Agenda for Regular Meeting

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 a $100,000 grant, originally awarded to the City in 2009 from the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund (DLWCF). The grant requires the City to provide a $100,000 match which is already approved as part of the FY 2012 Capital Budget. The grant will be used by the Parks and Recreation Department to construct a basketball court, a picnic plaza, a pathway and other improvements at Helen Chambers Park in the West Center City area of Wilmington.

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 a $120,000 grant, originally awarded to the City in 2008 from the Delaware Land and Water Conservation Trust Fund (DLWCF). The grant requires the City to provide a $120,000 match which is already approved as part of the FY 2008 Capital Budget. The grant will be used by the Parks and Recreation Department to make playground improvements to Brown Park, Eastlawn Playground, Tatnall Street Playground and Brown Burton Winchester Park.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.If approved, Council would be expressing its concerns to the Delaware Department of Education (DOE) about the proliferation of charter schools in the City of Wilmington and throughout the State. The Resolution also urges the DOE to institute a moratorium on new charter school applications to allow elected officials and community representatives time to assess the impact of charter schools in Wilmington and throughout the State.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration and City Council for Council’s review and approval. If approved, Council would be authorizing changes to Chapter 44 of the City Code affecting the Wilmington Downtown Business Improvement District (WDBID). Specifically, the Ordinance would extend the authorization of the WDBID to October 1, 2024 and would stipulate that a property re-assessment by the County Board of Assessment Review (NCCBAR) would become effective with regards to the DBID having to adjust its assessment for a property within its jurisdiction only after the NCCBAR makes a final decision about an assessment appeal, as opposed to when the assessment appeal is filed with the NCCBAR which is the current practice. Finally, the Ordinance would authorize the City to prohibit the issuance of a business license to any person or business which is delinquent to the WDBID.

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.If approved, Council would be expressing its support for a Wilmington Community Policing Initiative proposed by Attorney General Matt Denn to aggressively implement an expanded, visible and effective community policing presence in specific high-crime neighborhoods in

Synopsis: This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.If approved, Council would be urging Delaware Governor Jack Markell to issue pardons to three notable Delawareans for the criminal convictions they were given because of their efforts to help slaves achieve freedom. The individuals for whom this Resolution seeks pardons are Thomas Garrett, a Quaker abolitionist who is credited with helping more than 2,700 slaves to freedom; John Hunn, a farmer from the Odessa area and a member of the Camden, DelawareFriends Meeting who was convicted for aiding the Hawkins family to reach freedom, and Hunn’spartner in the abolitionist movement, Samuel Burris, a free black man, who, because he helped Hunn free slaves in Maryland and Southern Delaware, was sold back into slavery and ultimately released back to freedom by the highest bidder. The Resolution also salutes the unwavering humanitarian efforts of all of those who fought for the freedom of those enslaved.