Public Comment

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Call to Order

Call to Order
Invocation
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
All Council Recognize Youth in City Government
All Council Recognize Tennis in the Street
All Council Recognize National Fitness and Health Month
All Council Sympathy John Harvey Taylor, Jr.
All Council Sympathy Marina Capparuccini
All Council Sympathy Dr. Blanche Fleming
All Council Retirement Roland T. Marshall, Sr.
M. Brown Sympathy Marian D. Rogers
M. Brown Sympathy Mattie Flonnory
Cabrera Recognize Rocco and Mary Abessinio
Cabrera Recognize Dr. Christopher A. Bullock
Cabrera Sympathy John Harvey Taylor, Jr.
Chukwuocha Sympathy Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Gregory Best wishes John Fitch – 100th Birthday
Gregory Sympathy Vendetta Stokes
Gregory Sympathy Michael Reason
Williams Congratulate Salesianum Team State Champions
Wright Welcome Mid-Atlantic District of Mt. Sinai Holy Church of America, Inc.

Item VI

Legislative Business
D. BROWN
#4044 An Ordinance to Authorize the Delaware Center for Horticulture to Lease Five
City-Owned Parcels of Real Estate to be used as a Community Garden (1st & 2nd
Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for City Council’s review
and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the City to enter into a five-year lease
agreement with the Delaware Center for Horticulture (DCH) for a nominal fee of $1.00 per
year. Under the terms of the lease, the DCH would be able to use five city-owned parcels of land
for a community garden. The parcels are 1108 through 1116 East 12th Street and 1125 and 1127
Brandywine Street.
PRADO
#4045 A Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to File the Fiscal Year 2016
Consolidated Annual Action Plan with the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development Including Funding for the Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Improvement Program
(HOME), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), and Housing
Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA)
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for City Council’s review
and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the Administration to submit to the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development the City’s Consolidated Plan for Fiscal
Year 2016. The Consolidated Plan presents the City’s plan for appropriating federal dollars for
the Community Development Block Grant (CDBP) Program, the HOME Improvement Program
(HOME), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS
(HOPWA). The Consolidated Plan was agreed to by both the Administration and City Council.
FREEL
#4041 Ord. 15-017 Amend Chapter 2 of the City Code by Amending Ordinance No.
14-006 in Order to Authorize the City Treasurer Access to the
Budget Reserve Account Funds at the End of a Fiscal Year and
Replenishment of the Budget Reserve Account Funds in the
Ensuing Fiscal Year for Fiscal Year 2015 (3rd & Final Reading)
Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for City Council’s review
and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the City Treasurer to access the City’s
Budget Reserve so those funds could be used if needed to pay City expenditures. The Ordinance
also instructs the Treasurer to replenish the Budget Reserve as tax proceeds which are due to
the City become available. Council would be authorizing the Treasurer in this Ordinance to
have Budget Reserve borrowing authority through the end of Fiscal Year 2015 which is June 30,
2015. The Treasurer must replenish all funds borrowed from the account no later than October
1, 2015.
#4046 A Resolution to Authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation to Accept
Grant Funding from Various Entities to Assist with the Renovations of Conaty
Park
Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for City Council’s review
and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing the Administration to accept grants to
assist the City with the renovation of a City park—Conaty Park—on Gilpin Avenue near DuPont
Street. Specifically, the City would be authorized to accept a $125,000 grant from the Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), $50,000 from the
Wilmington Housing Authority and $12,000 from the 8th District Neighborhood Planning
Council. The DNREC grant requires the City to provide matching funds.

Items VII & VIII

VII. Petitions and Communications
VIII. Adjournment