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City of Hyattsville Hyattsville Municipal Building 4310 Gallatin Street, 3rd Floor Hyattsville, MD 20781 (301) 985-5000 www.hyattsville.org Agenda Regular Meeting Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v7ZX2AQyTuy1VC1EUDc8xg Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM Virtual City Council Robert S. Croslin, Mayor Danny Schaible, Council Vice President, Ward 2 Sam Denes, Ward 1 Joanne Waszczak, Ward 1 Ben Simasek, Ward 3 Jimmy McClellan, Ward 3 Edouard Haba, Ward 4 Daniel Peabody, Ward 4 Joseph Solomon, Ward 5 Rommel Sandino, Ward 5 ADMINISTRATION Tracey E. Douglas, City Administrator Laura Reams, City Clerk, 301-985-5009, cityclerk@hyattsville.org City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 WELCOME TO THE CITY OF HYATTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING! Your participation at this public meeting is valued and appreciated. 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Members of the public who wish to comment during the virtual Council meeting must register in advance using the link below. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v7ZX2AQyTuy1VC1EUDc8xg 1. Call to Order and Council Roll Call 2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of the Minutes 4.a. Approval of the Minutes HCC-7-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council approve the minutes of the Council meeting of June 21, 2022. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: MeetingMinutesJune_21_2022 5. Public Comment (7:10 p.m. – 7:20 p.m.) Complete Speaker Card, Limit 2 minutes per speaker 6. Community Notices and Meetings City of Hyattsville Page 2 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 6a. Main City Calendar: July 19, 2022 - August 1, 2022 HCC-5-FY23 N/A Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: City Calendar July 19, 2022-August 1, 2022 7. City Administrator Update 8. Presentations (7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.) 8.a. Special Ward 2 Election Presentation HCC-24-FY23 Presentation Only Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: Ward 2 Special Election - July 18 Presentation 8.b. Update on See, Click, Fix: Citizen Request Software HCC-25-FY23 Presentation Only. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: My Hyattsville Appointments (8:00 p.m. - 8:05 p.m.) a. Appointment to the Educational Facilities Task Force HCC-3-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council approve the appointment of Justine Christianson (Ward 2) to the Educational Facilities Task Force for a term of two (2) years to expire on July 18, 2024. Sponsors: Waszczak, Denes and Peabody Department: City Clerk Attachments: Christianson_EFTF_Ward 2_redacted City of Hyattsville Page 3 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 b. Appointment to the Ethics Commission HCC-4-FY23 I move that the Mayor, with Council approval, appoint Mark Graham (Ward 2) to the Ethics Commission for a term of three (3) years to end on July 18, 2025. Sponsors: Croslin Department: City Clerk Attachments: Graham_Ethics Commission_Ward 2_redacted 9. Consent Items (8:00 p.m. - 8:05 p.m.) Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered routine in nature, and are approved in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless the Mayor/Council request specific items be removed from the Consent agenda for separate action. 9.a. Resolution 2022-07: Designating the Ward 2 Special Election as Vote-by-Mail HCC-1-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council adopt Hyattsville Resolution 2022-07, a resolution whereby the City Council notifies the City’s Board of Elections to fill the vacancy in the office of the Ward 2 Council Member by a special election, declares the City’s 2022 special Ward 2 election to be a vote-by-mail election (INTRODUCTION & ADOPTION). Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: Resolution 2022-07 - Special Mayoral Vote by Mail Election 06.28.22 EIC_FINAL BOSE Letter to City Council_June 30 2022 9.b. Police Communications Agreement with the City of Hyattsville and City of HCC-2-FY23 Mount Rainier I move that Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to execute an agreement with the City of Mt. Rainier which allows the Hyattsville Police Department to provide radio dispatching services and incoming calls for police services (both emergency and non-emergency). This agreement is for a term of one (1) year. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Police Department Attachments: Communications Agmt Mt. Rainie 062922 - KCK City of Hyattsville Page 4 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 9.c. FY23 Budget Appropriation: No Kid Hungry Grant Award HCC-8-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council accept and appropriate, in the FY23 budget, a grant award from No Kid Hungry in the amount of $6,000 for support of the City’s efforts to alleviate immediate food insecurity in our city and surrounding municipalities. