 15 (22 Del. C. § 1501 et seq.), and having reviewed reports from the business improvement district committee, hereby finds and declares that: Section 1. - [Preservation and enhancement of commercial enterprise.] Preserving and enhancing commercial enterprise in Dover and in the downtown business center of Dover is critical to the longterm financial well-being of the City of Dover. Section 2. - [Availability of enhanced city services in commercial centers.] The availability of enhanced city services within the commercial centers of Dover should result in significantly improved street and sidewalk sanitation, facilities and infrastructure maintenance, and public security, serving as a magnet to the consuming public. Section 3. - [Creation of business improvement districts.] Numerous cities and towns throughout the United States, including Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Buffalo and Allentown, are enjoying enhanced city services through the creation of business improvement districts. Section 4. - [Funding of enhanced city services.] The cost of the enhanced city services provided for within the Dover Downtown Business Improvement District shall be funded by the principal beneficiaries thereof, the commercial enterprises within the district and by voluntary donations, thereby limiting further demand on the general revenues of the City of Dover. ARTICLE II. - DEFINITIONS The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Section 1. - [Assessable property.] Assessable property means all property owned or used by a commercial enterprise which is located within the Downtown Dover Business Improvement District (whether or not it is subject to a city real property tax abatement) and which is not part of a class of property which is exempt from assessment pursuant to article III, section 8 of this appendix. Section 2. - [Assessment base.] Assessment base means any tax or license fee lawfully imposed by the city relating to real property or the operation of a commercial enterprise. Section 3. - [Assessment zone.] Assessment zone means an area of the [Downtown] Dover Business Improvement District designated by the city to fund a certain percentage of the district's annual budget within which the assessment rate is uniform.

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 9 There shall be three assessment zones in the district. A smaller core assessment zone [shall be] centered around Loockerman Street (bounded by the farthest points of Queen, Reed, State and North Streets) that would provide half of the budget through assessments. The larger remaining portions of the district shall be the outer zones and shall provide half of the budget through assessment. The limits of each zone shall be presented by map to city council for approval at the time of approval of the BID budget as prescribed in section 9(f). (Ord. of 4-10-2006(3)) Section 4. - [Authority.] Authority means a body politic or corporate, exercising public powers of the state as an agency thereof in accordance with the provision of 22 Del. C. ch. 15 (22 Del. C. § 1501 et seq.), and this appendix of [to] the city Code. Section 6 [5]. - [City and municipality.] City or municipality means [the] City of Dover, a political subdivision of the State of Delaware. Section 5 [6]. - [Downtown Dover Business Improvement District and district.] Downtown Dover Business Improvement District or district means an area of the city designated for the provision of services by an authority or management company as defined by this article of this appendix of [to] the Code. Section 7. - [Management company.] Management company means an authority, which, in accordance with the express terms of the provisions of this article of this appendix and the ordinance creating it, is duly incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (8 Del. C. § 101 et seq.), and such management company shall be designated by [an] act of [the] city council. Section 8. - [Services.] Services means those functions undertaken, directly or indirectly, by an authority or management company for the benefit and advantage of the business improvement district. ARTICLE III. - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DOVER DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Section 1. - Purpose. The creation of the Dover Downtown Business Improvement District is designed to assist in the revitalization of the city's downtown and adjoining commercial district by providing enhanced municipal services via a commercial property surtax. The district is created pursuant to chapter 15, title 22, Delaware Code (22 Del. C. § 1501 et seq.) (hereafter, the "enabling legislation"). Section 2. - Establishment.

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 10 The mayor and council hereby create a business improvement district to be known as the "Dover Downtown Business Improvement District" ("DDBID"), which district shall be bounded, governed and administered in accordance with this appendix D. Section 3. - Geographic boundaries. The geographic boundaries of the DDBID shall not exceed the boundaries of the downtown redevelopment target area as defined in Appendix C—Downtown Redevelopment. (Ord. of 4-10-2006(4); Ord. No. 2014-14, 6-9-2014 ) Section 4. - Duration of DDBID. The city council shall have the right to dissolve the DDBID or change the designation of the management company at any time. ( Ord. No. 2014-14, 6-9-2014 ) Section 5. - Management company. (a) Authorized. The DDBID shall be governed by the Downtown Dover Partnership, a management company specifically authorized by this ordinance and organized under the not- for-profit corporation provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (8 Del. C. § 101 et seq.). (b) Certification of incorporation. The city solicitor, as incorporator of the company, shall prepare and cause, or amend, the certificate of incorporation to be filed with the secretary of State of Delaware, which certificate shall include those requirements set forth in 22 Del. C. § 1504, as amended. (c) Membership of company and board of directors. The management company shall be a corporation comprised of not less than five members or directors respectively who either own a commercial property within the district, or are the designee of such owner. (d) Company reports. The management company shall file with the finance department and with the city clerk a monthly financial report and shall also provide an operating report monthly. The City of Dover shall annually review the performance of the management company and shall prepare for public inspection a report which certifies that the management company is in compliance with its enabling ordinance, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and the provisions of this appendix and 22 Del. C. ch. 15 (22 Del. C. § 1501 et seq.); the management company is fiscally sound; and the management company has not discriminated against any person based upon race, sex, national origin, religion, age or disability. ( Ord. No. 2014-14, 6-9-2014 ) Section 6. - Services. Except as limited by the enabling legislation, the DDBID may use proceeds of the special assessments to provide for the following services, directly or by contract: promotional events, business training and education; streetscape and store design services and assistance; marketing and advertising; economic development; market analysis and planning studies; security services; sidewalk sanitation; [and] downtown signage and lighting.

