Mayor & City Council

MINUTES Special Session of the College Park City Council Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Council Chambers 11:07 p.m. PRESENT: Mayor Fellows; Councilmembers Kabir, Wojahn, Brennan, Dennis, Stullich, Day, Hew and Mitchell. ABSENT: None ALSO PRESENT: Joe Nagro, City Manager; Bill Gardiner, Assistant City Manager; Janeen Miller, City Clerk; Suellen Ferguson, City Attorney; Cole Holocker, Student Liaison. During a regularly scheduled Worksession of the College Park City Council, a motion was made by Councilmember Wojahn and seconded by Councilmember Kabir to enter into a Special Session to consider a letter of support for an NEA grant application being submitted by The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Councilmember Wojahn had previously requested, during “Amendments to the Agenda” at the beginning of the meeting, to add this item to the agenda and stated that it needed to be in Special Session in order to meet a Friday deadline. With a vote of 8 – 0 – 0, the Council entered into a Special Session at 11:07 p.m. ACTION ITEMS 15-G-83 Letter of support for The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts grant application to the National Endowment for the Arts. A motion was made by Councilmember Wojahn and seconded by Councilmember Brennan that the City send a letter, and authorize the Mayor to sign, to Michael Orlove regarding the Clarice Smith Center’s grant application to the National Endowment for the Arts expressing support for satellite arts partnerships. Councilmember Wojahn said at the request of Councilmember Dennis he verified this request with Mr. Wollesen. There were no comments from the audience. Councilmember Dennis said he only wanted to authenticate the source of the request because it came from a personal email account; he values our partnership with The Clarice and fully supports the letter. The motion passed 8 – 0 – 0. ADJOURN: A motion was made by Councilmember Mitchell and seconded by Councilmember Dennis to adjourn from the Special Session, and with a vote of 8 – 0 – 0, Mayor Fellows adjourned at 11:09 p.m. ____________________________________________ Janeen S. Miller, CMC Date City Clerk Approved