Oct. 11, 2015
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Alderman, Ward 5, Annapolis
912 Forest Drive
(office at K&B True Value)
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Upcoming Events
Oct. 13
- Presentation on the Threat to the Environment & Public Health of Plastic in the Chesapeake Bay and in the Oceans
7PM - Annapolis Maritime Museum | Information
Oct. 14 - Keynote 50th Anniversary Lecture: Lessons from the Chesapeake, with author Tom Horton
8PM, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater | InformationOct. 24 - Fall GreenScape Oct. 26 - Special Meeting of the City Council 7PM, Council Chambers
For details of City Council events click here.
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The City Council will meet Monday night at 7 p.m. in City Council Chambers. Of particular note is the public hearing on Ordinance 36-15, Adequate Public Facilities which would add school capacity to the review criteria for proposed residential developments. More information is below.
My analysis of the agenda is below.
Your Views
I welcome Annapolis City residents, particularly those from Ward 5, and other concerned individuals to offer me their views on issues or to discuss other concerns in person. Please contact me via email with your views or to set up a time to chat in my office at K&B True Value (912 Forest Drive).
Stay in Touch
I welcome your feedback and questions, and appreciate your help in reaching other Annapolis residents by to them. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jared Littmann
Alderman, Ward 5, Annapolis
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Regular Meeting of the City Council
Agenda
The Annapolis City Council will meet on Monday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers. All Council meetings are available online through live streaming and broadcast on Comcast channels 99 or 100 and on Verizon channel 34. Below is a synopsis of the agenda. You can access the unabridged version here.
PETITIONS, REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTS BY COMMITTEES
Local Government Insurance Trust - Training Grant Award Presentation
Martha Wood Leadership Award
The Salvation Army, Annapolis Corps
COMMENTS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC
Early in each Council Meeting there is an opportunity for comments by the General Public. The public may comment on any subject that is not on the agenda for a Public Hearing. Comments during this time are limited to five minutes per person.
BUSINESS AND MISCELLANEOUS
Public Works/Water Supply - Transfer from Supplies - Transfer to Salaries and Benefits Comment: This is a request by the Director of DPW to reinstate the Instrumentation Technician position at the Water Treatment Plant (WTP). This work has recently been done by an outside contractor on an as-needed basis. However, the new state-of-the-art WTP under construction has advanced electronic equipment and systems that require the need for a full-time Instrumentation Technician. The Director proposes using the existing salary account for the WTP and savings from unpaid leave and temporary vacancies that he has managed during the year and a reallocation from the WTP supplies account. Pending consideration of issues to the contrary, I intend to support this transfer.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
R-34-14 2014 West Annapolis Sector Study - For the purpose of adopting the West Annapolis Sector Study as an addendum to the 2009 Annapolis Comprehensive Plan.
Sponsor: Paone
O-36-15 Adequate Public Facilities - For the purpose of adding review criteria and certification for adequate school facilities to Title 22 of the Code of the City of Annapolis; and matters generally relating to the adequacy of school facilities.
Sponsors: Arnett, Littmann
Comment: When I joined the City Council and began to learn about various issues, I was shocked to learn that the existing approval process for residential developments never considered whether the public schools had the capacity to seat children from those developments. The City's approach was that it could not control the schools, so it should stay away from the issue. The school's view is that it has no jurisdiction over City developments.
Alderman Arnett and I attempted to address this issue in 2013 with legislation that would have required "consideration" of school capacity. The response from critics was that "consideration" was vague, that the process differed from the County process, and that there was not a sufficient ability for the developer to mitigate the issue. The pending Ordinance addresses those critiques, while addressing the underlying issue, in a balanced approach.
The pending legislation is based on the Anne Arundel County model, including the mitigation available to proposed developers. This ordinance proposes that school capacity become one of the public facilities that is tested at the time of Adequate Public Facility Review. The goal of the ordinance is to ensure that the capacity of the elementary, middle, and high schools can support additional students before an application for a residential subdivision of more that five dwelling units is approved. Non-residential, residential with no new dwelling units, institutions for the care of the aged, and age-restricted residential projects would be exempt from the requirements of this ordinance.
A conditional review process will allow projects in restricted areas to continue through the review process with an approval contingent upon capacity becoming available or after a six-year waiting period.
If this issue is important to you, then please consider speaking during this public hearing.
CA-1-15 Issuance of Revenue Bonds - For the purpose of authorizing and providing for the issuance of revenue bonds by the City of Annapolis.Sponsor: Budge, Pantelides
Comment: The proposed legislation would allow the City to issue revenue bonds instead of general obligation bonds for enterprise fund needs. This is a practice that has been recommended by the City's Financial Advisory Commission, who also endorses this legislation.
Payment of revenue bonds are secured by the corresponding revenues from the associated enterprise fund (i.e., water or sewer funds), whereas general obligation bonds are secured by taxes. The option of having revenue or general obligation bonds gives the City greater flexibility.
I welcome input from you before reaching a final opinion on whether to support this legislation.
FIRST READERS
CA-2-15 Charter Amendment, Board of Supervisors of Elections - For the purpose of changing the deadlines for designating and appointing members to the Board of Supervisors of Elections.
Sponsor: Pantelides
O-47-15 Moderately Priced Dwelling Units - For the purpose of amending the eligibility requirements for access to moderately priced dwelling units to include individuals working within the United States Naval Academy grounds.
Sponsors: Budge, Kirby, Finlayson and Arnett
O-48-15 Agreement of Purchase and Sale - For the purpose of approving the purchase and sale of property located at 9 St. Mary's Street, Annapolis,
Maryland 21401; and matters generally relating to said sale.
Sponsor: Pantelides
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