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 11 Section 7. - Assessment base. The assessment base through which the annual budget of the DDBID shall be funded shall be the real property assessment value as established by city property tax records for the qualified property in the assessment zone. Section 8. - Properties exempt from assessment. (a) All exclusively residential properties having not more than four rental units shall be exempt from assessment. (b) All properties which are (i) exempt from the city's real property tax and (ii) owned by either churches or the federal, state or local government shall be exempt from assessment. (c) All assessment appeals shall be taken directly to the management company. Section 9. - Method of assessment. (a) The management company shall assess each assessable property within the district by multiplying the total service and improvement cost as reflected in the adopted budget for each year (less any allocated surplus or estimated revenue from other sources) by the ratio of the amount of such assessable property's assessment base to the total amount of the assessment base for all assessable properties in the district or, if the district is divided into assessment zones, in the respective assessment zone, provided that, in all cases, the assessment base shall be the one designated in the enabling legislation and this appendix by the city to fund the district; and provided, further, that notwithstanding the above, the management company shall have the power to impose an assessment of a minimum amount. (b) The management company shall by resolution authorize the payment of such assessments annually. (c) All assessments imposed by the management company shall constitute a lien on each property so assessed, the nonpayment of which shall be collectible in the same manner as the collection of a property tax delinquency by the city in which the district lies. No action taken to enforce a claim by the management company for the annual payment shall affect the status of any subsequent installment of the same or the next assessment, each of which shall constitute a lien upon the property. (d) Each year the city assessor shall provide the management company with a list of the assessed values of all properties located within the DDBID which are subject to assessment hereunder, as well as the: (i) Name and address of the owner(s) of each such property; and (ii) The address and parcel number of each such property. (e) There shall be three assessment zones in the district as set forth in the attached map. Zones 1, 2 and 3 shall provide 50 percent, 40 percent and ten percent of the budget assessment. (f) The annual budget and assessment zones shall be established by the management company and submitted to [the] city council for approval on or before the first council meeting in May each year. The budget shall be based on services and improvements authorized by this ordinance and shall be approved by [the] council on or before the second meeting in June.

Proposed Ordinance #2019-17-Append C-Downtown Redevelopment and Append D-DDBID Page 12 Once the budget is approved by [the] city council, the city assessor shall supply to the management company the necessary information to determine the assessments and assessment rate. The assessment rate shall be approved and accepted by [the] council on or before the second meeting in June each year. The billing and assessment year shall run from July 1 to June 30. Assessment notices shall be mailed on or before the tenth working day of July each year. Assessments not paid by August 1 shall bear a penalty of 1½ percent per month. (Ord. of 4-10-2006(5)) 1 Section 10. - Limitations on authority. 2 The management company shall have all of the powers and authorities described and listed in 22 3 Del. C. § 1504(b), as amended; provided, however, that it shall be prohibited from incurring capital debt 4 and owning real property with funds acquired through the DDBID revenues. 5 6 ADOPTED: * 7 8 SYNOPSIS 9 The amendment eliminates the Downtown Dover Business Improvement District and associated tax. 10 (SPONSORS: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE/LEGISLATIVE, FINANCE, AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE) 11 12 Actions History: 13 07/23/19 – Scheduled for Introduction – CCW/Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee 14 meeting 15

