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  REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA REVISED (Public Hearing - Appeal of Notice to Vacate - 20 North New Street, 37 South New Street, and 29 South New Street, Owned by House of Pride Has Been Deleted) AUGUST 12, 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 BISHOP THOMAS L. HOLSEY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN PERZA 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 22, 2013 2. Recognition of Service - Goldie Legates - Election Board (February 2004 - May 2013) 3. Proposed Tributes A. No. 2013-03 - Bernard “Bernie” Charles Mattes B. No. 2013-04 - John J. Friedman 4. National Park Service Progress Report on the First State Historical Monument (Russ Smith, Superintendent)

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  Council Agenda - August 12, 2013 Page 2 5. Public Hearing - Violation of Dangerous Building Ordinance - Properties Located at 222 and 238 Railroad Avenue, Owned by Downtown Dover Development Corporation (Staff Recommends Declaring the Five (5) Buildings on this Property Dangerous; Ordering the Buildings Demolished by August 22, 2013 by the Owner or Equity Owner at Their Own Risk; and Ordering the City Manager with the Assistance of the City Solicitor to Cause the Cost of Repairs or Demolition to Be Charged Against the Land on Which the Building Exists as a Municipal Lien or Cause Such Cost to Be Added to the Tax Duplicate as an Assessment, or to Be Levied as a Special Tax, or to Be Recovered in a Suit at Law Against the Owner) * 6. Utility Committee Report - July 22, 2013 A. TEA/NAES Report (March and April) (Committee Recommended Acceptance of the Reports) * 7. Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee Report - July 22, 2013 A. Proposed Amendments to the City of Dover Investment Policy (Committee Recommended Approval of the Proposed Amendments) B. Certified Local Government Application (Request of Councilmen Lynn and Slavin) (Committee Recommended That Staff Move Forward With the Certified Local Government Application) C. Proposed Amendments to Chapter 58 - Human Relations Commission (Committee Recommended That Staff Be Authorized to Draft an Ordinance That Would Provide for City Council to Affirm the Need for the Dover Human Relations Commission (DHRC); That the Membership Be Set at Nine (9), with Two (2) Serving from Each Council District and One (1) At-large; That the Number of Meetings Be Set at a Minimum of Five (5) Per Year, One (1) in Each Quarter of the Year and One (1) to Be Determined by the Commission and That Special Meetings May Be Called by the Chairperson or Three (3) Members of the Commission; That All Meetings Be Held in Accordance with Delaware State Laws Regarding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and City of Dover Procedures Through the City Clerk's Office, to Include Agendas and Minutes to Be Issued as All Other Public Bodies Are Handled in the City; That the DHRC Report to City Council on a Quarterly Basis Regarding its Affairs; and That All of the Meetings of the DHRC Be Held in the City Council Chambers) 8. Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee Report - July 24, 2013 * A. Requests for Fifteen (15) Minute Parking a-1. Loockerman Street a-2. Governors Avenue Behind Bayard Plaza (Committee Recommended That the Requests for 15-Minute Parking Be Referred Back to the City Manager for Further Review and to Obtain Input from the DDP, Downtown Businesses, and Other Interested Parties and, If There Is Favorable Consensus for the Request, Staff Will Implement the Change to the Time Limits (Either 15-Minute or 30-Minute) for the Referenced Parking Spaces on Loockerman Street and Governors Avenue) B. Discussion - Left-Turn Restrictions at Loockerman Street and Governors Avenue (Committee Recommended That a Public Hearing Be Scheduled for the Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee Meeting on August 28, 2013 to Receive Public Comments on the Proposed Left-Turn Restrictions at Loockerman Street and Governors Avenue and That Staff Be Authorized to Properly Advertise the Public Hearing)

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  Council Agenda - August 12, 2013 Page 3 8. Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee Report - July 24, 2013 (Continued) * C. Debriefing/Post-Mortem on Firefly Music Festival (Presentations by the Department of Planning and Inspections and the Dover Police Department) (Committee Action Not Required) * D. Update - Dover High School Construction (Committee Action Not Required) * E. Briefing on Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Projects (Committee Action Not Required) * F. Briefing on Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Projects (Committee Action Not Required) * 9. Monthly Reports - June 2013 A. Chief of Police D. City Planner B. City Assessor E. Economic Development Office C. City Manager 10. Evaluation of Bids A. Demolition - 222 and 238 Railroad Avenue (Staff Recommends Awarding the Contract for Demolition of the Structures at 222 and 238 Railroad Avenue to Delaware Mulch & Stone, Inc. for $58,000, as Specified in Bid #13-0036PI) B. Village of Westover Paving - Phase VI (Staff Recommends Awarding a Unit Price Contract, Based upon Bid #14-0001PW, for the Village of Westover-Phase VI Paving Improvements Project to George & lynch, Inc. All Work Will Be Paid for at the Unit Prices Bid for Work Completed and Accepted by the City of Dover. The Estimated Value of the Work to Be Completed is $132,824.25) 11. Final Authorization of Sale - Lot #12 Garrison Oak Technical Park (GOTP) 12. Resolution Ratifying and Confirming Sale of the City of Dover, Delaware Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds Series 2013 and Related Matters * 13. Appointment Recommended by Mayor Carey - Election Board - John J. Davis - Three-Year Term to Expire May 2016 (To Fill the Expired Term of Goldie Legates) 14. Final Reading - Proposed Ordinance #2013-11 The First Reading of the following Proposed Ordinance was accomplished during the Council Meeting of July 22, 2013. Copies of the proposed ordinance are available at the entrance of the Council Chambers. A. Proposed Ordinance #2013-11 Amending Chapter 1 - General Provisions, Section 1-9 - Sponsoring, Consideration, Passage and Effective Date of Ordinances and Charter Amendments, Subsection (c) - Sponsors 15. Council Members’ Announcements /tm S:\AGENDAS-MINUTES-PACKETS\Council-Agendas\2013\08-12-2013 REVISED.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.

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  REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA REVISED (Public Hearing - Appeal of Notice to Vacate - 20 North New Street, 37 South New Street, and 29 South New Street, Owned by House of Pride Has Been Deleted) AUGUST 12, 2013 - 7:30 P.M. CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 15 LOOCKERMAN PLAZA DOVER, DELAWARE OPEN FORUM...

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• Minutes

  REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING The Regular Council Meeting was held on August 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. with Council President Bonar presiding. Council members present were Mr. Dixon, Mr. Perza, Mr. Slavin, Mrs. Williams, Mr. Hare, and Mr. Hutchison. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Lynn were absent. Council staff...

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