Item I

Call to Order
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call

Item II

Approval of Minutes

Item III

Committee Reports

Item IV

Acceptance of Treasurer’s Report

Item V

Non-Legislative Business
Darby Recognize Bernice Thomas
Darby Recognize Wilmington Fire Department – Gallant Blazers
Harlee Sympathy Guy Reeves, Sr.
Harlee Recognize Enid Wallace-Simms
Oliver Sympathy James Edward Parker
Oliver Sympathy Marvin Lee Sudler
Oliver Sympathy Rachel Ann Nixon

Item VI

Public Comment

Item VII

Legislative Business
GRAY
Rev. 1
#0112 Sub. 1 Ord. 21-056 Create a Down-Payment and Settlement Assistance Program (3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Substitute Ordinance creates a municipal loan program, to be administered by the Department of Real Estate and Housing, to provide eligible homebuyers with loans of up to $15,000 to assist with down payment or settlement costs related to the purchase of a primary residence in the City of Wilmington.
OLIVER
#0130 A Resolution Approving the Office of Economic Development’s Acceptance of Grant Funds from the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund to Support Infrastructure Improvements on the Seventh Street Peninsula
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Office of Economic Development’s grant applications to the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund program in the respective amounts of Three Million Six Hundred Seventy Three Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($3,673,800.00) and One Million Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($1,003,300.00). The funds will be used to (i) elevate the existing roadway system on East 7th Street and (ii) add drainage pipes to improve drainage to alleviate flooding concerns of business owners located on the 7th Street Peninsula.
#0131 A Resolution Approving the Office of Economic Development’s Grant Application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American
Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity Discretionary Grants Program to
Support Infrastructure Improvements along South Market Street
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Office of Economic Development’s
grant application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant program in the amount of Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000.00). The funds will be used to construct a new, expanded network of roads branching from South Market Street that will extend the Wilmington grid system for pedestrian and cyclist accommodations on roadways.
#0132 A Resolution to Authorize and Approve the Second Amendment to a Lease
Between the City of Wilmington and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC f/k/a
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. Regarding a Building and Utility Shed at
1400 Concord Pike
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution approves the second amendment to a lease between the City and Comcast Cable Communications, LLC f/k/a Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. (“Comcast”) that allows Comcast to operate a building used for cable television equipment and a utility shed to house utilities used in connection with local services at 1400 Concord Pike (also known as the Porter Reservoir). The second amendment will (1) extend the term of the lease for five (5) additional years commencing on February 15, 2022, with the option to extend the lease for one (1) additional five-year term thereafter and (2) increase the rent
payable by Comcast to the City under the lease to $48,381.00 for the first year of
the second amendment, with an increase of three percent (3%) annually for each year thereafter.
#0133 A Resolution Amending the Composition of the City Council Taskforce to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution amends the composition of the City Council Taskforce to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans to add a current Wilmington City Councilperson.
HARLEE
#0134 A Resolution Appointing an Employee to Fill the Vacant Producer Position in the
Office of Cable & Communications/WITN for the Council of the City of
Wilmington for the 108th Council Session
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution appoints Nigel Sanderson for the 108th Session of the
Council of the City of Wilmington.
#0135 A Resolution Appointing an Employee to Fill the Vacant Legislative & Policy Analyst Position for the Council of the City of Wilmington for the 108th Council Session
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and
approval. This Resolution appoints the Legislative & Policy Analyst for the 108th Session of the Council of the City of Wilmington.
#0136 An Ordinance to Enact Certain Parking Regulations (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance approves various parking regulations in the City, including the addition and removal of certain bus stop signs, related to the DART Service Change/Wilmington Transit Corridor Improvement for Orange and King Streets.
JOHNSON
#0137 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve an Agreement Between the City of Wilmington and USI Insurance Services LLC for Property and Casualty Insurance
Brokerage Services (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a contract with USI
Insurance Services LLC for property and casualty insurance brokerage services
for the period of one (1) year from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, with the
possibility of three (3) extensions of one (1) year each thereafter upon the same
terms and conditions.
#0138 An Ordinance to Authorize and Approve an Agreement Between the City of Wilmington and USI Insurance Services LLC for Life And Health Insurance
Brokerage Services (1st & 2nd Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a contract with USI Insurance Services LLC for life and health insurance brokerage services for the period of one (1) year from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, with the possibility of three (3) extensions of one (1) year each thereafter upon the same terms and conditions.
CABRERA
Rev. 1
#0122 Sub. 1 Ord. 21-061 Amend Chapter 2 of the City Code to Codify the Continued
Existence of the Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land
Bank Corporation and to Revise the Membership of its Board of
Directors (3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Substitute Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review
and approval. This Substitute Ordinance amends Chapter 2 of the City Code to codify the continued existence of the “Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Corporation” (the “WNCLB Corporation”), which was previously authorized as the sole and exclusive land bank for the City of Wilmington by Substitute No. 1 to Ordinance No. 15-040 (As Amended) (“Ordinance No. 15- 040”). This Substitute Ordinance also revises the membership of the Board of Directors of the WNCLB Corporation as originally established in Ordinance No. 15-040 as follows: (i) replaces the Board Chair of the Wilmington Housing Partnership Community with the Community Development & Urban Planning Committee Chairperson for Wilmington City Council and (ii) replaces the Finance Committee Chair of the Wilmington Housing Partnership and three (3) individuals working within the limits of the City of Wilmington as a community reinvestment officer or equivalent position for a bank or financial institution as designated by a majority of the other members of the Board of Directors of the WNCLB Corporation with four (4) representatives from the local community or community groups in the City of Wilmington designated by the Board of Directors of the WNCLB Corporation.

Items VIII & IX

VIII. Petitions and Communications
IX. Adjournment