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Regular City Council Meeting
Agenda
July 27, 2020 - 7:30 p.m.
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Invocation by Mayor Christiansen
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Councilman Cole
Adoption of Agenda
* 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 13, 2020
2. Presentations
A. Presentation - Lutheran Senior Services of Dover, Inc. - Payment-in-Lieu of Taxes
(PILOT)
B. 2019 Police Department Annual Report
C. Introduction of 2020 Executive Staff - Dover Police Department
* 3. Council Committee of the Whole Report - July 14, 2020
A. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee
(1) Proposed Ordinance - Staff Substitute #2 (SS#2) for Ordinance #2020-05 -
Amending Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Art IX -
Lodginghouses and Art X - Rental Dwellings, Appendix F - Fees and Fines, and
Article 12 - Definitions
(Committee recommendation: Refer back to Staff)
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* 3. Council Committee of the Whole Report - July 14, 2020 (Continued)
B. Utility Committee
(1) Water Production Division Proposed Operational Changes
(Committee recommendation: Begin this operational plan to assist with the
ground water resource for all stakeholders. This would be put into action after the
completion of the Water Treatment Plant Process Improvement Project.)
(2) Update on Development of Provisions and Ordinance for Wireless
Communication Facilities
C. Parks, Recreation, and Community Enhancement Committee
(1) Review of Active Recreation Area Plans (Request for Cash-in-Lieu) - Landing
Square Apartments - 600 Bay Road (Planning Reference #C-20-02)
(Committee recommendation: Approval of the active recreation area plan with
the comments and conditions provided)
(Committee recommendation: Acceptance of the $98,387.52 cash-in-lieu of
recreation area construction donation, as the amount complies with the
requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.)
(2) Consideration of Request to Delaware Congressional Delegation Regarding
Disposition of Wetland Pond Adjacent to Pat Lynn Drive at the Site of the
Proposed New Middle Schools
(Committee recommendation: Forwarding the letter to City Council for
endorsement with proper signage and proof reading with Capital School District.)
(3) Renaming of New Street Park to Bishop L.T. Blackshear Park
(Committee recommendation: Renaming of New Street Park to Bishop
L.T. Blackshear Park)
(4) Mr. Bobby Wilson and the Wilmington Hope Commission
(Due to the absence of Mr. Bobby Wilson this item was Deferred by Committee)
(5) Summer Park Activities Update
(Committee recommendation: Acceptance of the Update)
(6) Library Reopening Plan
(Committee recommendation: Approval of Staff’s revised recommendation)
* 4. Quarterly Revenue Report as of June 30, 2020
(Staff recommendation: Acceptance of the report)
* 5. Reappointments Recommended by Mayor Christiansen
A. Board of Adjustment - Arthur G. Ericson - Three-Year Term to Expire July 2023
B. Election Board - M. Milford Caldwell - Three-Year Term to Expire May 2022
C. Historic District Commission - Three-Year Terms to Expire July 2023
c-1. Ann Baker Horsey
c-2. Mary Terry Mason
6. Proposed Cancellation of August Meetings
7. City Manager’s Announcements
8. Council Members’ Announcements
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9. Adjournment
Executive Session Pursuant to:
29 Del. C. §10004(b)(2) - Preliminary discussions on site acquisitions for any publicly funded capital
improvements, or sales or leases of real property;
29 Del. C. §10004(b)(4) - Strategy sessions, including those involving legal advice or opinion from an
attorney-at-law, with respect to collective bargaining or pending or potential litigation, but only when an open
meeting would have an adverse effect on the bargaining or litigation position of the public body;
29 Del. C. §10004(b)(6) - Discussion of the content of documents, excluded from the definition of "public record"
in §10002 of this title where such discussion may disclose the contents of such documents;
29 Del. C. §10004(b)(9) - Personnel matters in which the names, competency and abilities of individual employees
are discussed, unless the employee requests that such a meeting be open
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