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: Grant_Agreement_for_City_of_Hyattsville No kid hungry FY23 (1) 9.d. FY23 - Landscaping Contract Expenditure HCC-9-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize an expenditure not to exceed $75,000 to Professional Lawn Maintenance Services (PLMS) for the FY23 portion of the existing landscaping contract. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works 9.e. FY23 - Alley Maintenance Contract Expenditure HCC-10-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize an expenditure to Professional Lawn Maintenance Services (PLMS) for an amount not to exceed $35,000 for the FY23 portion of the contract. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works 9.f. Adirondack Tree Experts Contract - Option Year 4 HCC-12-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to execute option year four (4) of the Urban Tree Care contract with Adirondack Tree Experts and authorize an expenditure not to exceed $185,000 for continued services. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works 9.g. Approval of Funding for FY23 Lease of 4629 Arundel Place HCC-13-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize an expenditure of $42,000 to Phu Than Neuyen for the lease of 4629 Arundel Place from July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 pending legal review. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works City of Hyattsville Page 5 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 9.h. Construction of a Submerged Gravel Wetland HCC-14-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize an expenditure not to exceed $170,000 to Stormwater Maintenance, LLC (dba SMC) for the construction of the 42nd Place submerged gravel wetland. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works Attachments: 42nd Place Submerged Gravel Wetland SMC Proposal 9.i. Purchase of two Mobile Refuse Collection Trucks HCC-15-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to enter into an agreement with GranTurk to purchase two mobile refuse collection trucks for an amount not to exceed $500,000 pending legal review. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works Attachments: City of Hyattsville Sourcewell Quote 9.j. Purchase of Samsara Vehicle Gateways HCC-16-FY23 I move the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to the enter into an agreement to purchase Samsara Vehicle Gateways from CDW-G for an authorized expenditure not to exceed $45,000 pending legal review. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works Attachments: MTKH056 9.k. Vehicle Maintenance Agreement - Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department HCC-18-FY23 I move the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to approve the Vehicle Maintenance Agreement with the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department (HVFD) for the City of Hyattsville to provide vehicle maintenance services to HVFD. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Public Works Attachments: HVFD contract 5.31.22 -LR Review City of Hyattsville Page 6 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 9.l. Hyattsville Ordinance 2022-03: Authorizing the Issue and Sell of General HCC-23-FY23 Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (SECOND READING & ADOPTION) I move that the Mayor and Council adopt Hyattsville Ordinance 2022-03 authorizing and empowering City of Hyattsville to issue and sell from time to time one or more series of (1) general obligation bonds in an aggregate principal amount NOT to exceed Eleven Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($11,250,000), and (2) general obligation bond anticipation notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Eleven Million Dollars ($11,000,000), and (3) general obligation refunding bonds provided that the aggregate principal amount of any series of refunding bonds shall not exceed one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the aggregate principal amount of the bonds refunded therefrom. The ordinance requires the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to be used and applied for the public purpose of financing, reimbursing or refinancing costs of the project identified as 3505 Hamilton Street Public Safety Building, together with related costs; specifies the amount of the bonds and the bond anticipation notes to be allocated to the project, provides that each series of the authorized bonds, bond anticipation notes and refunding bonds may be sold at public sale or private sale; authorizes the City Council to determine or provide by resolution for various matters relating to the authorization, sale, security, issuance, delivery, payment, and redemption or repayment of and for each series of bonds; City pledges its full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power to the payment of debt service on the bonds and provides for the imposition of ad valorem taxes sufficient for such purposes. Details of any series of the bonds to be issued shall be determined or provided for by resolution of the City Council. