PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

1. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD If you would like to address the Mayor and City Council during the Public Comment section on Tonight’s Agenda, please record your name and address on the sign-up sheet located on the speaker’s podium in the front of the Council room. Please note that public comments are limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.

2. Certificates, Awards & Presentations • Presentation from Dick Devore on behalf of the Allegany County Animal Shelter, regarding a trap and release program for stray animals • Presentation from Andy Vick, Executive Director of the Allegany Arts Council, on the impact of the arts on community revitalization and the local economy • 2011 Council Meetings\Cumberland MCC Presentation.ppt • Presentation from Russ Keller, Riverside BMX Track Director, on upcoming events at the facility

3. City Administrator’s Report • Update from Jon Laughlin, Ridgecrest Development, on the current status of the development of the Memorial Campus • Discussion on the proposal from the DDC to open the east end of the downtown pedestrian mall to traffic • Discussion by Council on the creation of a Landbank Authority

4. Director’s Reports • Public Works • Engineering Department monthly report for March, 2011 • Utilities monthly report for February, 2011

5. Approval of Minutes • Administrative • Approval of the Minutes of the Administrative Session of February 8, 2011

6. Public Hearing • Public Hearing to receive comment on the proposed Zoning Code amendment to establish adaptive reuse floating zones

7. Unfinished Business

8. Ordinances • Second Reading • Authorizing a Zoning Map Amendment to rezone property at 346 and 348 Baltimore Avenue from R-U (Urban Residential) to R-R (Rehabilitation and Redevelopment) at the request of Gary Frost, owner of 346 Baltimore Avenue. • To enact Section 15-55 of the City Code to establish penalties for the violation of park rules. • Amending Section 15-54 of the Code to set forth rules and regulations pertaining to City parks and parklets

9. Order #1 – Encroachment Agreement

10. New Business

11. Resolutions • Resolution granting Carver Community Center a tax abatement for the 2007 tax year • Resolution granting Covenant Counseling Ministries a 2009 tax abatement for property at 907 Seton Drive

12. Consent Agenda • Order accepting estimated bids to supply chemicals for use at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Water Filtration Plant, and the Recreation Department from UNIVAR ($472,624), Kuehne Company ($64,000), SAL Chemical ($44,480), Shannon Chemical Corporation ($53,130), and Schmidt Supply ($16,529) for a one year period, with two consecutive one-year renewal periods. • Order accepting the proposal of Queen City Business Systems for the provision of Digital Office Systems in an amount not to exceed $5,065 per month, for a term of 60 months • Order appointing Richard "Rock" Cioni to the Parks and Rec Board to fill the unexpired term of Veronica Hill, effective April 12, 2011 through October 12, 2014

13. Order #1 – Chemical Bids

14. Order #2 – Digital Office Systems

15. Letters, Petitions, etc. • Letter from Mayor Grim to Beth Porter of the National Park Service advising that the City wishes to designate Barbara Beuhl and Bill Atkinson as representatives to the Canal Towns Partnership Board, with Brenda Smith designated as the alternate to the Board. • Letter from CAZA Properties requesting that the City revert to pre-tenancy inspections for new occupancy in rental units. • Letter from the City Clerk advising that Annexation Resolution No. R2010-10 became effective March 26, 2011 as no petition for referendum was filed.

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