City Council Meeting Agenda - Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Due to the public health crisis, the meeting will be held remotely. The public may view the meeting as always: on City TV (RCN – 13, HD 1060; Comcast/xfinity – 13, HD 997; Verizon Fios – 28), on the City Council Video Page of the City Website; on YouTube, or on Facebook.

REVISED AGENDA (PDF)

5:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

PRESENTATION

1. Check In on COVID-19 Response

• COVID-19 Fund Update Presentation
• Resources Available during the Coronavirus Report

2. Assessment of Park Quality, Accessibility, and Race

6:30 PM - Recess

7:30 PM
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA/AGENDA SCHEDULING UPDATE

(Sign up for public comments will be open from Friday to 5:00 PM on the day of the meeting. Link to sign-up for Live Public Comments.)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF SMALL BUSINESS MINI-GRANT CONTRIBUTORS:

• Jesse Kirsch (No Plan Press)
• Agnes Traynor (Indegro Plant Designs)

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON VOTING ITEMS

OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS

COUNCIL COMMENTS

CITY MANAGER COMMENTS

VOTING SESSION

3. Second Reading Charter Amendment Resolution Enabling the City’s Election to be Conducted by Mail (Revised 7/28)

4. Second Reading Ordinance Amending the Election Code to Accommodate Vote by Mail (Revised 7/29)

• Proposed Amendment No. 1
• Proposed Amendment No. 2

5. Second Reading Ordinance Setting Forth the Details of the 2020 City Election (Revised 7/28)

• Possible Amendment to Election Ordinance

6. Second Reading Ordinance Amending Takoma Park Code Title 12, Trees and Vegetation - Ch. 12.04 General Provisions, Ch. 12.08 Prohibitions on Maintaining Undesirable Vegetation, and Ch. 12.12 Urban Forest

• Cover Memo
• Tree Ordinance Version dated July 28, 2020
• Staff Proposed Amendment Regarding Effective Date

The Council will vote to convene as the Stormwater Management Board before voting on the Stormwater Budget Amendment.

7. and 8. Second Reading Ordinance Approving FY21 Budget Amendment No. 1; Second Reading Ordinance Approving FY21 Stormwater Budget Amendment No. 1

9. Emergency Ordinance Regarding Committee Term Extensions (Rev. 7/27)

10. Resolution Modifying Resolution 2020-12 (Which Suspended Quasi-Judicial Hearings) Revised 7/28

11. Resolution of Authorization to Join the Amici Curiae Brief to be Filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Seeking Review and Rejection of the FCC’s December 2019 Rules and Policies Related to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields

12. Resolution Providing for Appointments to the Takoma Park Youth Council

13. Resolution Providing for the City Council Summer Recess (July 30 – September 15, 2020)

ADJOURNMENT