Mayor & City Council

WORKSESSION MINUTES Tuesday, August 3, 2016 Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. – 9:39 p.m. PRESENT: Mayor Wojahn; Councilmembers Kabir, Nagle, Brennan, Dennis, Stullich, Day, Cook and Kujawa. ABSENT: None. ALSO PRESENT: Bill Gardiner, Assistant City Manager; Yvette Allen, Assistant City Clerk; Suellen Ferguson, City Attorney; Terry Schum, Director of Planning; Steve Halpern, City Engineer and Brandon Carroll, Deputy Student Liaison. Mayor Wojahn opened the Worksession at 7:30 p.m. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT:  City employees were recognized at an award ceremony held Friday, July 29  National Night Out held on August 2nd  Ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Paint Branch Playground held on July 25  The City is sold out of SMARTLEAF® compost AMENDMENTS/APPROVAL OF AGENDA:  Remove item # 6 from the agenda (Kabir/Cook)  Move item #11 to a Closed Session at the end of the meeting (Brennan/Day)  Remove item # 5 from the agenda (Brennan/Dennis)  Remove item #7 from the agenda ( Day/Kujawa) Agenda approved as amended (Dennis/Day) AGENDA ITEMS: 1. Proposed Consent: Resolution Of The Mayor And Council Of The City Of College Park Adopting The Recommendations Of The Advisory Planning Commission Regarding Variance Application Number CPV-2016-03, 9747 52nd Avenue, College Park, Maryland, Recommending Approval Of A Variance From Section 27-120.01(C) Of The Prince George’s County Zoning Ordinance, “Front Yards Of Dwellings,” To Construct A Driveway In The Front Yard, Not To Exceed An Encroachment Of 196 Square Feet - Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting of August 9 2. Proposed Consent: Resolution Of The Mayor And Council Of The City Of College Park Adopting The Recommendations Of The Advisory Planning Commission Regarding Variance Application Number CPV-2016-07, 5027 Mineola Road, College Park, Maryland, Recommending Approval Of A Variance From Section 27-120.01(C) Of The Prince George’s County Zoning Ordinance, “Front Yards Of Dwellings,” To Construct A Driveway In The Front Yard, Not To Exceed An Encroachment Of 5 Feet In Width By 19 Feet In Length - Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting of August 9 College Park City Council Worksession Minutes August 3, 2016 Page 2 3. Consideration of Property Use Agreements for Old Maryland Grill, Potomac Pizza, Kapnos Taverna and The Hotel at UMD – Ms. Linda Carter and Mr. Hillman were in attendance. Ms. Ferguson noted that there will be a change to the Security portion of the PUAs to state that the City agrees to treat any written security plan as proprietary and confidential. Old Maryland Grill and Potomac Pizza will have outdoor seating. Potomac Pizza is the only restaurant that you can’t enter from the hotel. Each establishment will have a card scanner and all staff will be Alcohol Awareness Certified. Scanners will be used for everyone under the age of 35. Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting of August 9. 4. Property Use Agreement with Moose Creek re: Transfer of liquor license from OpRock College Park Beverage, LLC, t/a Moose Creek Steak House to Ankur Patel, Managing Member/Authorized Person, Kevin Patel, Authorized Person, Kalpesh Patel, Authorized Person, Piyush Patel, Authorized Person, for a Class BH, Beer, Wine and Liquor License for the use of DC West Beverage, LLC, t/a Holiday Inn/Moose Creek Steakhouse, 10000 Baltimore Avenue, College Park The hotel is being sold and the only significant change to the existing PUA will be to add a “Security” paragraph to the agreement. Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting of August 9 5. Terrapin Row proffer/pedestrian safety improvements around Toll development: Removed from the agenda; placed on the Future Agenda 6. Removal of healthy trees from Wichita Avenue: Removed from agenda; placed on the September 6 Worksession Agenda 7. Discussion of CBE recommendation for a project with the Environmental Finance Center: Removed from agenda; placed on the September 6 Worksession Agenda 8. Discussion of a food truck hub in the Innovation District and allowing food trucks to operate until midnight at the downtown College Park food truck hub. New County legislation approved food truck hubs to operate until midnight, with the approval from the municipality, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. College Park Ventures LLC requested support from the City to extend their hours. Opening is scheduled for September 2. There will only be two trucks in operation in the cross- hatched area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Letter of support to extend the hours of operation in the Downtown College Park Food Hub to midnight on Thursday, Friday and Saturday was placed on the Consent Agenda for the Regular meeting of August 9 College Park City Council Worksession Minutes August 3, 2016 Page 3 9. Award of contract for stormwater management projects along Rhode Island Avenue and Narragansett Parkway The City was awarded a Chesapeake Bay Trust (CBT) grant for $66,180 from the Prince Georges County Stormwater Stewardship program to fund bioretention along Narragansett Parkway near Muskogee Street and awarded a CBT grant for $80,960 from the Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns Program to fund a bioswale along Rhode Island Ave between Greenbelt Road and Tecumseh Street. Stormwater Maintenance, LLC can complete the work in eight weeks. If awarded the contract, work will begin the end of September and be completed by December. There will be road closures on Rhode Island Avenue during the construction period and staff will notify the residents prior to any streets being closed. There should be no impact on road closures for Narragansett Parkway. Steve Beavers agreed to attend the September North College Park Citizens Association meeting to give an overview of both projects. This item will be placed on the August 9 agenda. 10. Award of contract for design of Hollywood Streetscape Project: Ms. Schum: This project follows on to the Hollywood Commercial District Streetscape Revitalization Study that was completed in April 2015. It made several recommendations for ways to improve pedestrian and bicycle access, create safer intersections and enhance landscaping and placemaking along Rhode Island Avenue in the commercial area. These recommendations were well received by the community but require additional study and design before they can be implemented. This is proposed to be accomplished through a 2-phase approach. Phase 1 will involve data collection, meetings with Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation and community input to determine the final streetscape elements to be included for 30% design drawings. Phase 2 will prepare 100% design drawings and specifications for construction bidding. At the conclusion of the 1st phase, the information will be presented to Council and the residents. Councilmembers Kabir and Nagle will speak to Ms. Schum regarding several different tasks and will then decide if this item will be placed on the August 9, 2016 Agenda. 11. Discussion of a banner policy for public buildings (may include a closed session for legal advice) Removed from agenda; moved to the Closed Session after the meeting for legal counsel advice. 12. Requests For/Status of Future Agenda items :N/A 13. Appointments to Boards and Committees  Reappoint Adele Ellis to the Noise Control Board for a four year term, and rescind the reappointment to the Recreation Board that was made in error at the July 12 meeting.  Appoint Denise Mitchell to the Advisory Planning Commission for a three year term. College Park City Council Worksession Minutes August 3, 2016 Page 4 14. Mayor and Councilmember Comments  Councilmember Cook – Successful National Night Out in the Cherry Hill neighborhood. Met many new people.  Councilmember Kabir: Successful National Night Out in North College Park. Thanked Mrs. Termini for her hard work putting everything together and for all who attended.  Councilmember Day: A long time resident of College Park Estates, Ann Chotiner, passed away at the age of 92.  Councilmember Dennis: Two National Night Out events in his district. Successful National Night Out in Lakeland. Thanked all who organized and attended the event. Communication between the City, residents (young and old), police and Civic Associations need to continue throughout the year, not just on National Night Out.  Councilmember Brennan – Gave kudos to everyone involved in the Washington Business Journal publication.  Councilmember Kujawa –Successful National Night Out in College Park Woods 15. City Manager's Comments – Bill Gardiner gave kudos to the Communication Coordinator and Planning Director for their work on the Washington Business Journal article. ____________________________________________ Yvette Allen, CMC Date Assistant City Clerk Approved