CITY OF DOVER PROPOSED ORDINANCE #2019-18 1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN 2 COUNCIL MET: 3 That Chapter 2 - Administration, Article IV - Officers and Employees, Division 1 - Generally, 4 Section 2-201 - Compensation and Expenses for Mayor, Council, and Other Elected or Appointed 5 Officials of the Dover Code be amended by deleting the text indicated in red strikeout as follows: 6 CHAPTER 2 - ADMINISTRATION 7 ARTICLE IV. - OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 8 DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY 9 Sec. 2-201. - Compensation and expenses for mayor, council, and other elected or appointed 10 officials. 11 (a) Fees established. In accordance with section 12 of the Charter, authorizing the council to 12 establish compensation and expenses for the mayor, councilmembers, and other elected or 13 appointed officials, the following fees are hereby established: 14 (1) Mayor. The mayor shall receive an annual salary of $45,000.00. In addition, the 15 mayor shall receive an expense allotment of up to $5,000.00, to be included in the 16 city's annual budget for miscellaneous expenses, to be reimbursed upon submission 17 of receipts or proper documentation. Expenses in excess of this amount shall only be 18 permitted by council approval. The mayor shall be entitled to all benefits customary 19 to an employee of the city, except pension benefits, and sick and vacation leave. 20 (2) Councilmembers generally. Each councilmember shall receive an annual salary of 21 $7,416.00, to be paid monthly. The council president shall receive an annual salary 22 of $8,652.00, to be paid monthly. Councilmembers shall receive reimbursement for 23 actual and necessary expenses incurred when on official business as prescribed by 24 ordinance or policy. 25 (3) Board of assessment appeals. Each appointed member of the board sitting to hear 26 appeals from the municipal assessment shall receive $75.00 per diem reimbursement 27 for expenses for the preparation and attendance at each meeting of the board of 28 assessment appeals. 29 (4) Nonemployee election officers. Each person not a city employee appointed to serve 30 as an election judge for any municipal election shall receive $200.00 for per diem 31 reimbursement for each election attended. Each person chosen to serve as a clerical 32 assistant for any municipal election shall receive $150.00 for per diem 33 reimbursement for each election attended. 34 (5) Employee election officers. Employees of the city appointed to serve as election 35 judges or officials for any municipal election shall receive $150.00 for per diem 36 reimbursement for expenses for each municipal election attended in addition to their 37 regular salary.

Ordinance #2019-18 - Chapter 2 - Administration - Compensation Commission Page 2 38 (6) Appointee to council committee. Each appointed member to any city council 39 committee, not serving an elected term to any city office, shall receive $75.00 for 40 preparation and attendance at each committee meeting to which the member is 41 appointed. 42 (7) Employee on council committee. Any city employee appointed to a council 43 committee shall receive $25.00 for reimbursement for expenses per diem for each 44 meeting attended which is held after 5:00 p.m. on a scheduled workday or at any 45 time on a weekend or city-approved holiday. 46 (8) Planning commission. Each appointed member of the planning commission shall 47 receive $100.00 per diem reimbursement for expenses to be paid monthly for 48 preparation and attendance at each meeting of the planning commission. 49 (9) Board of adjustment. Each appointed member of the board of adjustment shall 50 receive $75.00 per diem reimbursement for expenses to be paid monthly for 51 preparation and attendance at each meeting of the board of adjustment. 52 (b) Compensation commission. There is hereby created a compensation commission to consider 53 compensation for the mayor, city council, and paid members of city committees and 54 commissions. The compensation commission shall consist of five members, one member 55 appointed by the mayor, one member appointed by the council president, and three members 56 appointed by city council during the annual meeting. Members shall be city residents who 57 are registered to vote in city elections. Members shall serve four-year terms and cannot be 58 reappointed within the next four years. The controller/treasurer and human resources director 59 shall serve as ex-officio, nonvoting members. 60 The compensation commission shall meet at least once a year, with a written report due to council 61 on or before the first regular council meeting in November. Prior to submitting a resolution to 62 council which proposes a change in compensation, one public hearing must be held. Upon receiving 63 the resolution of the commission, the city council may reduce or reject the commission's 64 recommendation, but it may not increase any item in the resolution. The recommendations contained 65 in the resolution, and any permitted changes to such recommendations, shall not become effective 66 unless adopted by ordinance enacted at least three months prior to the elections of the next 67 succeeding mayor and council, and shall take effect only for the next succeeding terms of office of 68 the mayor and council. 69 (Code 1981, § 2-70; Ord. of 9-14-1987; Ord. of 8-27-1990; Ord. of 11-26-1990, § 1; Ord. of 1-11- 70 1993; Ord. of 6-27-1994; Ord. of 2-24-1997(2); Ord. of 1-10-2000; Ord. of 10-9-2000; Ord. of 1-22- 71 2001; Ord. of 6-24-2002; Ord. of 6-25-2007; Ord. No. 2009-16, 7-27-2009; Ord. No. 2009-23, 10- 72 26-2009; Ord. No. 2009-17, 11-9-2009; Ord. No. 2017-09 , 8-14-2017) 73 ADOPTED: * 74 S:\ORDINANCES\2019\DRAFT\ORDINANCE #2019-18 CHPT 2 - ADMINISTRATION - COMPENSATION COMMISSION\ORDINANCE #2019-18 CHPT 2 - ADMINISTRATION - 75 COMPENSATION COMMISSION.wpd 76 SYNOPSIS 77 The amendment eliminates the Compensation Commission. 78 (SPONSORS: SLAVIN AND NEIL) 79 Actions History 80 07/23/2019 - Introduction - Council Committee of the Whole/Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee