Agenda for Regular Meeting

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.  In alignment with the 2022-2025 Wilmington City Council Strategic Plan goal of supporting a “Wilmington for All Ages,” this Resolution approves grant funding to New Shoes Inc. from City Council President Ernest “Trippi” Congo, II’s Community Support Discretionary Funds totaling $2,500 for the Cool Shoes Inc. 14^th annual Christmas toy drive.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.  In alignment with the 2022-2025 Wilmington City Council Strategic Plan, which prioritizes a “Prosperous and Sustainable Wilmington.” This Resolution accepts the considerations submitted by the Wilmington City Council Residency Taskforce, herein included as Attachment A, into the public record.

Synopsis:   This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval.  In accordance with the 2022-2025 Wilmington City Council Strategic Plan goal of a “Connected, Informed, and Engaged Wilmington,” this Resolution encourages the Administration to develop an initiative to facilitate a Wilmington 250 commemoration of the semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Wilmington 250 initiative should involve collaboration with institutions and experts, including but not limited to the City’s Historic Preservation Planner and the Delaware Historical Society, to produce initiatives that reflect the distinctiveness of our City’s story.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Chapter 34 of the City Code to establish short-term residential rental regulations.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance amends Section 44-64 of the City Code to increase the income levels for the exemption of caregiver, elderly, or disabled persons from real estate taxation.

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by the Administration for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance authorizes the issuance of a General Obligation Bond (Adams Street Green Infrastructure Project), Series C of 2024-WPCRF, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 (the “2024C Bond”), which will be sold to the Delaware Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund in order to (i) finance the installation of three (3) bioretention gardens, 1900 linear feet of stormwater pipe, sixteen (16) manholes, and five (5) trench drains located in and around the Adam Street Courts at 210 North Jackson Street, as set forth in the City’s capital    budgets for its Fiscal Years ending June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2022, (ii) pay administrative costs relating to such capital projects, and (iii) pay the costs of issuing the 2024C Bond.

Synopsis:  This Resolution is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. In accordance with the 2022-2025 Wilmington City Council Strategic Plan goal of promoting a “Prosperous and Sustainable Wilmington” for the benefit of all residents, this Resolution respectfully requests that the Delaware General Assembly make provisions for the City of Wilmington to receive a direct allocation, or be accorded with the authority to levy a municipal tax on, recreational marijuana revenue to bolster the City’s capacity to develop more holistic support systems that benefit Disproportionately Impacted Areas (DIAs).

Synopsis: This Ordinance is being presented by City Council for Council’s review and approval. This Ordinance prohibits retail marijuana-related businesses from being established and operating within the limits and bounds of the City of Wilmington.