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk Attachments: Ordinance 2022-03 Issuance of BANs 9.m. 2022 Memorandum of Understanding with Capital Area Food Bank for HCC-26-FY23 Monthly Mobile Market I move that the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Capital Area Food Bank for the establishment of a Mobile Market to include the monthly receipt and distribution of fresh produce at David C. Driskell Park. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Community Services Attachments: COH -MOU City of Hyattsville Page 7 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 9.n. FY23 Budget Amendment: Gas Powered Leaf Blower Ban Communications HCC-27-FY23 Needs I move the Mayor and Council approve and appropriate an increase of $6,500 in the FY23 communications budget in the general fund for the design, printing, and distribution of communications to residents about Hyattsville’s Gas Leaf Blower Ban and Trade-In Program. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: City Clerk 9.o. Letter of Support for Habit for Humanity Partnership Grant Opportunity HCC-28-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator provide a letter to support the application submitted by Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland (“HFHMM”) to the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund Program (“NED”) for the HFHMM Repair Accessibility Modification Program (RAMP) - Critical Repair, Accessibility and Weatherization Program, (the “Program”). Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Community Services Attachments: COH RAMP Letter of Support MOU RAMP HHMM HAP 6.13.22 (1) 10. Action Items (8:05 p.m. - 9:35 p.m.) City of Hyattsville Page 8 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 10.a. Hyattsville Resolution 2022-08: Authorizing the Issue and Sell of General HCC-6-FY23 Obligation Bond Anticipation Notes (INTRODUCTION & ADOPTION) I move that the Mayor and Council introduce and adopt Hyattsville Resolution 2022-08 authorizing the issuance and sale of the City’s general obligation bond anticipation notes in an original aggregate principal amount not exceeding Eleven Million Dollars ($11,000,000). The resolution requires that the proceeds of the sale of the notes be used and applied for the public purpose of financing or reimbursing costs of the project identified as the 3505 Hamilton Street Public Safety Building, together with related costs, specifies the form and tenor of the notes, authorizes the sale thereof at private sale through a private placement or direct purchase transaction and specifies other details relating to the issuance, sale and delivery of the notes. The resolution authorizes the Treasurer to determine certain terms and details in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the notes and provides for the appropriation, disbursement, and investment of the proceeds of the notes. The resolution pledges the City’s full faith and credit and unlimited taxing power to the payment of debt service on the notes and provides for the imposition of ad valorem taxes sufficient for such purposes. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Finance Attachments: Resolution 2022-08 Issuance and Sale General Obligation Bonds_3505 Hamilton St_REV071422 10.b. Election of Council President HCC-17-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council elect Ward 5 Council Member Joseph A. Solomon as Council President. Sponsors: Haba Department: City Clerk 10.c. Community Planning Facilitation and Strategic Planning Consulting Services HCC-29-FY23 I move that the Mayor and Council accept the proposal submitted by Assedo Consulting LLC, 6100 Chevy Chase Drive, Suite 101, Laurel, Maryland 20707, for the purpose of facilitating and providing technical assistance in the development of the City’s 2023 Community Sustainability Plan and authorize the City Administrator to execute a contract for services, not to exceed $45,000, upon the review and approval by the City Attorney for legal sufficiency. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Community & Economic Development Attachments: Memo - Community Sustainability Plan - Contract - 7.18.2022 Planning Consulting Services RFP - Posted City of Hyattsville Page 9 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM City Council Agenda Regular Meeting July 18, 2022 11. Discussion Items (9:35 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.) 11.a. FY23 Hyattsville Life and Times Contract HCC-20-FY23 For discussion. Proposed motion below. I move the Mayor and Council authorize the City Administrator to enter a three-year contract with Streetcar Suburbs for City advertising in the Hyattsville Life & Times at a cost not to exceed $38,770 for FY23, with a total cost not to exceed $124,650 for the three-year term. This contract is subject to the review and approval by the City Attorney for legal sufficiency. I further move the Mayor and Council amend the FY23 Communications Budget in the amount of $6,850 to support the increase in contractual value for this contract. Sponsors: City Administrator Department: Communications 12. Council Dialogue (9:00 p.m. - 9:10 p.m.) 13. Motion to Adjourn City of Hyattsville Page 10 of 10 Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00 PM