Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance is the first amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget Ordinance.  It contains increased budget appropriations for the Police Department to (i) purchase body cameras and related services and (ii) hire four new sworn officers to administer the City’s body camera program.

Synopsis:  This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a five-year contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. for the purchase of body cameras and related services.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution directs the City Auditor to initiate a forensic audit of the Wilmington Housing Partnership Corporation as provided for under Section 2.5(a) of the Loan Agreement between the City and the Corporation, specifically as it relates to the Loan Proceeds in the amount of $3,378,371.67.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation’s application for a grant from DNREC in the amount of $100,000, for the purpose of making improvements to Eastlake Park.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation’s application for a grant from DNREC in the amount of $100,000, for the purpose of making improvements to Kirkwood Park.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Parks and Recreation application for a grant from American Lung Association in the amount of $15,000, for tobacco prevention programs, and/or physical activity, nutrition promotion and obesity prevention programs.

Synopsis:  The Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. The purpose of this Resolution is to support HB 130, which was signed into law on July 29, 2019, such that a ‘plastic bag ban’ will be enforced statewide, according to said Bill and in the spirit of Governor Carney’s “Keep DE Litter Free” initiative. This Resolution also articulates the intent of Wilmington City Council to consider ways that legislation within the City Limits could further the intent of the House Bill.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation’s application for a grant from DNREC in the amount of $100,000, for the purpose of making improvements to Helen Chambers Park.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution strongly supports the passage of House Bill 251 and House Bill 252 by the Delaware General Assembly due to the quality-of-life impact each Bill will have on more than 8,000 Delawareans who are tipped wage workers in Wilmington and throughout Delaware whose minimum flat tipped wage has not been adjusted from $2.23 per hour since 1989 and whose gratuities may not be directly paid to such workers in a timely manner who are still earning since 1989 a flat tipped wage of $2.23 per hour and may not automatically have credit card tips automatically added to their wages.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. The Wilmington City Council is concerned with the lack of diversity within the Delaware State Supreme Court. Despite the continued growth of a diverse population within the State and especially within the City of Wilmington, the largest City in Delaware, the Delaware Supreme Court, like many other State Supreme Courts around the country, has not accurately represented its citizenry through its appointment of Supreme Court Justices. Therefore, the Council of the City of Wilmington strongly encourages Governor Carney to appoint a Person of Color to the Delaware State Supreme Court to demonstrate equity, inclusion and recognition of the diversity of the overall population of our City, State and the Delaware legal profession.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Licenses and Inspections to demolish 505 North Broom Street and also authorizes the City Treasurer to expend funds necessary to carry out the demolition, with the cost to become a lien upon the Property.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution schedules a public hearing on November 7, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers regarding the proposed comprehensive development plan entitled “Wilmington 2028: A Comprehensive Plan for Our City and Communities”, as amended by the City Planning Commission in its Resolution 12-19.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution schedules a public hearing on November 7, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers regarding the proposed amendments to Chapter 48 of the City Code to provide penalty and enforcement provisions relating to Neighborhood Conservation Districts.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the City’s requests to the State of Delaware and New Castle County for $40,000 from each entity to support efforts to implement the recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the work of the Wilmington Community Advisory Council to help combat youth firearm violence in Wilmington through a public-health lens.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Resolution authorizes the Department of Real Estate and Housing to accept donations of 400 East Fourth Street, 402 East Fourth Street, 404 East Fourth Street, 406 East Fourth Street, 408 East Fourth Street, 410 East Fourth Street, 900 North Park Drive, and 0 Glen Avenue from the Wilmington UDAG Corporation.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review. The purpose of this Resolution is to strongly oppose the DNREC assertion that Walan Specialty Control Products, LLC has adequately answered the concerns of residents of Southbridge, Wilmington regarding their proposed new industrial production location where, because of its proximity to the residential community, the company will increase cancer risks and respiratory illness risks due to toxic emissions. City Council asserts that such industrial production in low-income communities such as Southbridge is demonstrative of the necessity of the proposed Environmental Justice Act of 2019 – S. 2236 of the 116^th Congress, which empowers residents who have been historically ignored on matters affecting their health as related to industrial production in their community, thereby placing increased accountability on federal and local decision-making government agencies to include the study of Cumulative Impacts and persistent violations in federal or state-permitting decision-making, to be mandated under the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, when companies apply for permits to locate in previously designated EJ neighborhoods.